Born 1940 (age 49) · Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Appears in 14 titles

Born in Avignon, France, he found work as a stage actor until the early 1970s, when he began working on films. His most famous role was in John Milius's historical epic The Wind and the Lion (1975), where he played a German colonel. He also appeared, playing similar characters, in the Spaghetti Westerns A Fistful of Dynamite (1971) and My Name is Nobody (1973). He also appeared as the zombified artist Schweick in Lucio Fulci's cult horror film The Beyond (1981). He spoke fluent English and German.

Filmography

Duck, You Sucker
7.7
Duck, You Sucker
1971
as Col. Günther Reza
My Name Is Nobody
7.3
My Name Is Nobody
1973
as Scape
The Beyond
6.9
The Beyond
1981
as Schweick
All the Way Boys
6.8
All the Way Boys
1972
as Mr. Ears' Thug
The Old Gun
7.5
The Old Gun
1975
as Le soldat allemand tué dans la cuisine
The Wind and the Lion
6.5
The Wind and the Lion
1975
as Von Roerkel
Ginger and Fred
6.9
Ginger and Fred
1986
as (credit only)
The Secret
6.5
The Secret
1974
as Gardien
The Killer Must Kill Again
6.3
The Killer Must Kill Again
1975
as Killer
Mad Enough to Kill
6.8
Mad Enough to Kill
1975
as Marcellin
FantastiCozzi
6.0
FantastiCozzi
2016
as (archive footage)
Cross
7.0
Cross
1987
as Le premier kidnappeur
The Big Black Sow