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Known for:	Gaslight, Barefoot in the Park, Casino Royale
Birthday:	28 August 1899, Figeac, Lot, Midi-Pyrénées, France

Took a fatal dose of barbiturates two days following his wife's death. Son, Michael Charles Boyer, born 1944; committed suicide 22nd September 1965. He apparently played Russian roulette with a .38-caliber revolver after quarreling with a girlfriend. French born. Became an American citizen in 1942. Interred at Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California, USA, in the St. Ann section, #5, L186. Earned a degree in philosophy from the Sorbonne. Winner of a special Tony Award in 1952 for his performance in the 1951 Broadway production of "Don Juan in Hell". Half bald by his twenties, he only wore a toupee for his movie roles. Out in public, he never wore it. Won a special Tony Award in 1952 "for distinguished performance in 'Don Juan in Hell,' thereby assusting in a new theatre trend." He was also nominated for Broadway's 1963 Tony Award as Best Actor (Dramatic) for "Lord Pengo." Vice president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964 Off-screen was a happily married bookworm; referred to by his friends as a "stick-in-the-mud".

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