Michel Serrault
Acting • Born 1928-01-24 – Died 2007-07-29
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. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
179 credits
Diabolique
Movie • 1955
Mr. Raymond
Bonsoir
Movie • 1994
Alex Ponttin
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
Movie • 1974
Jean-Paul Rondin
The Other One's Mug
Movie • 1979
Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
Movie • 1978
le voisin
The Red Ibis
Movie • 1975
Jérémie
La Cage aux Folles
Movie • 1978
Zaza
Male Hunt
Movie • 1964
Gaston Lartois
The Dance
Movie • 1962
Pétrarque
Clara and the Villains
Movie • 1958
'La Parole'
The Inquisitor
Movie • 1981
Jérôme Martinaud
La Cage aux Folles II
Movie • 1980
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
The Associate
Movie • 1979
Julien Pardot
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Movie • 1972
Marcel Jolin
The Girl from Paris
Movie • 2001
Adrien Rochas
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
Movie • 1995
Mr. Pierre Arnaud
Assassin(s)
Movie • 1997
Mr. Wagner
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
Movie • 2001
Verlac
The Children of the Marshland
Movie • 1999
Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
Have Mercy on Us All
Movie • 2007
Hervé Decambrais
Carom Shots
Movie • 1963
Le commissaire Baudu
Happiness Is in the Field
Movie • 1995
Francis Bergeade
The Big Store
Movie • 1973
Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
Deadly Circuit
Movie • 1983
Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
The Annuity
Movie • 1972
Louis Martinet
Oh! What a Mambo
Movie • 1959
L'inspecteur Vidalie
Good King Dagobert
Movie • 1984
Otarius
Buffet Froid
Movie • 1979
Le comptable
Bebert and the Train
Movie • 1963
Barthoin
No Pockets in a Shroud
Movie • 1974
Justin Blesh
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
Movie • 2002
Louis
Heads or Tails
Movie • 1980
Édouard Morlaix
The Butterfly
Movie • 2002
Julien
Miracle Healing
Movie • 1987
Ronald Fox-Terrier
The Comedian
Movie • 1997
Le comédien
The Swindle
Movie • 1997
Victor
Les Rois du gag
Movie • 1985
Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
Les enfants du pays
Movie • 2006
Gustave
Dr. Petiot
Movie • 1990
Docteur Petiot
Artemisia
Movie • 1997
Orazio Gentileschi
Malevil
Movie • 1981
Emmanuel Comte
Love on a Pillow
Movie • 1962
Varange
Vajont
Movie • 2001
L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
That Naughty Girl
Movie • 1956
Inspector Leduc
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
Movie • 1996
Louis XV
King of Hearts
Movie • 1966
Monsieur Marcel
La Malle volante
Movie • 1959
M. Loiseau
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
Movie • 1982
Jules César
Bonjour l'angoisse
Movie • 1988
Michaud
Le Furet
Movie • 2003
Anzio
Albert est méchant
Movie • 2004
Albert Moulinot
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
Movie • 2007
L'archevêque de Venise
Chinese In Paris
Movie • 1974
Grégoire Montclair
Kill the Referee
Movie • 1984
Rico, aggressive supporter
The Hatter's Ghost
Movie • 1982
Léon Labbé
La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
Movie • 1976
Jean-Pierre Mazard
Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
Movie • 1971
Alfred Mullanet
When the Pheasants Pass
Movie • 1965
Rimero
The Men in the Family
Movie • 1968
Gabriel Pelletier
Ville à vendre
Movie • 1992
Rousselot, le maire
Grabuge!
Movie • 2005
Commissaire Lancret
Murderers and Thieves
Movie • 1956
Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
Nestor Burma, détective de choc
Movie • 1982
Nestor Burma
La Cage aux Folles 3
Movie • 1985
Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
Movie • 1986
Octave Clapoteau
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
Movie • 1991
Pompilius
Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
Movie • 2023
Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
The Restroom Robbery
Movie • 1975
Max
The Libertine
Movie • 2000
Le Cardinal
Other People's Money
Movie • 1978
Miremant
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
Movie • 1988
Roger Scatti
The American Beauty
Movie • 1961
Tramp
He Died with His Eyes Open
Movie • 1985
Robert Staniland
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
Movie • 1965
Bénéchol
Dandelions by the Roots
Movie • 1964
Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
We Will Go to Deauville
Movie • 1962
Lucien Moreau
Love and the Frenchwoman
Movie • 1960
L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
What the East Wind Saw
Movie • 1954
Zamore
Le Bon Plaisir
Movie • 1984
Le ministre de l'Intérieur
Big Deal
Movie • 1973
Paul
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie • 1960
Le second policier / Policeman
The Great Chase
Movie • 1968
Aldo Moreni
Call Me Mathilde
Movie • 1969
François
Order of the Daisy
Movie • 1967
L'inspecteur Papin
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Movie • 1967
Old Rascal
Movie • 1992
Darius Caunes
The Four Truths
Movie • 1962
Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
Movie • 1985
Louis XVI
The Madman of Lab Four
Movie • 1967
Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
You Have Nothing to Declare?
