Mr. Denner began studying in Paris with
Charles Dullin in 1945. Four years later,
he joined the National Popular Theater. In 1962, he was offered his
first big film role, in Der Frauenmörder von Paris (1963). He
made thirty films after that, notably with
Claude Lelouch and
François Truffaut. Over the years, he
worked under some of France's best-known directors, including
Louis Malle. During the 70's and 80's, he
notoriously personified police detectives in famous French "Films
Noirs" such as
Tausend Milliarden Dollar (1982)
or Angst über der Stadt (1975).
