# Pierre Vernier (actor)

Pierre Louis Rayer (French pronunciation:; 25 May 1931 – 9 October 2024), known by his stage name Pierre Vernier, was a French actor.

## Life and career

Pierre Louis Rayer was born on 25 May 1931. 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.
Vernier died on 9 October 2024, at the age of 93.

## Filmography

| Year | Title | Role | Director | Notes |
| 1951 | Juliette, or Key of Dreams | a young man selling keepsakes | Marcel Carné | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Les Copains du dimanche | | Henri Aisner | |
| 1959 | Les affreux | | Marc Allégret | |
| 1959 | Rue des prairies | Un inspecteur | Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1959 | Eyes of Love | | Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1961 | Wise Guys | Bernard 2 | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1962 | Bluebeard | a magistrate | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1962 | Ophélia | Paul | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1964 | La Difficulté d'être infidèle | Jean | Bernard Toublanc-Michel | |
| 1964 | Weekend at Dunkirk | the undertaker | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1965 | La grosse caisse | L'agent de la sécurité | Alex Joffé | |
| 1965 | Un mari à un prix fixe | the beekeeper | Claude de Givray | |
| 1965 | Pas de caviar pour tante Olga | Hector Dumont-Fréville | Jean Becker | |
| 1965 | Un milliard dans un billard | Roger | Nicolas Gessner | |
| 1966 | The Gardener of Argenteuil | Noël | Jean-Paul Le Chanois | |
| 1968 | Darling Caroline | Bonaparte | Denys de La Patellière | |
| 1971 | Spaniards in Paris | Monsieur Lemonier | Roberto Bodegas | |
| 1971 | Rendezvous at Bray | Monsieur Hausmann | André Delvaux | |
| 1973 | Das Mädchen von Hongkong | Richmond | Jürgen Roland | |
| 1973 | Manalive | Innocence Smit | Frédéric Geilfus and Denise Geilfus | |
| 1974 | Piaf | Raymond Asso | Guy Casaril | |
| 1974 | Stavisky | Pierre Grammont | Alain Resnais | |
| 1976 | Monsieur Klein | Policeman | Joseph Losey | |
| 1978 | Le sucre | Latoussaint | Jacques Rouffio | |
| 1979 | The Dogs | Gauthier | Alain Jessua | |
| 1979 | Cause toujours... tu m'intéresses! | René Martin, l'homme à la cravate rouge | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1979 | I as in Icarus | Charly Feruda | Henri Verneuil | |
| 1980 | Le Guignolo | Helmut von Nassau | Georges Lautner | |
| 1980 | Tendres Cousines | Julien's Father | David Hamilton | |
| 1980 | La Provinciale | the editor | Claude Goretta | |
| 1981 | On n'est pas des anges... elles non plus | Grégoire Dermoncourt | Michel Lang | |
| 1981 | Le Professionnel | Salvatore Volfoni | Georges Lautner | Uncredited |
| 1982 | Josepha | Jenner | Christopher Frank | |
| 1982 | Salut... j'arrive! | Michel, le mari de Carole | Gérard Poteau | |
| 1982 | Qu'est-ce qu'on attend pour être heureux! | Rudolph Valentino | Coline Serreau | |
| 1983 | L'ami de Vincent | Gérard | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1983 | Le Marginal | Inspector Rojinski | Jacques Deray | |
| 1985 | Le transfuge | | Philippe Lefebvre | |
| 1985 | The Frog Prince | Monsieur Bourneuf | Brian Gilbert | |
| 1986 | Cours privé | Philippe | Pierre Granier-Deferre | |
| 1987 | Le Solitaire | Maurin | Jacques Deray | |
| 1988 | Door on the Left as You Leave the Elevator | André Arnaud | Édouard Molinaro | |
| 1988 | Itinéraire d'un enfant gâté | the chaplain | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1989 | Mama, There's a Man in Your Bed | Blache | Coline Serreau | |
| 1992 | Betty | Le médecin | Claude Chabrol | |
| 1992 | La Belle Histoire | the schoolmaster | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1992 | Stranger in the House | Le president du tribunal | Georges Lautner | |
| 1995 | Les Misérables | the prison director | Claude Lelouch | |
| 1998 | Le clone | Armand | Fabio Conversi | |
| 1999 | Joséphine, ange gardien | Jean-Louis Pirou | Henri Helman | Episode: "Une santé d'enfer" |
| 2000 | Sous le sable | Gérard | François Ozon | |
| 2004 | La confiance règne | Jacques Térion | Étienne Chatiliez | |
| 2005 | L'antidote | Le senior board member | Vincent de Brus | |
| 2005 | Palais royal! | The ambassador | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2006 | Comedy of Power | Président Martino | Claude Chabrol | |
| 2006 | Le Grand Meaulnes | Le recteur | Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe | |
| 2012 | The Chef | Paul Matter | Daniel Cohen | |
| 2012 | La fleur de l'âge | Maurice Renouard | Nick Quinn | |
| 2013 | 100% cachemire | Monsieur de la Chaise | Valérie Lemercier | |
| 2017 | Marie-Francine | Client Vaporette Oh! | Valérie Lemercier | |