Michel Serrault

Personal Info

Birthday

January 24, 1928

Day of Death

2007-07-29

(79 years old)

Place of Birth

Brunoy, Essonne, France

Also Known As

Michel Lucien Serrault

Мишель Серро

Michel Serrault

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.

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.

Known For

At Theatre Tonight

The Restroom Robbery

Diabolique

Joyeux Noel

Peek-a-boo

La Cage aux Folles 3

La Cage aux Folles

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ

Filmography

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