Michel Serrault
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. 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 3.0.
Known For
Credits
- 2023 · The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling as Self (archive footage)
- 2023 · Merci Zaza - La folle histoire de la Cage aux Folles as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
- 2022 · Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
- 2009 · Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
- 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 · 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 Self
- 2000 · The Libertine as Le Cardinal
- 1999 · The Children of the Marshland as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
- 1998 · Vivement dimanche as Self
- 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 M. Pierre Arnaud
- 1995 · Tel est Serrault as Self
- 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 · Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé as Martin / Héloïse
- 1990 · Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé as Maître Malicorne
- 1990 · Dr. Petiot as Docteur Petiot
- 1990 · Stars 90 as self
- 1989 · Merry Christmas... Happy New Year as Gino
- 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 · Matin Bonheur as Self
- 1987 · Miracle Healing as Ronald Fox-Terrier
- 1986 · My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister as Octave Clapoteau
- 1985 · La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding 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
- 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 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
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self
- 1982 · Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
- 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 Edouard 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 · Les Folies Offenbach as Jacques Offenbach
- 1977 · Le Roi des bricoleurs as Bordin
- 1976 · La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée as Jean-Pierre Mazard
- 1976 · 30 millions d'amis as Self
- 1975 · The Red Ibis as Jérémie
- 1975 · The Restroom Robbery as Max
- 1975 · Système 2 as Self
- 1975 · Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- 1975 · Apostrophes as Self
- 1974 · No Pockets in a Shroud as Justin Blesh
- 1974 · Spécial cinéma as Self
- 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 dit "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 · Midi trente as Self
- 1972 · The Annuity as Louis Martinet
- 1972 · Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- 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
- 1971 · Samedi soir as Self
- 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 · À bout portant as Self
- 1968 · The Great Chase as Aldo Moreni
- 1967 · Cette nuit-là à Bethléem as
- 1967 · The Madman of Lab Four as M. Granger, directeur du laboratoire scientifique
- 1967 · Du mou dans la gâchette as The armorer
- 1967 · The Great Gadget as Pounet
- 1967 · Pour avoir Adrienne as Thomeret
- 1967 · Les Compagnons de la marguerite as L'inspecteur Papin
- 1967 · The Men in the Family as Gabriel Pelletier
- 1966 · King of Hearts as Monsieur Marcel
- 1966 · Les enquiquineurs as Martin - instituteur
- 1966 · At Theatre Tonight as Thomeret
- 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
- 1965 · Me and the Forty Year Old Man as Bénéchol
- 1965 · The Real Bargain as
- 1965 · How Not to Rob a Department Store as
- 1965 · Les baratineurs as Henri
- 1964 · Male Hunt as Gaston Lartois
- 1964 · Clémentine chérie as Maître Brunet
- 1964 · Jaloux comme un tigre as M. Lurot
- 1964 · Hard Boiled Ones as Rossignol, le détective privé
- 1964 · Dandelions by the Roots as Jérôme, comédien de théâtrre et cousin de Jockey Jack
- 1964 · How Do You Like My Sister? as Varangeot
- 1963 · Bebert and the Train as Barthoin
- 1963 · Carom Shots as Baudu, l'inspecteur de Police
- 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 Le commissaire
- 1962 · Love on a Pillow as Varange
- 1962 · The Dance as Pétrarque
- 1961 · The American Beauty as le clochard
- 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 (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 · Discorama as Self
- 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 · L'Habit vert as
- 1956 · The Terror with Women as Un 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 #2
- 1955 · Diabolique as Mr. Raymond
- 1954 · Peek-a-boo as Serrault, le trompettiste
- 1954 · What the East Wind Saw as Zamore