Movie • 1959
Dr. Emile Couzan
Room Service
Movie • 1992
M. Luc
Love Comedy
Movie • 1989
Paul Léautaud
Monsieur Léon
Movie • 2005
Docteur Léon Chapuis
No Harm Intended
Movie • 1988
Paul Duchêne
Jaloux comme un tigre
Movie • 1964
Mr. Lurot
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
Movie • 1962
Charpentier, le conférencier
How Not to Rob a Department Store
Movie • 1965
Méloune
Life is beautiful
Movie • 1956
le démarcheur
A Murder Is a Murder
Movie • 1972
Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
Pour avoir Adrienne
Movie • 1967
Thomeret
Mon bébé
Movie • 1956
Jimmy Scott
How to Succeed in Love
Movie • 1962
Commissioner
L'Habit vert
Movie • 1957
Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
L'Affaire Dominici
Movie • 2003
Gaston Dominici
Le Bénévole
Movie • 2007
Max Birgos
How Do You Like My Sister?
Movie • 1964
Varangeot
Hard Boiled Ones
Movie • 1964
Rossignol, private detective
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie • 1974
Paulo
Under Your Hat
Movie • 1965
Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
Les Combinards
Movie • 1966
La père de Lucile
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
Movie • 1989
Gino
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
Movie • 1973
Le curé Léon
The Real Bargain
Movie • 1965
Hutin
Peek-a-boo
Movie • 1954
Serrault, le trompettiste
Le petit monstre
Movie • 1965
Valet
The Boss of Champignol
Movie • 1966
Hector
Ces messieurs de la gâchette
Movie • 1970
Gabriel Pelletier
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
Movie • 1959
Eugène, l'interprète
Le Roi des bricoleurs
Movie • 1977
Bordin
The Great Gadget
Movie • 1967
Pounet
Un cœur oublié
Movie • 2001
Monsieur de Fontenelle
Bloody Murder
Movie • 1974
Edouard Henricot
Il lupo e l'agnello
Movie • 1980
Léon
Nina
Movie • 1959
Adolphe Tessier
Clémentine chérie
Movie • 1964
Maître Brunet
Adorables démons
Movie • 1957
Jacques Willis Senior
Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
Movie • 1971
Achille
L'Esprit de famille
Movie • 1979
le docteur Charles Moreau
La Grâce
Movie • 1979
Henri Dupérier
On purge bébé
Movie • 1961
Guillaume Chouilloux
Les baratineurs
Movie • 1965
Henri
The Innocent with Forty Children
Movie • 1957
Jean-François Robignac
L'Huissier
Movie • 1991
Maître Malicorne
The Terror with Women
Movie • 1956
Gendarme
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
Movie • 1969
Commissaire Le Gac
La Liberté en croupe
Movie • 1970
Paul Cérès
Le Passe-muraille
Movie • 1977
Dutilleul
The Double Bed
Movie • 1965
Albert
Loose in the Trigger
Movie • 1967
The armorer
The Roaring Forties
Movie • 1982
Sébastien Barral
The Bureaucrats
Movie • 1959
le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
Héloïse
Movie • 1991
Maurice Martin, Héloïse
Les enquiquineurs
Movie • 1966
Martin - instituteur
Musée Grévin
Movie • 1958
The visitor
Joyeux Noel
Movie • 2005
The Castle Keeper
My Wife Is a Panther
Movie • 1961
Butcher
La Gueule de l’emploi
Movie • 1974
L'inspecteur de police
Would-Be Gentleman
Movie • 1968
M. Jourdain
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
Movie • 2009
Self (archive footage)
Actors
Movie • 2000
Michel Serrault
Ennemis intimes
Movie • 1987
Baudin
Tel est Serrault
Movie • 1995
Self
La Cage aux folles
Movie • 1973
Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
L'Avare
Movie • 2007
Harpagon
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
Movie • 2002
Self (archive footage)
C'est pas Parce qu'on n'a Rien à dire qu'il faut fermer sa Gueule...
Movie
Max
Marty's World
Movie • 2000
Antoine Berrant
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
TV • 1990
Martin / Héloïse
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
TV • 1990
Maître Malicorne
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
At Theatre Tonight
TV • 1966
Thomeret
À bout portant
TV • 1968
Self
Spécial cinéma
TV • 1974
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Samedi soir
TV • 1971
Self
Discorama
TV • 1959
Self
Système 2
TV • 1975
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TV • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Apostrophes
TV • 1975
Self
Les Folies Offenbach
TV • 1977
Jacques Offenbach
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self (archive footage)
Vivement dimanche
TV • 1998
Self
Matin Bonheur
TV • 1987
Self
Stars 90
TV • 1990
Self
30 millions d'amis
TV • 1976
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)