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