Michel Serrault
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Michel Serrault (24 January 1928 – 29 July 2007) was a French stage and film actor who appeared from 1954 until 2007 in more than 130 films. His first professional job was in a touring production in Germany of Molière's Les Fourberies de Scapin. In 1948, he began his career in the theatre with Robert Dhéry in Les Branquignols. His first film was Ah! Les belles bacchantes, starring Robert Dhéry, Colette Brosset (Dhéry's then-wife), and Louis de Funès; directed by Jean Loubignac in 1954. Serrault played in the 1955 suspense thriller Les diaboliques, starring Simone Signoret and directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot. From February 1973 through 1978, he portrayed the role of Albin/Zaza opposite Jean Poiret in the play La cage aux folles, written by Poiret. He recreated the role for the film version of the play, which was released in 1978. In 1977-1978 he played the composer Jacques Offenbach in a six-part series of one-hour episodes about the musician's life, each one focusing on a specific aspect or work. Serrault died from relapsing polychondritis at his home in Équemauville on 29 July 2007 at age 79. He was buried in Sainte-Catherine's cemetery in Honfleur and was transferred in 2009 to the cemetery of Neuilly-sur-Seine near his wife Juanita Saint-Peyron and daughter Caroline, who died in 1977. He had another daughter, actress Nathalie Serrault. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known for
Credits
Ville à vendre (1992)
as Rousselot, le maire
The Comedian (1997)
as Le comédien
Deadly Circuit (1983)
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
Vajont (2001)
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
Diabolique (1955)
as Mr. Raymond
Joyeux Noel (2005)
as The Castle Keeper
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea (1991)
as Pompilius
Chinese In Paris (1974)
as Grégoire Montclair
Liberté, égalité, choucroute (1985)
as Louis XVI
Monsieur Léon (2005)
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs (1978)
as le voisin
Actors (2000)
as Michel Serrault
Nestor Burma, détective de choc (1982)
as Nestor Burma
Les baratineurs (1965)
as Henri
The Annuity (1972)
as Louis Martinet
La Grâce (1979)
as Henri Dupérier
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974)
as Jean-Paul Rondin
That Naughty Girl (1956)
as Inspector Leduc
Le Bénévole (2007)
as Max Birgos
Love and the Frenchwoman (1960)
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
Other People's Money (1978)
as Miremant
The Children of the Marshland (1999)
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Nina (1959)
as Adolphe Tessier
Le Bon Plaisir (1984)
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
L'Huissier (1991)
as Maître Malicorne
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
as Zaza
Old Rascal (1992)
as Darius Caunes
Love Comedy (1989)
as Paul Léautaud
The Big Store (1973)
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
as Mr. Lurot
Kill the Referee (1984)
as Rico, aggressive supporter
The Hatter's Ghost (1982)
as Léon Labbé
Clémentine chérie (1964)
as Maître Brunet
Carom Shots (1963)
as Le commissaire Baudu
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre (2001)
as Verlac
He Died with His Eyes Open (1985)
as Robert Staniland
L'Avare (2007)
as Harpagon
The Inquisitor (1981)
as Jérôme Martinaud
Peek-a-boo (1954)
as Serrault, le trompettiste
Assassin(s) (1997)
as Mr. Wagner
The Four Truths (1962)
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Héloïse (1991)
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
Oh! What a Mambo (1959)
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud (1995)
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
The Libertine (2000)
as Le Cardinal
Le Furet (2003)
as Anzio
Albert est méchant (2004)
as Albert Moulinot
La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Buffet Froid (1979)
as Le comptable
Good King Dagobert (1984)
as Otarius
Murderers and Thieves (1956)
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
The Swindle (1997)
as Victor
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel (1996)
as Louis XV
Male Hunt (1964)
as Gaston Lartois
King of Hearts (1966)
as Monsieur Marcel
No Pockets in a Shroud (1974)
as Justin Blesh
Mon bébé (1956)
as Jimmy Scott
La Cage aux Folles 3 (1985)
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
Let Sleeping Cops Lie (1988)
as Roger Scatti
Artemisia (1997)
as Orazio Gentileschi
You Have Nothing to Declare? (1959)
as Dr. Emile Couzan
The Butterfly (2002)
as Julien
How Do You Like My Sister? (1964)
as Varangeot
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques (1971)
as Alfred Mullanet
Bebert and the Train (1963)
as Barthoin
Love on a Pillow (1962)
as Varange
Les Rois du gag (1985)
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
