
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.

The Old Gun
1975 · as Le soldat allemand tué dans la cuisine

Duck, You Sucker
1971 · as Col. Günther Reza

My Name Is Nobody
1973 · as Scape

The Beyond
1981 · as Schweick

The Wind and the Lion
1975 · as Von Roerkel

All the Way Boys
1972 · as Mr. Ears' Thug

FantastiCozzi
2016 · as (archive footage)

Ginger and Fred
1986 · as (credit only)

Mad Enough to Kill
1975 · as Marcellin

The Secret
1974 · as Gardien

Cross
1987 · as Le premier kidnappeur

The Killer Must Kill Again
1975 · as Killer

The Big Black Sow
1971