Claude Laydu
Birthday
1927/03/10
Day of death
2011/07/29 (84 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Etterbeek, Belgium
Also know as
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Biography
Claude Laydu ([klod lɛjdy]; 10 March 1927 – 29 July 2011) was a Belgian-born Swiss actor on stage and in films. He was renowned for his performance in his film debut in the role of the young priest in Robert Bresson's Diary of a Country Priest (1951), which has been described as one of the greatest in the history of film. Laydu was born and grew up in Brussels. He moved to Paris to study at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts. He became a member of Madeleine Renaud and Jean-Louis Barrault's c...Read more
Acting
(1953) Good Lord Without Confession
as Roland Dupont
(1951) Diary of a Country Priest
as Priest of Ambricourt
(1952) Heart of the Casbah
as ---
(1952) The Road to Damascus
as Etienne
(1953) I Was a Parish Priest
as Andrés
(1963) Mafia alla sbarra
as ---
(1954) Attila
as Valentiniano Caesar
(1961) Italienisches Capriccio
as Carlo Goldoni
(1952) We Are All Murderers
as Philippe Arnaud
(1953) Napoleon Road
as ---
(1955) Price of Love
as Pierre Ménard
(1956) Altair
as Mario Rossi
(1954) Symphony of Love
as Franz Schubert
(1957) The Wheel
as Roland Pelletier
(1960) The Dialogue of the Carmelites
as Le Chevalier de la Force
(1954) Rasputin
as Héliodore
(1953) Napoleon Road
as Pierre Marchand
(1951) Trip to America
as François Soalhat
(2018) Bonne nuit les tipeu
as Ulysse (voice)
(1962) Bonne nuit les petits
as Le Marchand de sable (voice)