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
| Birth Location | Brunoy, Essonne, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1928-01-24 |
| Died | 2007-07-29 |
Movies
The Enigmatic Charlotte Rampling
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2009
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
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
2006
Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
2005
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
2005
Grabuge!
as Commissaire Lancret
2005
Albert est méchant
as Albert Moulinot
2004
Le Furet
as Anzio
2003
L'Affaire Dominici
as Gaston Dominici
2003
The Butterfly
as Julien
2002
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
as Louis
2002
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
2001
Actors
as Self
2000
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
2000
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
1999
The Comedian
as Le comédien
1997
The Swindle
as Victor
1997
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
1997
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
1997
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
as Louis XV
1996
Happiness Is in the Field
as Francis Bergeade
1995
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
as M. Pierre Arnaud
1995
Tel est Serrault
as Self
1995
Bonsoir
as Alex Ponttin
1994
Old Rascal
as Darius Caunes
1992
Room Service
as M. Luc
1992
Ville à vendre
as Rousselot, le maire
1992
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
1991
Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
1991
L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
1991
Dr. Petiot
as Docteur Petiot
1990
1989
Love Comedy
as Paul Léautaud
1989
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
as Roger Scatti
1988
Bonjour l'angoisse
as Michaud
1988
No Harm Intended
as Paul Duchêne
1988
Ennemis intimes
as Baudin
1987
Miracle Healing
as Ronald Fox-Terrier
1987
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
as Octave Clapoteau
1986
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
1985
Good King Dagobert
as Otarius
1984
Kill the Referee
as Rico, aggressive supporter
1984
Le Bon Plaisir
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
1984
Deadly Circuit
as Beauvoir, « l'Œil »
1983
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
The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
1981
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
1981
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
1980
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
1979
La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
1978
Other People's Money
as Miremant
1978
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
1978
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
1977
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
1977
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
as Jean-Pierre Mazard
1976
The Red Ibis
as Jérémie
1975
The Restroom Robbery
as Max
1975
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
1974
The Big Store
as Félix Boucan
1973
Big Deal
as Paul
1973
La Cage aux folles
as Albin dit "Zaza Napoli"
1973
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
as Le curé Léon
1973
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
1972
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
La Liberté en croupe
as Paul Cérès
1970
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
as Gabriel Pelletier
1970
Call Me Mathilde
as François
1969
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
1969
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
1968
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
1968
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
1967
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
1966
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
1966
Les combinards
as La père de Lucile
1966
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
1965
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
1965
The Double Bed
as Albert
1965
1965
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
1965
1965
Les baratineurs
as Henri
1965
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
1964
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
1963
Carom Shots
as Baudu, l'inspecteur de Police
1963
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
1962
The American Beauty
as le clochard
1961
My Wife Is a Panther
as le boucher
1961
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
1961
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)
1960
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
Clara and the Villains
as La Parole
1958
Musée Grévin
as The visitor
1958
The Innocent with Forty Children
as Jean-François Robignac
1957
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
1957
1957
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
1956
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
1955
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
1954
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
1954
Movies
Dr. Petiot
Producer
1990