He was one of those well-known faces that we do not forget and that we immediately recognize, but whose extensive career is little known. Slender actor, with a distinguished bearing and sometimes mocking gaze, Pierre Vernier died on Wednesday, October 9, in Vic-Fezensac, in Gers, at the age of 93, Agence France Presse learned on Saturday from his relatives. He has played all kinds of roles in film and theater. As the historian Jean Tulard writes in his Film Dictionary. the actors (Robert Laffont, 2007), Pierre Vernier was the “reliable, quality type of actor. His compositions in “Rocambole”, “Offenbach”, “stavisky“, “Mr. Klein” EITHER “The intoxication of power““They were excellent.” He appeared in 71 films or television movies.
Pierre Rayer, known as Pierre Vernier, was born on May 25, 1931 in Saint-Jean-d’Angély (Charente-Maritime). After his studies, he took classes at the National Conservatory of Dramatic Art (class of 1954). He is part of the “conservatory band”, also called “the Bébel band”, a group of friends whose teacher included Louis Jouvet and who brought together future stars such as Jean-Paul Belmondo, Annie Girardot, Jean Rochefort and even Philippe Noiret.
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He made his film debut in 1951 with the film Juliette or the key of dreams, a feature film by Marcel Carné. Then, after the conservatory, he toured the horrible (1958), feature film by Marc Allégret. But it was with Claude Chabrol with whom he began to become known with the film. The Godelureaux, in 1961, then Ophelia in 1963. It was with this filmmaker that he filmed the most (four films and a television series).
Then the films with the greatest directors follow: Henri Verneuil, Jacques Deray, Joseph Losey and Claude Lelouch. He acts in six films with Jean-Paul Belmondo (among them Weekend in Zuydcoote, by Henri Verneuil, 1964, The Guignolo, by Georges Lautner, 1980) and appears alongside Jean-Pierre Marielle, Yves Montand and Charlotte Rampling.
But it’s with the soap opera. rocamboleadapted from the novel by Ponson du Terrail (1829-1871), for which he became famous. Broadcast in 1964-1965, Rocambole tells the story of a repentant who becomes a vigilante in the heart of 19th century Paris.my century. The soap opera was a success, allowing Pierre Vernier to often obtain leading roles on television, which would not be the case in film.
Awarded for his television roles.
Ten years later, he played in Michel Strogoffwhere he plays the reporter Alcide Jolivet, an international co-production of four episodes, based on the novel by Jules Verne, directed by Jean-Pierre Decourt. This series, filmed in Hungary with a large budget, was a great success with the public. Other series and films for television will mark his career. In 2006, he appeared in the series. Jihad.
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