Born Raymond Joseph Léon De Backer in the Brussels suburb of Koekelberg, the actor began his theatrical training with a 1946 performance of Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher before transitioning to cinema in 1954. He gained recognition among English-speaking viewers for portraying the Commander in The Brain and Inspector Renard in The Greengage Summer, and earned the Pix du Brigadier in 1982 for his role in…
