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. Source: Article "Michel Serrault" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Known For

Apostrophes

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées

Spécial cinéma

Vivement dimanche

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
All Movies (156)
- Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux Folles2023 · as Self / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)
- Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)2009 · as Self (archive footage)
- Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice2007 · as L'archevêque de Venise
- Le Bénévole2007 · as Max Birgos
- Have Mercy on Us All2007 · as Hervé Decambrais
- L'Avare2007 · as Harpagon
- Les enfants du pays2006 · as Gustave
- Monsieur Léon2005 · as Docteur Léon Chapuis
- Joyeux Noel2005 · as The Castle Keeper
- Grabuge!2005 · as Commissaire Lancret
- Albert est méchant2004 · as Albert Moulinot
- Le Furet2003 · as Anzio
- L'Affaire Dominici2003 · as Gaston Dominici
- The Butterfly2002 · as Julien
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman2002 · as Louis
- Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes2002 · as Self (archive footage)
- Vajont2001 · as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
- The Girl from Paris2001 · as Adrien Rochas
- Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre2001 · as Verlac
- Un cœur oublié2001 · as Monsieur de Fontenelle
- Actors2000 · as Michel Serrault
- The Libertine2000 · as Le Cardinal
- Marty's World2000 · as Antoine Berrant
- The Children of the Marshland1999 · as Hyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'
- The Comedian1997 · as Le comédien
- The Swindle1997 · as Victor
- Artemisia1997 · as Orazio Gentileschi
- Assassin(s)1997 · as Mr. Wagner
- Beaumarchais the Scoundrel1996 · as Louis XV
- Happiness Is in the Field1995 · as Francis Bergeade
- Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud1995 · as Mr. Pierre Arnaud
- Tel est Serrault1995 · as Self
- Bonsoir1994 · as Alex Ponttin
- Old Rascal1992 · as Darius Caunes
- Room Service1992 · as M. Luc
- Ville à vendre1992 · as Rousselot, le maire
- The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea1991 · as Pompilius
- Héloïse1991 · as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
- L'Huissier1991 · as Maître Malicorne
- Dr. Petiot1990 · as Docteur Petiot
- Merry Christmas... Happy New Year1989 · as Gino
- Love Comedy1989 · as Paul Léautaud
- Let Sleeping Cops Lie1988 · as Roger Scatti
- Bonjour l'angoisse1988 · as Michaud
- No Harm Intended1988 · as Paul Duchêne
- Ennemis intimes1987 · as Baudin
- Miracle Healing1987 · as Ronald Fox-Terrier
- My Brother-in-law Killed My Sister1986 · as Octave Clapoteau
- La Cage aux Folles 31985 · as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- He Died with His Eyes Open1985 · as Robert Staniland
- Liberté, égalité, choucroute1985 · as Louis XVI
- Les Rois du gag1985 · as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
- Good King Dagobert1984 · as Otarius
- Kill the Referee1984 · as Rico, aggressive supporter
- Le Bon Plaisir1984 · as Le ministre de l'Intérieur
- Deadly Circuit1983 · as Louis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '
- Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ1982 · as Jules César
- The Roaring Forties1982 · as Sébastien Barral
- The Hatter's Ghost1982 · as Léon Labbé
- Nestor Burma, détective de choc1982 · as Nestor Burma
- The Inquisitor1981 · as Jérôme Martinaud
- Malevil1981 · as Emmanuel Comte
- La Cage aux Folles II1980 · as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
- Heads or Tails1980 · as Édouard Morlaix
- Il lupo e l'agnello1980 · as Léon
- Buffet Froid1979 · as Le comptable
- The Other One's Mug1979 · as Martial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard
- The Associate1979 · as Julien Pardot
- La Grâce1979 · as Henri Dupérier
- L'Esprit de famille1979 · as le docteur Charles Moreau
- La Cage aux Folles1978 · as Zaza
- Other People's Money1978 · as Miremant
- Get Out Your Handkerchiefs1978 · as le voisin
- Le Passe-muraille1977 · as Dutilleul
- Le Roi des bricoleurs1977 · as Bordin
- La situation est grave... mais pas désespérée1976 · as Jean-Pierre Mazard
- The Red Ibis1975 · as Jérémie
- The Restroom Robbery1975 · as Max
- No Pockets in a Shroud1974 · as Justin Blesh
- Operation Lady Marlene1974 · as Paulo
- La Gueule de l’emploi1974 · as L'inspecteur de police
- Bloody Murder1974 · as Edouard Henricot
- Chinese In Paris1974 · as Grégoire Montclair
- The Down-in-the-Hole Gang1974 · as Jean-Paul Rondin
- The Big Store1973 · as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
