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