Claude Laydu

Claude Laydu

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

10/03/1927

Day of Death

29/07/2011
(84) years old

Place of Birth

Etterbeek, Belgium

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 ... Read More

Filmography

Cast

2018

Bonne nuit les tipeu

as Ulysse (voice)

1961

Italienisches Capriccio

as Carlo Goldoni

1960

The Dialogue of the Carmelites

as Knight of Force

1957

The Wheel

as Roland Pelletier

1956

Altair

as Mario Rossi

1955

Price of Love

as Pierre Ménard

1954

Attila

as Valentiniano Caesar

1954

Symphony of Love

as Franz Schubert

1954

Rasputin

as Héliodore

1953

Napoleon Road

as Pierre Marchand

1953

Good Lord Without Confession

as Roland Dupont

1953

I Was a Parish Priest

as Andrés

1952

The Road to Damascus

as Etienne

1952

We Are All Murderers

as Philippe Arnaud

1952

Heart of the Casbah

as Michel

1951

Trip to America

as François Soalhat

1951

Diary of a Country Priest

as Priest of Ambricourt