Michel Serrault
Acting·January 24, 1928·† July 29, 2007 — 79 years old·Brunoy, Essonne, France
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.
Known For
Diabolique
1955·7.9
Joyeux Noel
2005·7.4
La Cage aux Folles
1978·6.8
Buffet Froid
1979·7.1
The Inquisitor
1981·7.5
Belphegor, Phantom of the Louvre
2001·4.6
Quarter to Two Before Jesus Christ
1982·6.1
The Children of the Marshland
1999·7.1
Happiness Is in the Field
1995·6.8
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978·6.6
The Butterfly
2002·6.8
Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud
1995·7.0
Filmography · 178
—On ne réveille pas un flic qui dortCommissaire Roger Scatti2024Poiret Serrault - Extraits extraAuthor · Dialogue2023Merci Zaza - La Folle Histoire de la Cage aux FollesSelf / Zaza Napoli / Albin (archive footage)2022Il était une fois Champs-ÉlyséesTVSelf (archive footage)2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)Self (archive footage)2007Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in VeniceL'archevêque de Venise2007Le BénévoleMax Birgos2007Have Mercy on Us AllHervé Decambrais2007L'AvareHarpagon2006Les enfants du paysGustave2005Monsieur LéonDocteur Léon Chapuis2005Joyeux NoelThe Castle Keeper2005Grabuge!Commissaire Lancret2004Albert est méchantAlbert Moulinot2003Le FuretAnzio2003L'Affaire DominiciTVGaston Dominici2003L'Affaire DominiciGaston Dominici2002The ButterflyJulien200224 Hours in the Life of a WomanLouis2002Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des BermudesSelf (archive footage)2001VajontL'Ingegner Carlo Semenza2001The Girl from ParisAdrien Rochas2001Belphegor, Phantom of the LouvreVerlac2001Un cœur oubliéMonsieur de Fontenelle2000ActorsMichel Serrault2000The LibertineLe Cardinal2000Marty's WorldAntoine Berrant1999The Children of the MarshlandHyacinthe Richard, aka 'Pépé la Rainette'1998Vivement dimancheTVSelf1997The ComedianLe comédien1997The SwindleVictor1997ArtemisiaOrazio Gentileschi1997Assassin(s)Mr. Wagner1996Beaumarchais the ScoundrelLouis XV1995Happiness Is in the FieldFrancis Bergeade1995Nelly and Monsieur ArnaudMr. Pierre Arnaud1995Tel est SerraultSelf1994BonsoirAlex Ponttin1992Old RascalDarius Caunes1992Room ServiceM. Luc1992Ville à vendreRousselot, le maire1991The Old Lady Who Walked in the SeaPompilius1991HéloïseMaurice Martin, Héloïse1991L'HuissierMaître Malicorne1990Nouvelles de Marcel AyméTVMartin / Héloïse · Maître Malicorne1990Dr. PetiotDocteur Petiot · Producer1990Stars 90TVSelf1989Merry Christmas... Happy New YearGino1989Love ComedyPaul Léautaud1988Let Sleeping Cops LieRoger Scatti1988Bonjour l'angoisseMichaud1988No Harm IntendedPaul Duchêne1987Ennemis intimesBaudin1987Sacrée soiréeTVSelf · Self (archive footage)1987Matin BonheurTVSelf1987Miracle HealingRonald Fox-Terrier1986My Brother-in-law Killed My SisterOctave Clapoteau1985La Cage aux Folles 3Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'1985He Died with His Eyes OpenRobert Staniland1985Liberté, égalité, choucrouteLouis XVI1985Les Rois du gagGaëtan / Robert Wellson1984Good King DagobertOtarius1984Kill the RefereeRico, aggressive supporter1984Le Bon PlaisirLe ministre de l'Intérieur1983Deadly CircuitLouis Beauvoir, ' l'Œil '1982Quarter to Two Before Jesus ChristJules César1982The Roaring FortiesSébastien Barral1982The Hatter's GhostLéon Labbé1982Nestor Burma, détective de chocNestor Burma1982Champs-ElyséesTVSelf · Self (archive footage)1981The InquisitorJérôme Martinaud1981MalevilEmmanuel Comte1980La Cage aux Folles IIAlbin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'1980Heads or TailsÉdouard Morlaix1980Il lupo e l'agnelloLéon1979Buffet FroidLe comptable1979The Other One's MugMartial Perrin/Gilbert Brossard1979The AssociateJulien Pardot1979La GrâceHenri Dupérier1979L'Esprit de famillele docteur Charles Moreau1978La Cage aux