Heads or Tails (1980)
as Édouard Morlaix
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman (2002)
as Louis
Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965)
as Bénéchol
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ (1982)
as Jules César
On purge bébé (1961)
as Guillaume Chouilloux
Miracle Healing (1987)
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
Adorables démons (1957)
as Jacques Willis Senior
The Great Chase (1968)
as Aldo Moreni
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée (1976)
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
The Terror with Women (1956)
as Gendarme
Il lupo e l'agnello (1980)
as Léon
The Girl from Paris (2001)
as Adrien Rochas
The Restroom Robbery (1975)
as Max
Le Passe-muraille (1977)
as Dutilleul
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year (1989)
as Gino
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister (1986)
as Octave Clapoteau
Le Roi des bricoleurs (1977)
as Bordin
Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
as Lucien Moreau
Operation Lady Marlene (1974)
as Paulo
The Double Bed (1965)
as Albert
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
as Le second policier / Policeman
Bonjour l'angoisse (1988)
as Michaud
Marty's World (2000)
as Antoine Berrant
The American Beauty (1961)
as Tramp
Happiness Is in the Field (1995)
as Francis Bergeade
The Men in the Family (1968)
as Gabriel Pelletier
Loose in the Trigger (1967)
as The armorer
Pour avoir Adrienne (1967)
as Thomeret
On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort (—)
as Commissaire Roger Scatti
Musée Grévin (1958)
as The visitor
When the Pheasants Pass (1965)
as Rimero
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille (1969)
as Commissaire Le Gac
The Other One's Mug (1979)
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
The Madman of Lab Four (1967)
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
The Associate (1979)
as Julien Pardot
The Great Gadget (1967)
as Pounet
Under Your Hat (1965)
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
How to Succeed in Love (1962)
as Commissioner
The Roaring Forties (1982)
as Sébastien Barral
A Murder Is a Murder (1972)
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
The Boss of Champignol (1966)
as Hector
Dr. Petiot (1990)
as Docteur Petiot
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous (1973)
as Le curé Léon
Big Deal (1973)
as Paul
Call Me Mathilde (1969)
as François
The Bureaucrats (1959)
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
The Dance (1962)
as Pétrarque
Les enfants du pays (2006)
as Gustave
Would-Be Gentleman (1968)
as M. Jourdain
No Harm Intended (1988)
as Paul Duchêne
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle (1959)
as Eugène, l'interprète
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes (2002)
as Self (archive footage)
Malevil (1981)
as Emmanuel Comte
How Not to Rob a Department Store (1965)
as Méloune
The Red Ibis (1975)
as Jérémie
Les enquiquineurs (1966)
as Martin - instituteur
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice (2007)
as L'archevêque de Venise
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (1972)
as Marcel Jolin
The Real Bargain (1965)
as Hutin
L'Esprit de famille (1979)
as le docteur Charles Moreau
L'Affaire Dominici (2003)
as Gaston Dominici
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ? (1971)
as Achille
Tel est Serrault (1995)
as Self
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge (1962)
as Charpentier, le conférencier
Bloody Murder (1974)
as Edouard Henricot
Bonsoir (1994)
as Alex Ponttin
Have Mercy on Us All (2007)
as Hervé Decambrais
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009)
as Self (archive footage)
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem (1967)
Actor
La Liberté en croupe (1970)
as Paul Cérès
Hard Boiled Ones (1964)
as Rossignol, private detective
Order of the Daisy (1967)
as L'inspecteur Papin
The Green Dress (1957)
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
La Gueule de l’emploi (1974)
as L'inspecteur de police
Grabuge! (2005)
as Commissaire Lancret
La Malle volante (1959)
as M. Loiseau
Clara and the Villains (1958)
as 'La Parole'
What the East Wind Saw (1954)
as Zamore
The Innocent with Forty Children (1957)
as Jean-François Robignac
Ennemis intimes (1987)
as Baudin
Room Service (1992)
as M. Luc
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles (2023)
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
Ces messieurs de la gâchette (1970)
as Gabriel Pelletier
Les Combinards (1966)
as La père de Lucile
La Cage aux folles (1973)
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
Un cœur oublié (2001)
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
Le petit monstre (1965)
as Valet
Life is beautiful (1956)
as le démarcheur
My Wife Is a Panther (1961)
as Butcher