Portrait of Charles Denner

Charles Denner

Acting

Biography

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 Morane in The Man Who Loved Women (1977). Description above from the Wikipedia article Charles Denner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: May 29, 1926

Place of Birth: Tarnow, Poland

Filmography

2024
1986
Golden Eighties

as M. Schwartz

1986
L'Unique

as Vox

1985
Vivement Truffaut

as Self / Bertrand (archive footage)

1983
Stella

as Richard

1983
Rock and Torah

as Joseph Stern

1982
A Captain's Honor

as Maître Gillard

1982
A Thousand Billion Dollars

as Walter, private detective

1980
1978
Robert et Robert

as Robert Goldman

1977
The Man Who Loved Women

as Bertrand Morane

1976
1976
Mado

as Reynald Manecca

1976
A Second Chance

as L'avocat

1975
The Night Caller

as Inspector Moissac

1974
And Now My Love

as Sarah's Father / Operator / Sarah's Grandfather

1974
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

as Ministre des travaux public

1973
Défense de savoir

as Jean Ravier

1973
A Police Officer Without Importance

as Deputy Police Officer Serge Monnier

1973
The Inheritor

as David Loweinstein

1972
Money Money Money

as Simon Duroc

1971
Law Breakers

as Graziani

1970
The Crook

as Monsieur Gallois

1969
Diane's Body

as Julien Keller

1969
Z

as Manuel

1968
The Truce

as Julien

1967
Heraclitus the Dark

as Récitant (voice)

1967
The Two of Us

as Claude's Father

1967
The Thief of Paris

as Jean-François Cannonier

1966
YUL 871

as The European engineer

1966
The Devil's Toy

as Récitant / Narrator (voice)

1965
The Sleeping Car Murder

as Bob, l'amant sincère de Georgette Thomas

1965
1964
1964
Life Upside Down

as Jacques Valin

1964
Le Grand Escroc

as the Con Man

1964
The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers

as Counterfeiter (segment "Le Grand escroc")

1964
1963
Bluebeard

as Henri Landru

1960
Les Joueurs

as Krougel

1958
Elevator to the Gallows

as L'Adjoint du Commissaire Cherrier

1955
The Best Part

as An assistant engineer

1955
Les Hommes en blanc

as Un interne