Career
He was a celebrity in his home country and in France but is most famous internationally for his supporting role of Remy Baudouin, comrade-in-arms of Indiana Jones in the The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles. In theater, Ronny Coutteure staged and performed several works. He was the proprietor of the "public-theatre" Louisiana ferme des hirondelles (Swallow Farm) in Fretin in northern France and he wrote and directed an opera, Les Contes d"un buveur de bière (Tales of a beer drinker) as well as teaching "biérologie" ("beer-ology").
Coutteure was a strong supporter of the culture and heritage of northern France and became a symbol of the culture of the frontier region with Belgium.
He committed suicide on 21 June 2000 at Louisiana ferme des hirondelles at the age of 48 shortly after France 3 announced the cancellation of his show Ronny coup de cœur.