Claude Laydu
Acting
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Acting Credits
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...
Known For
Filmography
Bonne nuit les tipeu
2018
as Ulysse (voice)
Mafia alla sbarra
1963
as Giovanni
Bonne nuit les petits
1962
as Le Marchand de sable (voice)
Italienisches Capriccio
1961
as Carlo Goldoni
The Dialogue of the Carmelites
1960
as Knight of Force
The Wheel
1957
as Roland Pelletier
Altair
1956
as Mario Rossi
Price of Love
1955
as Pierre Ménard
Attila
1954
as Valentiniano Caesar
Symphony of Love
1954
as Franz Schubert
Rasputin
1954
as Héliodore
Good Lord Without Confession
1953
as Roland Dupont
I Was a Parish Priest
1953
as Andrés
Napoleon Road
1953
as Pierre Marchand
Heart of the Casbah
1952
as Michel
The Road to Damascus
1952
as Etienne
We Are All Murderers
1952
as Philippe Arnaud
Diary of a Country Priest
1951
as Curé d'Ambricourt
Trip to America
1951
as François Soalhat