Claude Laydu

Actor

Born: March 10, 1927
Died: July 29, 2011 (age 84)
From: Etterbeek, Belgique

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…

Filmography (18)

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