Robert's 1973 devastating comedy Hail the Artist is considered by many performers to be the ultimate film about the humiliations of the actor's life.

[5][6] Over his career, he directed more than twenty feature-length motion pictures,[7] wrote an equal number of scripts, and acted in more than seventy-five films.

[8] La Guéville also released several films by Monty Python and Terry Gilliam, which was very influential into establishing the comedy troupe to French audiences.

[citation needed] He was survived by Danièle and two children, Anne and Jean-Denis Robert [fr],[7] by first wife, actress Rosy Varte.

Director Actor Producer His black and white adaptation of the book La Guerre des Boutons having sold nearly 10 million tickets at the French box office in 1962, was hugely popular, and planned for a nationwide reissue 12 October 2011.