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