Charles Denner (born May 29, 1926) – (died September 10, 1995) was a French actor. During his over 30-year career he had the chance to work with some of the greatest France's directors of his time, including Louis Malle, Claude Chabrol, Jean-Luc Godard, Costa-Gavras, Claude Lelouch and of course François Truffaut who gave him two of his most memorable roles, as Fergus in 1968's La Mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black) and Bertrand Morane in 1977's L'Homme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women).
He was born in 1926 in the city of Tarnów in South-eastern Poland, before immigrating with his family to France, at the age of four. Passionate with theater from his childhood, he became a student of Charles Dullin, a famous theater teacher of his time, under whose guidance he remained until 1945. Another great personality of French theater Jean Vilar, impressed by his performance at Les mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias) called him four years after he left Vilar to join the Théâtre National Populaire (TNP). It was there that he gives some of his most early stage performances in plays such as Heinrich von Kleist's Prinz Friedrich von Homburg, Alfred de Musset's Lorenzaccio, among others.
In 1955 director Yves Allégret offers him a small role in his upcoming movie La Meilleure part (The Best Part), thus presenting him for the first time in cinema audiences. Two years later, in 1957 he has another secondary role in Louis Malle's legendary Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows), next to Jeanne Moreau, a co-performer of his from the days of TNP. However, he'll have to wait for five more years and several small roles, until 1963, when Claude Chabrol offers him the first leading role of his movie career in Landru, a film considered by many as his greatest on-screen performance. Despite his growing recognition to the big screen, the stage remains his true passion and the place where he gives his most memorable performances in plays like Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin (Scapin's Schemings) and Brecht's Trommeln in der Nacht (Drums in the Night). May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar). ... September 10 is the 253rd day of the year (254th in leap years). ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The film director, on the right, gives last minute direction to the cast and crew, whilst filming a costume drama on location in London. ... Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995) was a French film director. ... Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930) is a French movie director and has become well-known in the 40 years since his first film, Le Beau Serge, for his chilling tales of murder, including Le Boucher. ... Jean-Luc Godard (photograph by David Horvitz) Jean-Luc Godard (born 3 December 1930 in Paris) is a Franco-Swiss filmmaker and one of the most influential members of the Nouvelle Vague, or French New Wave. Born in Paris to Franco-Swiss parents, he was educated in Nyon, later studying... Constantinos Gavras (born February 12, 1933, Loutra-Iraias, Greece), better known as Costa-Gavras, is a Greek-French filmmaker best known for films with overt political themes. ... Claude Lelouch (born October 30, 1937) is a French film director, writer and producer. ... François Truffaut. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... La Mariée était en noir (released in English-speaking countries as The Bride Wore Black) is a 1967 film directed by François Truffaut, based on the novel by William Irish. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... LHomme qui aimait les femmes (The Man Who Loved Women) is a 1977 French comedy/drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Charles Denner, Brigitte Fossey and Nelly Borgeaud. ... Tarnów is a city in south-eastern Poland with 121,500 inhabitants (1995). ... Charles Dullin (May 8, 1885 Yenne, Savoie - December 11, 1949, Paris) was a French actor and director. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... Jean Vilar (1912-1971) was a French man of the theatre, who created in 1947 the Festival of Avignon. ... Les Mamelles de Tirésias (The Breasts of Tiresias) is a two act opera by Francis Poulenc based on a text by Guillaume Apollinaire. ... Bernd Heinrich Wilhelm von Kleist (October 18, 1777 – November 21, 1811) was a German poet, dramatist and novelist. ... Tomb of Alfred de Musset in Le Père Lachaise cemetery. ... Lorenzino de Medici (March 23, 1514, Florence - February 26, 1548, Venice) - assassin of Alessandro, first Medici, carrying the title of duke of Florence, and first hereditary ruler of Florence. ... 1955 (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Yves Allégret (October 13, 1907 - January 31, 1987) was a French film director in the film noir genre. ... 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Louis Malle (October 30, 1932 – November 23, 1995) was a French film director. ... Ascenseur pour léchafaud (released in the U.S. as Elevator to the Gallows and in the UK as Lift to the Scaffold) is a 1958 film directed by Louis Malle. ... Jeanne Moreau (born 23 January 1928 in Paris, France) is a French actress. ... 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1963 calendar). ... Claude Chabrol (born June 24, 1930) is a French movie director and has become well-known in the 40 years since his first film, Le Beau Serge, for his chilling tales of murder, including Le Boucher. ... Molière, engraved on the frontispiece to his Works. ... Bertolt Brecht (born Eugen Berthold Friedrich Brecht February 10, 1898 – August 14, 1956) was an influential German socialist dramatist, stage director, and poet of the 20th century. ... Drums in the Night (German Trommeln in der Nacht) is a play by Bertolt Brecht. ...

