Pierre Vernier (actor)
{{Short description|French actor (1931–2024)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Pierre Vernier
| image = Pierre Vernier 2013.jpg
| caption = Vernier in 2013
| birth_name = Pierre Louis Rayer
| birth_date = {{birth date|1931|05|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = Saint-Jean-d'Angély, France
| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|10|09|1931|05|25|df=y}}
| death_place =
| nationality = French
| occupation = Actor
}}
Pierre Louis Rayer ({{IPA|fr|pjɛʁ vɛʁnje}}; 25 May 1931 – 9 October 2024), known by his stage name Pierre Vernier, was a French actor.{{Cite web|url= https://movies.yahoo.com/person/pierre-vernier/ |title= Job title : Actor|accessdate=18 December 2012}}
Life and career
Pierre Louis Rayer was born on 25 May 1931.{{Cite web|url= http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/pierre-vernier/ |title= Birthday:May 25, 1931|website= Rotten Tomatoes|accessdate=18 December 2012}}{{Cite web|url= http://www.cyranos.ch/sbverp-e.htm |title= The actor Pierre Vernier was born as Pierre Rayer.|accessdate=18 December 2012}} He repeatedly worked with Claude Chabrol, Henri Verneuil and Claude Lelouch, Georges Lautner and Jacques Deray.
In 2009, he portrayed Charles de Gaulle in a television film.{{Cite web|url= https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1285238/combined |title= Adieu De Gaulle adieu|website= IMDb|accessdate=18 December 2012}}{{Cite news|url= http://www.thrillmesoftly.com/2012/05/farewell-de-gaulle-farewell/ |title= Farewell De Gaulle, Farewell|newspaper= Hedmark🎬|date= 27 May 2012|accessdate=27 May 2012|last1= Hedmark|first1= Stefan}}
Vernier died on 9 October 2024, at the age of 93.{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Nathalie |title=L’acteur Pierre Vernier est mort |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/cinema/l-acteur-pierre-vernier-est-mort-20241012 |access-date=12 October 2024 |publisher=Le Figaro |date=12 October 2024}}
Filmography
| class="wikitable"
! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Year ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Title ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Role ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Director ! style="background: #CCCCCC;" | Notes |
| 1951
|a young man selling keepsakes |Uncredited |
| 1958
| |Henri Aisner | |
| rowspan="3"|1959
|Les affreux | |Marc Allégret | |
| Rue des prairies
|Un inspecteur |Denys de La Patellière | |
| Eyes of Love
| |Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1961
|Bernard 2 | |
| rowspan="2"|1962
|a magistrate |Claude Chabrol | |
| Ophélia
|Paul |Claude Chabrol | |
| rowspan="2"|1964
|La Difficulté d'être infidèle |Jean |Bernard Toublanc-Michel | |
| Weekend at Dunkirk
|the undertaker |Henri Verneuil | |
| rowspan="4"|1965
|La grosse caisse |L'agent de la sécurité |Alex Joffé | |
| Un mari à un prix fixe
|the beekeeper | |
| Pas de caviar pour tante Olga
|Hector Dumont-Fréville |Jean Becker | |
| Un milliard dans un billard
|Roger | |
| 1966
|Noël |Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| 1968
|Bonaparte |Denys de La Patellière | |
| rowspan="2"|1971
|Monsieur Lemonier |Roberto Bodegas | |
| Rendezvous at Bray
|Monsieur Hausmann | |
| rowspan="2"|1973
|Das Mädchen von Hongkong |Richmond |Jürgen Roland | |
| Manalive
|Innocence Smit |Frédéric Geilfus and Denise Geilfus | |
| rowspan="2"|1974
| Piaf |Raymond Asso |Guy Casaril | |
| Stavisky
|Pierre Grammont | |
| 1976
|Policeman | |
| 1978
|Latoussaint | |
| rowspan="3"|1979
|Gauthier |Alain Jessua | |
| Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses!
|René Martin, l'homme à la cravate rouge |Édouard Molinaro | |
| I as in Icarus
|Charly Feruda |Henri Verneuil | |
| rowspan="3"|1980
|Helmut von Nassau |Georges Lautner | |
| Tendres Cousines
|Julien's Father | |
| La Provinciale
|the editor | |
| rowspan="2"|1981
|On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus |Grégoire Dermoncourt |Michel Lang | |
| Le Professionnel
|Salvatore Volfoni |Georges Lautner |Uncredited |
| rowspan="3"|1982
|Josepha |Jenner |Christopher Frank | |
| Salut... j'arrive!
|Michel, le mari de Carole |Gérard Poteau | |
| Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux!
|Rudolph Valentino |Coline Serreau | |
| rowspan="2"|1983
|L'ami de Vincent |Gérard |Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| Le Marginal
|Inspector Rojinski | |
| rowspan="2"|1985
|Le transfuge | |Philippe Lefebvre | |
| The Frog Prince
|Monsieur Bourneuf | |
| 1986
|Cours privé |Philippe |Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1987
|Maurin |Jacques Deray | |
| rowspan="2"|1988
|Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator |André Arnaud | |
| Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté
|the chaplain | |
| 1989
|Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed |Blache |Coline Serreau | |
| rowspan="3"|1992
|Le médecin |Claude Chabrol | |
| La Belle Histoire
|the schoolmaster |Claude Lelouch | |
| Stranger in the House
|Le president du tribunal |Georges Lautner | |
| 1995
|the prison director |Claude Lelouch | |
| 1998
|Le clone |Armand |Fabio Conversi | |
| 1999
|Jean-Louis Pirou |Henri Helman |Episode: "Une santé d'enfer" |
| 2000
|Gérard | |
| 2004
|La confiance règne |Jacques Térion |Étienne Chatiliez | |
| rowspan="2"|2005
|L'antidote |Le senior board member |Vincent de Brus | |
| Palais royal!
|The ambassador | |
| rowspan="2"|2006
|Président Martino |Claude Chabrol | |
| Le Grand Meaulnes
|Le recteur |Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | |
| rowspan="2"|2012
|Paul Matter |Daniel Cohen | |
| La fleur de l'âge
|Maurice Renouard |Nick Quinn | |
| 2013
|Monsieur de la Chaise |Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2017
|Client Vaporette Oh! |Valérie Lemercier | |
References
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External links
- [http://en.unifrance.org/directories/person/122212/pierre-vernier Pierre Vernier at] Uni France Films
- {{IMDb name|0894608}}
- {{discogs artist|Pierre Vernier}}
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