
Michel Serrault
Acting
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Acting Credits
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. Serraul...
Known For
Filmography

Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles
2023
as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Have Mercy on Us All
2007
as Hervé Decambrais

Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
as L'archevêque de Venise

Le Bénévole
2007
as Max Birgos

L'Avare
2007
as Harpagon

Les enfants du pays
2006
as Gustave

Grabuge!
2005
as Commissaire Lancret

Monsieur Léon
2005
as Docteur Léon Chapuis

Joyeux Noel
2005
as The Castle Keeper

Albert est méchant
2004
as Albert Moulinot

Le Furet
2003
as Anzio

L'Affaire Dominici
2003
as Gaston Dominici

L'Affaire Dominici
2003
as Gaston Dominici

24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
as Louis

The Butterfly
2002
as Julien

Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
as Self (archive footage)

The Girl from Paris
2001
as Adrien Rochas

Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001
as Verlac

Vajont
2001
as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza

Un cœur oublié
2001
as Monsieur de Fontenelle

The Libertine
2000
as Le Cardinal

Actors
2000
as Michel Serrault

Marty's World
2000
as Antoine Berrant

The Children of the Marshland
1999
as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'

Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self

Assassin(s)
1997
as Mr. Wagner
The Comedian
1997
as Le comédien

The Swindle
1997
as Victor

Artemisia
1997
as Orazio Gentileschi

Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
as Louis XV

Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995
as Mr. Pierre Arnaud

Happiness Is in the Field
1995
as Francis Bergeade
Tel est Serrault
1995
as Self

Bonsoir
1994
as Alex Ponttin

Ville à vendre
1992
as Rousselot, le maire

Old Rascal
1992
as Darius Caunes

Room Service
1992
as M. Luc

The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
as Pompilius

L'Huissier
1991
as Maître Malicorne

Héloïse
1991
as Maurice Martin, Héloïse

Dr. Petiot
1990
as Docteur Petiot
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
1990
as Martin / Héloïse
Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé
1990
as Maître Malicorne

Stars 90
1990
as Self

Love Comedy
1989
as Paul Léautaud

Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
1989
as Gino

Bonjour l'angoisse
1988
as Michaud

Let Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
as Roger Scatti

No Harm Intended
1988
as Paul Duchêne

Miracle Healing
1987
as Ronald Fox-Terrier

Ennemis intimes
1987
as Baudin

Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self

Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)

My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister
1986
as Octave Clapoteau

Les Rois du gag
1985
as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson

La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

He Died with His Eyes Open
1985
as Robert Staniland

Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
as Louis XVI

Good King Dagobert
1984
as Otarius

Kill the Referee
1984
as Rico, aggressive supporter

Le Bon Plaisir
1984
as Le ministre de l'Intérieur

Deadly Circuit
1983
as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '

Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982
as Jules César

The Hatter's Ghost
1982
as Léon Labbé

Nestor Burma, détective de choc
1982
as Nestor Burma

The Roaring Forties
1982
as Sébastien Barral

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self

Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self (archive footage)

The Inquisitor
1981
as Jérôme Martinaud

Malevil
1981
as Emmanuel Comte

La Cage aux Folles II
1980
as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'

Heads or Tails
1980
as Édouard Morlaix

Il lupo e l'agnello
1980
as Léon

The Other One's Mug
1979
as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard

The Associate
1979
as Julien Pardot

Buffet Froid
1979
as Le comptable

L'Esprit de famille
1979
as le docteur Charles Moreau

La Grâce
1979
as Henri Dupérier

Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978
as le voisin

La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Zaza

Other People's Money
1978
as Miremant

Le Roi des bricoleurs
1977
as Bordin

Le Passe-muraille
1977
as Dutilleul

Les Folies Offenbach
1977
as Jacques Offenbach

La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée
1976
as Jean-Pierre Mazard

30 millions d'amis
1976
as Self

The Red Ibis
1975
as Jérémie

The Restroom Robbery
1975
as Max

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Apostrophes
1975
as Self

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Jean-Paul Rondin

No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Justin Blesh

Chinese In Paris
1974
as Grégoire Montclair

Operation Lady Marlene
1974
as Paulo

Bloody Murder
1974
as Edouard Henricot

La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
as L'inspecteur de police

Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self

The Big Store
1973
as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché

Big Deal
1973
as Paul

Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
as Le curé Léon

La Cage aux folles
1973
as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'

Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
as Marcel Jolin

The Annuity
1972
as Louis Martinet

A Murder Is a Murder
1972
as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self

Midi trente
1972
as Self

Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques
1971
as Alfred Mullanet

Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?
1971
as Achille
Samedi soir
1971
as Self

Ces messieurs de la gâchette
1970
as Gabriel Pelletier

La Liberté en croupe
1970
as Paul Cérès

Call Me Mathilde
1969
as François

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Commissaire Le Gac

The Men in the Family
1968
as Gabriel Pelletier

The Great Chase
1968
as Aldo Moreni

Would-Be Gentleman
1968
as M. Jourdain

À bout portant
1968
as Self

Order of the Daisy
1967
as L'inspecteur Papin

Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967

The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory

Pour avoir Adrienne
1967
as Thomeret

The Great Gadget
1967
as Pounet

Loose in the Trigger
1967
as The armorer

King of Hearts
1966
as Monsieur Marcel

Les Combinards
1966
as La père de Lucile

The Boss of Champignol
1966
as Hector

Les enquiquineurs
1966
as Martin - instituteur

At Theatre Tonight
1966
as Thomeret

When the Pheasants Pass
1965
as Rimero

Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965
as Bénéchol

How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
as Méloune

Under Your Hat
1965
as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max

The Real Bargain
1965
as Hutin

Le petit monstre
1965
as Valet

Les baratineurs
1965
as Henri

The Double Bed
1965
as Albert

Male Hunt
1964
as Gaston Lartois

Dandelions by the Roots
1964
as Jérôme Martinet

Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as Mr. Lurot

How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
as Varangeot

Hard Boiled Ones
1964
as Rossignol, private detective

Clémentine chérie
1964
as Maître Brunet

Carom Shots
1963
as Le commissaire Baudu

Bebert and the Train
1963
as Barthoin

The Dance
1962
as Pétrarque

Love on a Pillow
1962
as Varange

We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Lucien Moreau

The Four Truths
1962
as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")

Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
as Charpentier, le conférencier

How to Succeed in Love
1962
as Commissioner

The American Beauty
1961
as Tramp

On purge bébé
1961
as Guillaume Chouilloux

My Wife Is a Panther
1961
as Butcher

Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le second policier / Policeman

Oh! What a Mambo
1959
as L'inspecteur Vidalie
La Malle volante
1959
as M. Loiseau

You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
as Dr. Emile Couzan
L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
as Eugène, l'interprète

Nina
1959
as Adolphe Tessier

The Bureaucrats
1959
as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils

Discorama
1959
as Self

Clara and the Villains
1958
as 'La Parole'

Musée Grévin
1958
as The visitor

The Green Dress
1957
as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
Adorables démons
1957
as Jacques Willis Senior

The Innocent with Forty Children
1957
as Jean-François Robignac

That Naughty Girl
1956
as Inspector Leduc

Murderers and Thieves
1956
as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur

Life is beautiful
1956
as le démarcheur

Mon bébé
1956
as Jimmy Scott

The Terror with Women
1956
as Gendarme

Diabolique
1955
as Mr. Raymond

What the East Wind Saw
1954
as Zamore

Peek-a-boo
1954
as Serrault, le trompettiste