Michel Serrault
155 movies · 4 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 24, 1928
- Died
- Jul 29, 2007 (age 79)
- Place of birth
- Brunoy, Essonne, France
- Also known as
- Michel Lucien Serrault · Мишель Серро
Biography
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.
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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.
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Profiles IMDb
Known for
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★ 7.9 Diabolique
1955 · Film
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★ 7.3 Joyeux Noel
2005 · Film
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★ 6.8 La Cage aux Folles
1978 · Film
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★ 7.0 Buffet Froid
1979 · Film
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★ 7.5 The Inquisitor
1981 · Film
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★ 4.6 Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001 · Film
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★ 6.0 Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982 · Film
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★ 7.1 The Children of the Marshland
1999 · Film
Michel Serrault: movies and TV shows
Acting (157)
- Upcoming On ne réveille pas un flic qui dort
as Commissaire Roger Scatti
- 2007 Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de Venise
- 2007 Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
- 2007 Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
- 2007 L'Avare
as Harpagon
- 2006 Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
- 2005 Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
- 2005 Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
- 2005 Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
- 2004 Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
- 2003 Le Furet
as Anzio
- 2003
- 2003 L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
- 2002 The Butterfly
as Julien
- 2002 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Louis
- 2001 Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
- 2001 The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
- 2001 Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Verlac
- 2001 Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
- 2000 Actors
as Michel Serrault
- 2000 The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
- 2000 Marty's World
as Antoine Berrant
- 1999 The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
- 1997 The Comedian
as Le comédien
- 1997 The Swindle
as Victor
- 1997 Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
- 1997 Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
- 1996 Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
- 1995 Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
- 1995 Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
- 1994 Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
- 1992 Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
- 1992 Room Service
as M. Luc
- 1992 Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
- 1991 The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
- 1991 Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
- 1991 L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
- 1990
- 1990 Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot
- 1989
- 1989 Love Comedy
as Paul Léautaud
- 1988 Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
- 1988 Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
- 1988 No Harm Intended
as Paul Duchêne
- 1987 Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
- 1987 Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
- 1986 My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
- 1985 La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- 1985 He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
- 1985 Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
- 1985 Les Rois du gag
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
- 1984 Good King Dagobert
as Otarius
- 1984 Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporter
- 1984 Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
- 1983 Deadly Circuit
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
- 1982 Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules César
- 1982 The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien Barral
- 1982 The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
- 1982 Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
- 1981 The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
- 1981 Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
- 1980 La Cage aux Folles II
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- 1980 Heads or Tails
as Édouard Morlaix
- 1980 Il lupo e l'agnello
as Léon
- 1979 Buffet Froid
as Le comptable
- 1979 The Other One's Mug
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
- 1979 The Associate
as Julien Pardot
- 1979 La Grâce
as Henri Dupérier
- 1979 L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
- 1978 La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
- 1978 Other People's Money
as Miremant
- 1978 Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
- 1977 Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
- 1977
- 1977 Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
- 1976 La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
- 1975 The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
- 1975 The Restroom Robbery
as Max
- 1974 No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
- 1974 Operation Lady Marlene
as Paulo
- 1974 La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de police
- 1974 Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
- 1974 Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
- 1974 The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
- 1973 The Big Store
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
- 1973 Big Deal
as Paul
- 1973 Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
- 1973 La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
- 1972 A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
- 1972 Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
- 1972 The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
- 1971 Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
as Achille
- 1971 Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
as Alfred Mullanet
- 1970 La Liberté en croupe
as Paul Cérès
- 1970 Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
- 1969 Call Me Mathilde
as François
- 1969 Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
- 1968 Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
- 1968 The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
- 1968 The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
- 1967
- 1967 The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
- 1967 Loose in the Trigger
as The armorer
- 1967 The Great Gadget
as Pounet
- 1967 Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
- 1967 Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
- 1966 King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
- 1966 Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
- 1966
- 1966 The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
- 1966 Les Combinards
as La père de Lucile
- 1965 When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
- 1965 Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
- 1965 The Double Bed
as Albert
- 1965 Le petit monstre
as Valet
- 1965 How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Méloune
- 1965 Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
- 1965 The Real Bargain
as Hutin
- 1965 Les baratineurs
as Henri
- 1964 Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
- 1964 Clémentine chérie
as Maître Brunet
- 1964 Jaloux comme un tigre
as Mr. Lurot
- 1964 Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
- 1964 Dandelions by the Roots
as Jérôme Martinet
- 1964 How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
- 1963 Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
- 1963 Carom Shots
as Le commissaire Baudu
- 1962 We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
- 1962 The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
- 1962 Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
- 1962 How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
- 1962 Love on a Pillow
as Varange
- 1962 The Dance
as Pétrarque
- 1961 The American Beauty
as Tramp
- 1961 My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
- 1961 On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
- 1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
- 1960 Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
- 1959 La Malle volante
as M. Loiseau
- 1959 You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
- 1959 The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
- 1959 Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
- 1959 Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
- 1959 L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Eugène, l'interprète
- 1958 Clara and the Villains
as 'La Parole'
- 1958 Musée Grévin
as The visitor
- 1957 The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
- 1957 Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
- 1957 The Green Dress
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
- 1956 The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
- 1956 Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
- 1956 Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
- 1956 Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
- 1956 That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
- 1955 Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
- 1954 Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
- 1954 What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
Behind the camera (3)
- 2024 Poiret Serrault - Extraits extra
Author, Dialogue
- 1990 Dr. Petiot
Producer
- 1972 Aujourd'hui à Paris
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (20)
- 2023
- 2022 Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
1 episode
- 2009
- 2002
- 1998 Vivement dimanche
5 episodes
- 1995
- 1990 Stars 90
2 episodes
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
5 episodes
- 1987 Matin Bonheur
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
9 episodes
- 1976 30 millions d'amis
1 episode
- 1975 Système 2
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
3 episodes
- 1975 Apostrophes
1 episode
- 1974 Spécial cinéma
3 episodes
- 1972 Midi trente
4 episodes
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
1 episode
- 1971 Samedi soir
1 episode
- 1968 À bout portant
1 episode
- 1959 Discorama
1 episode