Luc Merenda
Luc Merenda ( born September 3, 1943 in Nogent -le- Roi in France) is a French actor. Mostly he worked in Italian films. In particular, the Italian police films, the so-called Poliziottesco made him known.
Life
Merendas family comes from a region near Paris but moved to Morocco. At the age of 13 years Merenda moved to Paris. Merenda was an avid boxer and moved as 24 -year-old to New York. He worked successfully as a model and started his acting career. The Brazilian- French co-production O Palácio dos Anjos was the breakthrough. The film was shown at the Cannes Festival and Sao Paulo and Merenda popular as an actor. Shortly thereafter, he played in the popular French spy movie series OSS 117. Merenda was now in French cinema, a star.
His start in the Italian film industry, he managed to strip by director Luigi Scattini. This was followed by roles in several films of Sergio Martino. Merenda played more often now the tough cop in the Poliziottesco films. However, his roles were always positive connotation and not marked by vigilante justice as the representations of Maurizio Merli. Was often criticized its limited versatility as an actor. With the decline of Italian cinema from the early 1980s his performances were less.
In 1972, he married Rita Agostini from whom he divorced after a few years. In 1979 he married the journalist Germana Monteverdi. For many years Merenda operates an antique shop in Paris.