Charles Denner

French actor (1926-1995)

Film & TV

Tarnow, Poland

Charles Denner (29 May 1926 – 10 September 1995) was a French actor born to a Jewish family in Poland. During his 30-year career he worked with some of France's greatest directors of the time, including Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch and François Truffaut who gave him two of his most memorable roles, as Fergus in The Bride Wore Black (1968) and Bertrand…

Known for

François Truffaut: My Life, a Screenplay — Self (archive footage)2024
Golden Eighties — M. Schwartz1986
L'unique — Vox1986
Vivement Truffaut — Self / Bertrand (archive footage)1985
Stella — Richard1983
Rock and Torah — Joseph Stern1983
A Captain's Honor — Maître Gillard1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars — Walter, private detective1982
The Truth on the Savolta Affair — Lepprince1980
Le Cœur à l'envers — Guillaume1980

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Origin: Rennes

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Instance of: human
Given name: Charles
Gender: male
Citizenship: Poland
Place of birth: Tarnów
Place of death: Dreux
Languages spoken: French
Award: Croix de guerre 1939–1945
Notable work: L'aventure, c'est l'aventure
Conflict: World War II
Image: CharlesDenner-StudioHarcourt-1958.png

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cause of death: cancer
date of birth: 1926-05-29
date of death: 1995-09-10
manner of death: natural causes
place of burial: Cimetière parisien de Bagneux
start of work period: 1941-00-00
end of work period: 1986-00-00
Commons category: Charles Denner
member of: French Forces of the Interior

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