A model and bit player before gaining juvenile leads in films.
Had his own fan club in the 1950s.
His father, a sailor, died when he was two. His mother disappeared when he was nine and he was raised in a boarding school.
Killed himself the day after his 77th birthday.
Married three times, he had one daughter, Laurence, from his second marriage; a son, Eric, from his third.
Performed mostly in TV serials in his later career.
Studied drama with René Simon.
Went to school in Fontainebleau and in Paris.