Michel Serrault
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-01-24
Day of Death
2007-07-29 (79 years old)
Place of Birth
Brunoy, Essonne, France
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.
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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Known For
Acting
(2023)
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)
Have Mercy on Us All
as Hervé Decambrais
(2007)
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as L'archevêque de Venise
(2007)
Le Bénévole
as Max Birgos
(2007)
L'Avare
as Harpagon
(2006)
Les enfants du pays
as Gustave
(2005)
Joyeux Noel
as The Castle Keeper
(2005)
Monsieur Léon
as Docteur Léon Chapuis
(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)
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
as Verlac
(2001)
Vajont
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
(2001)
The Girl from Paris
as Adrien Rochas
(2001)
Un cœur oublié
as Monsieur de Fontenelle
(2000)
The Libertine
as Le Cardinal
(2000)
Actors
as Michel Serrault
(1999)
The Children of the Marshland
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
(1997)
The Comedian
as Le comédien
(1997)
Artemisia
as Orazio Gentileschi
(1997)
Assassin(s)
as Mr. Wagner
(1997)
The Swindle
as Victor
(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)
Héloïse
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
(1991)
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
as Pompilius
(1991)
L'Huissier
as Maître Malicorne
(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)
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
as Louis XVI
(1985)
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
(1985)
He Died with His Eyes Open
as Robert Staniland
(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)
The Roaring Forties
as Sébastien Barral
(1982)
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
as Nestor Burma
(1982)
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
as Jules César
(1982)
The Hatter's Ghost
as Léon Labbé
(1981)
Malevil
as Emmanuel Comte
(1981)
The Inquisitor
as Jérôme Martinaud
(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)
The Associate
as Julien Pardot
(1979)
L'Esprit de famille
as le docteur Charles Moreau
(1979)
Buffet Froid
as Le comptable
(1979)
The Other One's Mug
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
(1979)
La Grâce
as Henri Dupérier
(1978)
La Cage aux Folles
as Zaza
(1978)
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
as le voisin
(1978)
Other People's Money
as Miremant
(1977)
Le Roi des bricoleurs
as Bordin
(1977)
Le Passe-muraille
as Dutilleul
(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)
Chinese In Paris
as Grégoire Montclair
(1974)
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Jean-Paul Rondin
(1974)
Operation Lady Marlene
as Paulo
(1974)
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Justin Blesh
(1974)
Bloody Murder
as Edouard Henricot
(1974)
La Gueule de l’emploi
as L'inspecteur de police
(1973)
La Cage aux folles
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
(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
(1972)
The Annuity
as Louis Martinet
(1972)
A Murder Is a Murder
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
(1972)
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
as Marcel Jolin
(1971)
(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)
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Commissaire Le Gac
(1969)
Call Me Mathilde
as François
(1968)
The Great Chase
as Aldo Moreni
(1968)
The Men in the Family
as Gabriel Pelletier
(1968)
Would-Be Gentleman
as M. Jourdain
(1967)
The Great Gadget
as Pounet
(1967)
The Madman of Lab Four
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
(1967)
Pour avoir Adrienne
as Thomeret
(1967)
Order of the Daisy
as L'inspecteur Papin
(1967)
Du mou dans la gâchette
as The armorer
(1967)
(1966)
Les Combinards
as La père de Lucile
(1966)
King of Hearts
as Monsieur Marcel
(1966)
Les enquiquineurs
as Martin - instituteur
(1966)
The Boss of Champignol
as Hector
(1965)
When the Pheasants Pass
as Rimero
(1965)
How Not to Rob a Department Store
as Méloune
(1965)
The Real Bargain
as Hutin
(1965)
Under Your Hat
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
(1965)
Le petit monstre
as Valet
(1965)
The Double Bed
as Albert
(1965)
Les baratineurs
as Henri
(1965)
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bénéchol
(1964)
Dandelions by the Roots
as Jérôme Martinet, actor and cousin of Jockey Jack
(1964)
Male Hunt
as Gaston Lartois
(1964)
Jaloux comme un tigre
as Mr. Lurot
(1964)
Clémentine chérie
as Maître Brunet
(1964)
Hard Boiled Ones
as Rossignol, private detective
(1964)
How Do You Like My Sister?
as Varangeot
(1963)
Bebert and the Train
as Barthoin
(1963)
Carom Shots
as Baudu, police inspector
(1962)
The Dance
as Pétrarque
(1962)
The Four Truths
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
(1962)
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
as Charpentier, le conférencier
(1962)
Love on a Pillow
as Varange
(1962)
How to Succeed in Love
as Commissioner
(1962)
We Will Go to Deauville
as Lucien Moreau
(1961)
On purge bébé
as Guillaume Chouilloux
(1961)
My Wife Is a Panther
as Butcher
(1961)
The American Beauty
as Tramp
(1960)
Love and the Frenchwoman
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
(1960)
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le second policier / Policeman
(1959)
Oh! What a Mambo
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
(1959)
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
as Eugène, l'interprète
(1959)
You Have Nothing to Declare?
as Dr. Emile Couzan
(1959)
Nina
as Adolphe Tessier
(1959)
La Malle volante
as M. Loiseau
(1959)
The Bureaucrats
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
(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)
L'Habit vert
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
(1957)
Adorables démons
as Jacques Willis Senior
(1956)
Life is beautiful
as le démarcheur
(1956)
Mon bébé
as Jimmy Scott
(1956)
Murderers and Thieves
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
(1956)
That Naughty Girl
as Inspector Leduc
(1956)
The Terror with Women
as Gendarme
(1955)
Diabolique
as Mr. Raymond
(1954)
Peek-a-boo
as Serrault, le trompettiste
(1954)
What the East Wind Saw
as Zamore
Crew
(2024)
(1990)
Dr. Petiot
Producer