Charles Boyer: That love at first sight should happen to me was life's most delicious revenge on a self-opinionated fool.
Charles starred in the 1973 remake of the classic Lost Horizon (1937).
Charles was almost removed from the set of All This and Heaven Too (1940) when filming began as Bette Davis did not recognize him, for he was not wearing his toupee at the and had a paunch stomach at the time.
Charles was made a chevalier of the French Legion of Honor in 1948.
Charles had one son, Michael, born in 1944, that killed himself playing Russian Roulette after breaking up with his girlfriend on September 22, 1965, 14 years before Charles' own suicide.
Charles' character of Pepe le Moko from Algiers (1938) was the inspiration for Charles Jones to create "Pepe le Pew" for Warner Brothers' Looney Tunes. Pepe even retains his line "Come with me to the casbah" from that film.
Charles was vice-president of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1964.
Charles was nominated for the Emmy for Best Continuing Performance by an Actor in a Dramatic Series for his work in Four Star Playhouse in 1952.
Charles has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one for Motion Pictures at 6304 Hollywood Boulevard and one for Television at 6306 Hollywood Boulevard.
Charles was 5 feet 9 inches tall.
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