Renaud Verley

Renaud Verley (born November 9, 1945 in Lille ) is a French film and theater actor.

life and career

In 1965 he stood for the first time in a small supporting role in the comedy 100 million in the bucket in front of the camera. He played his best-known roles as Telemachos in Franco Rossi's multi-part television film The Odyssey (1968) and as the idealistic but Nazi-tormented entrepreneur's son Günther von Essenbeck in Luchino Visconti's classic film Die Verdammten (1969). During this time, Verley was mostly used in the role of the friendly young man, a departure from the horror thriller A Dead Man Laughs Last from 1973, where his character takes bloody revenge on his vicious family. At times he achieved greater popularity in his home country, where he starred in a number of teenage films.

From the mid-1970s, the film and television offers for Verley decreased significantly, whereupon he increasingly turned to theater work. He last appeared in front of the camera in 2003 for a French television series. His older brother Bernard Verley is also an actor.

Filmography (selection)

• 1965: 100 million in the bucket (Cent briques et des tuiles)
• 1965: The temptation is called Jenny (Los pianos mecánicos)
• 1968: The Odyssey ( L'Odissea ; TV movie)
• 1968: private lessons  (La leçon particulière)
• 1969: The Damned (La caduta degli dei)
• 1969: In the Year of the Lord (Nell'anno del signore)
• 1970: Du soleil plein les yeux
• 1973: A dead person is the last to laugh  (La campana del infierno)
• 1973: The girl from the red mill  (La chica del Molino Rojo)
• 1974: The Suspects
• 1981: A black robe for the murderer  (Une robe noire pour un tueur)
• 1984: The Blood of Others (Le sang des autres)
• 1996: L'enfant du secret (TV movie)
• 2003: Le bleu de l'océan (TV miniseries, 1 episode)

Web links

• Renaud Verley in the Internet Movie Database (English)