- Big Deal1973 · as Paul
- Moi y'en a vouloir des sous1973 · as Le curé Léon
- La Cage aux folles1973 · as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
- A Murder Is a Murder1972 · as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
- Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful1972 · as Marcel Jolin
- The Annuity1972 · as Louis Martinet
- Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?1971 · as Achille
- Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonques1971 · as Alfred Mullanet
- La Liberté en croupe1970 · as Paul Cérès
- Ces messieurs de la gâchette1970 · as Gabriel Pelletier
- Call Me Mathilde1969 · as François
- Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille1969 · as Commissaire Le Gac
- Would-Be Gentleman1968 · as M. Jourdain
- The Great Chase1968 · as Aldo Moreni
- The Men in the Family1968 · as Gabriel Pelletier
- Cette nuit-là à Bethléem1967
- The Madman of Lab Four1967 · as Mr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory
- Loose in the Trigger1967 · as The armorer
- The Great Gadget1967 · as Pounet
- Pour avoir Adrienne1967 · as Thomeret
- Order of the Daisy1967 · as L'inspecteur Papin
- King of Hearts1966 · as Monsieur Marcel
- Les enquiquineurs1966 · as Martin - instituteur
- The Boss of Champignol1966 · as Hector
- Les Combinards1966 · as La père de Lucile
- When the Pheasants Pass1965 · as Rimero
- Under Your Hat1965 · as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
- The Double Bed1965 · as Albert
- Le petit monstre1965 · as Valet
- How Not to Rob a Department Store1965 · as Méloune
- Me and the Forty Year Old Man1965 · as Bénéchol
- The Real Bargain1965 · as Hutin
- Les baratineurs1965 · as Henri
- Male Hunt1964 · as Gaston Lartois
- Clémentine chérie1964 · as Maître Brunet
- Jaloux comme un tigre1964 · as Mr. Lurot
- Hard Boiled Ones1964 · as Rossignol, private detective
- Dandelions by the Roots1964 · as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
- How Do You Like My Sister?1964 · as Varangeot
- Bebert and the Train1963 · as Barthoin
- Carom Shots1963 · as Le commissaire Baudu
- We Will Go to Deauville1962 · as Lucien Moreau
- The Four Truths1962 · as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
- Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge1962 · as Charpentier, le conférencier
- How to Succeed in Love1962 · as Commissioner
- Love on a Pillow1962 · as Varange
- The Dance1962 · as Pétrarque
- The American Beauty1961 · as Tramp
- My Wife Is a Panther1961 · as Butcher
- On purge bébé1961 · as Guillaume Chouilloux
- Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century1960 · as Le second policier / Policeman
- Love and the Frenchwoman1960 · as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
- La Malle volante1959 · as M. Loiseau
- You Have Nothing to Declare?1959 · as Dr. Emile Couzan
- The Bureaucrats1959 · as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
- Oh! What a Mambo1959 · as L'inspecteur Vidalie
- Nina1959 · as Adolphe Tessier
- L'Anglais tel qu'on le parle1959 · as Eugène, l'interprète
- Clara and the Villains1958 · as 'La Parole'
- Musée Grévin1958 · as The visitor
- The Innocent with Forty Children1957 · as Jean-François Robignac
- Adorables démons1957 · as Jacques Willis Senior
- L'Habit vert1957 · as Count Hubert de Latour-Latour
- The Terror with Women1956 · as Gendarme
- Murderers and Thieves1956 · as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
- Life is beautiful1956 · as le démarcheur
- Mon bébé1956 · as Jimmy Scott
- That Naughty Girl1956 · as Inspector Leduc
- Diabolique1955 · as Mr. Raymond
- Peek-a-boo1954 · as Serrault, le trompettiste
- What the East Wind Saw1954 · as Zamore
All TV Shows (23)
- Il était une fois Champs-Élysées2022 · as Self (archive footage)
- L'Affaire Dominici2003 · as Gaston Dominici
- Vivement dimanche1998 · as Self
- Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé1990 · as Martin / Héloïse
- Nouvelles de Marcel Aymé1990 · as Maître Malicorne
- Stars 901990 · as Self
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
- Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self (archive footage)
- Matin Bonheur1987 · as Self
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self
- Champs-Elysées1982 · as Self (archive footage)
- Les Folies Offenbach1977 · as Jacques Offenbach
- 30 millions d'amis1976 · as Self
- Système 21975 · as Self
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
- Apostrophes1975 · as Self
- Spécial cinéma1974 · as Self
- Midi trente1972 · as Self
- Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
- Samedi soir1971 · as Self
- À bout portant1968 · as Self
- At Theatre Tonight1966 · as Thomeret
- Discorama1959 · as Self