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