FollesZaza1978Other People's MoneyMiremant1978Get Out Your Handkerchiefsle voisin1977Le Passe-murailleDutilleul1977Les Folies OffenbachTVJacques Offenbach1977Le Roi des bricoleursBordin1976La situation est grave... mais pas désespéréeJean-Pierre Mazard197630 millions d'amisTVSelf1975The Red IbisJérémie1975The Restroom RobberyMax1975Système 2TVSelf1975Les Rendez-vous du dimancheTVSelf1975ApostrophesTVSelf1974No Pockets in a ShroudJustin Blesh1974Spécial cinémaTVSelf1974Operation Lady MarlenePaulo1974La Gueule de l’emploiL'inspecteur de police1974Bloody MurderEdouard Henricot1974Chinese In ParisGrégoire Montclair1974The Down-in-the-Hole GangJean-Paul Rondin1973The Big StoreFélix Boucan, directeur du supermarché1973Big DealPaul1973Moi y'en a vouloir des sousLe curé Léon1973La Cage aux follesAlbin aka 'Zaza Napoli'1972A Murder Is a MurderLe commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is BeautifulMarcel Jolin1972Midi trenteTVSelf1972The AnnuityLouis Martinet1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTVSelf1971Qu'est-ce qui fait courir les crocodiles ?Achille1971Le Cri du cormoran, le soir au-dessus des jonquesAlfred Mullanet1971Samedi soirTVSelf1970La Liberté en croupePaul Cérès1970Ces messieurs de la gâchetteGabriel Pelletier1969Call Me MathildeFrançois1969Un merveilleux parfum d'oseilleCommissaire Le Gac1968Would-Be GentlemanM. Jourdain1968À bout portantTVSelf1968The Great ChaseAldo Moreni1968The Men in the FamilyGabriel Pelletier1967Cette nuit-là à Bethléem1967The Madman of Lab FourMr. Granger, director of the scientific laboratory1967Loose in the TriggerThe armorer1967The Great GadgetPounet1967Pour avoir AdrienneThomeret1967Order of the DaisyL'inspecteur Papin1966King of HeartsMonsieur Marcel1966Les enquiquineursMartin - instituteur1966At Theatre TonightTVThomeret1966The Boss of ChampignolHector1966Les CombinardsLa père de Lucile1965When the Pheasants PassRimero1965Under Your HatGaston Berrien / Monsieur Max1965The Double BedAlbert1965Le petit monstreValet1965How Not to Rob a Department StoreMéloune1965Me and the Forty Year Old ManBénéchol1965The Real BargainHutin1965Les baratineursHenri1964Male HuntGaston Lartois1964Clémentine chérieMaître Brunet1964Jaloux comme un tigreMr. Lurot1964Hard Boiled OnesRossignol, private detective1964Dandelions by the RootsJérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien1964How Do You Like My Sister?Varangeot1963Bebert and the TrainBarthoin1963Carom ShotsLe commissaire Baudu1962We Will Go to DeauvilleLucien Moreau1962The Four TruthsCorbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")1962Un clair de Lune à MaubeugeCharpentier, le conférencier1962How to Succeed in LoveCommissioner1962Love on a PillowVarange1962The DancePétrarque1961The American BeautyTramp1961My Wife Is a PantherButcher1961On purge bébéGuillaume Chouilloux1960Candide or The Optimism in the 20th CenturyLe second policier / Policeman1960Love and the FrenchwomanL'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")1959La Malle volanteM. Loiseau1959You Have Nothing to Declare?Dr. Emile Couzan1959The Bureaucratsle conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils1959Oh! What a MamboL'inspecteur Vidalie1959DiscoramaTVSelf1959NinaAdolphe Tessier1959L'Anglais tel qu'on le parleEugène, l'interprète1958Clara and the Villains'La Parole'1958Musée GrévinThe visitor1957The Innocent with Forty ChildrenJean-François Robignac1957Adorables démonsJacques Willis Senior1957The Green DressCount Hubert de Latour-Latour1956The Terror with WomenGendarme1956Murderers and ThievesAlbert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur1956Life is beautifulle démarcheur1956Mon bébéJimmy Scott1956That Naughty GirlInspector Leduc1955DiaboliqueMr. Raymond1954Peek-a-booSerrault, le trompettiste1954What the East Wind SawZamore