Complete Filmography

• Poisson d'avril (1954) by Gilles Grangier
• Les Hommes en blanc (1955) by Ralph Habib
• La Meilleure part (1956) by Yves Allégret
• Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (1958) by Louis Malle
• Les Perses (1961) by Jean Prat
• Loin de Rueil (1961) by Claude Barma
• Landru (1963) by Claude Chabrol
• Les Rustres (1963) by Jean Pignol
• Les Plus belles escroqueries du monde (1964) (segment "Le Grand escroc") by Jean-Luc Godard
• Pieds nickelés (1964) by Jean-Claude Chambon
• La Vie à l'envers (1964) by Alain Jessua
• Mata-Hari (1964) by Jean-Louis Richard
• Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965) by Claude Chabrol
• Compartiment tueurs (1965) by Costa-Gavras
• YUL 871 (1966) by Jacques Godbout
• The Thief of Paris (1967) (Le voleur) by Louis Malle
• Le Vieil homme et l'enfant (1967) by Claude Berri
• Héraclite l'obscur (1967) by Patrick Deval
• La Trêve (1968) by Claude Guillemot
• La Mariée était en noir (1968) by François Truffaut
• L' Idiot (1968) by André Barsacq
• Z (1969) by Costa-Gavras
• Le Corps de Diane (1969) by Jean-Louis Richard
• Le Voyou (1970) by Claude Lelouch
• Les Mariés de l'an II (1971) by Jean-Paul Rappeneau
• Les Assassins de l'ordre (1971) by Marcel Carné
• L' Aventure, c'est l'aventure (1972) by Claude Lelouch
• Une belle fille comme moi (1972) by François Truffaut
• L' Héritier (1973) by Philippe Labro
• Un officier de police sans importance (1973) by Jean Larriaga
• Défense de savoir (1973) by Nadine Trintignant
• Les Gaspards (1974) by Pierre Tchernia
• Toute une vie (1974) by Claude Lelouch
• Peur sur la ville (1975) by Henri Verneuil
• Vous ne l'emporterez pas au paradis (1975) by François Dupont-Midi
• Si c'était à refaire (1976) by Claude Lelouch
• Mado (1976) by Claude Sautet
• La Première fois (1976) by Claude Berri
• L' Homme qui aimait les femmes (1977) by François Truffaut
• Kakemono hôtel (1978) by Franck Apprederis
• Robert et Robert (1978) by Claude Lelouch
• La Verdad sobre el caso Savolta (1980) by Antonio Drove
• Le Coeur à l'envers (1980) by Franck Apprederis
• La Sourde oreille (1980) by Michel Polac
• Non-Lieu (1981) by Bruno Gantillon
• Mille milliards de dollars (1982) by Henri Verneuil
• L' Honneur d'un capitaine (1982) by Pierre Schoendoerffer
• Rock 'n Torah (1983) by Marc-Andre Grynbaum
• Le Château faible (1983) by Jean Larriaga
• Stella (1983) by Laurent Heynemann
• Golden Eighties (1983) by Chantal Akerman
• Zacharius (1984) by Claude Grinberg
• L' Unique (1986) by Jean-Claude Carrière and Jérôme Diamant-Berger

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