Michel Serrault
Born January 24, 1928 (Age: 98)
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Brunoy, Essonne, France
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.
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.
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Filmography
Le Bénévole
2007
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as Max Birgos
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Age: 79
Monsieur Léon
2005
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as Docteur Léon Chapuis
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Age: 77
Joyeux Noel
2005
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as The Castle Keeper
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Age: 77
The Butterfly
2002
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as Julien
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Age: 74
24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
2002
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as Louis
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Age: 74
Michel Audiard et le mystère du triangle des Bermudes
2002
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 74
Vajont
2001
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as L'Ingegner Carlo Semenza
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Age: 73
Actors
2000
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as Michel Serrault
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Age: 72
The Libertine
2000
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as Le Cardinal
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Age: 72
Marty's World
2000
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as Antoine Berrant
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Age: 72
No Image
The Comedian
1997
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as Le comédien
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Age: 69
The Swindle
1997
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as Victor
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Age: 69
Artemisia
1997
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as Orazio Gentileschi
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Age: 69
Assassin(s)
1997
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as Mr. Wagner
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Age: 69
Beaumarchais the Scoundrel
1996
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as Louis XV
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Age: 68
Old Rascal
1992
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as Darius Caunes
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Age: 64
Room Service
1992
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as M. Luc
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Age: 64
Ville à vendre
1992
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as Rousselot, le maire
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Age: 64
The Old Lady Who Walked in the Sea
1991
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as Pompilius
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Age: 63
Héloïse
1991
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as Maurice Martin, Héloïse
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Age: 62
L'Huissier
1991
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as Maître Malicorne
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Age: 62
Dr. Petiot
1990
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as Docteur Petiot
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Age: 62
Merry Christmas... Happy New Year
1989
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as Gino
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Age: 61
Love Comedy
1989
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as Paul Léautaud
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Age: 61
Let Sleeping Cops Lie
1988
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as Roger Scatti
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Age: 60
Bonjour l'angoisse
1988
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as Michaud
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Age: 60
No Harm Intended
1988
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as Paul Duchêne
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Age: 60
Ennemis intimes
1987
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as Baudin
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Age: 59
Miracle Healing
1987
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as Ronald Fox-Terrier
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Age: 59
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
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as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
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Age: 57
He Died with His Eyes Open
1985
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as Robert Staniland
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Age: 57
Liberté, égalité, choucroute
1985
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as Louis XVI
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Age: 57
Les Rois du gag
1985
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as Gaëtan / Robert Wellson
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Age: 57
The Inquisitor
1981
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as Jérôme Martinaud
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Age: 53
Malevil
1981
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as Emmanuel Comte
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Age: 53
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
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as Albin Mougeotte / 'Zaza Napoli'
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Age: 52
Heads or Tails
1980
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as Édouard Morlaix
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Age: 52
Il lupo e l'agnello
1980
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as Léon
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Age: 52
La Cage aux Folles
1978
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as Zaza
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Age: 50
Other People's Money
1978
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as Miremant
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Age: 50
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
1978
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as le voisin
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Age: 49
Le Passe-muraille
1977
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as Dutilleul
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Age: 49
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
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as Justin Blesh
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Age: 46
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
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as Paulo
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Age: 46
La Gueule de l’emploi
1974
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as L'inspecteur de police
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Age: 46
Bloody Murder
1974
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as Edouard Henricot
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Age: 46
Chinese In Paris
1974
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as Grégoire Montclair
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Age: 46
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
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as Jean-Paul Rondin
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Age: 46
The Big Store
1973
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as Félix Boucan, directeur du supermarché
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Age: 45
Big Deal
1973
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as Paul
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Age: 45
Moi y'en a vouloir des sous
1973
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as Le curé Léon
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Age: 45
La Cage aux folles
1973
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as Albin aka 'Zaza Napoli'
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Age: 45
A Murder Is a Murder
1972
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as Le commissaire Plouvier / Superintendant
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Age: 44
The Annuity
1972
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as Louis Martinet
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Age: 43
Call Me Mathilde
1969
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as François
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Age: 41
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
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as Commissaire Le Gac
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Age: 41
When the Pheasants Pass
1965
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as Rimero
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Age: 37
Under Your Hat
1965
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as Gaston Berrien / Monsieur Max
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Age: 37
The Double Bed
1965
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as Albert
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Age: 37
Le petit monstre
1965
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as Valet
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Age: 37
How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
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as Méloune
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Age: 37
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965
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as Bénéchol
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Age: 37
The Real Bargain
1965
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as Hutin
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Age: 37
Les baratineurs
1965
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as Henri
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Age: 37
Male Hunt
1964
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as Gaston Lartois
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Age: 36
Clémentine chérie
1964
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as Maître Brunet
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Age: 36
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
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as Mr. Lurot
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Age: 36
Hard Boiled Ones
1964
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as Rossignol, private detective
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Age: 36
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
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as Jérôme Martinet, contrebassiste et comédien
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Age: 36
How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
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as Varangeot
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Age: 36
Bebert and the Train
1963
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as Barthoin
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Age: 35
Carom Shots
1963
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as Le commissaire Baudu
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Age: 35
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
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as Lucien Moreau
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Age: 34
The Four Truths
1962
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as Corbeau (segment "Le corbeau et le renard")
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Age: 34
Un clair de Lune à Maubeuge
1962
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as Charpentier, le conférencier
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Age: 34
How to Succeed in Love
1962
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as Commissioner
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Age: 34
Love on a Pillow
1962
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as Varange
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Age: 34
The Dance
1962
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as Pétrarque
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Age: 34
The American Beauty
1961
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as Tramp
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Age: 33
My Wife Is a Panther
1961
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as Butcher
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Age: 33
On purge bébé
1961
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as Guillaume Chouilloux
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Age: 33
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
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as Le second policier / Policeman
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Age: 32
Love and the Frenchwoman
1960
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as L'avocat de Danielle (segment "Le Divorce")
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Age: 32
No Image
La Malle volante
1959
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as M. Loiseau
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Age: 31
You Have Nothing to Declare?
1959
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as Dr. Emile Couzan
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Age: 31
The Bureaucrats
1959
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as le conservateur du musée de Vallembrais / Son petit-fils
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Age: 31
Oh! What a Mambo
1959
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as L'inspecteur Vidalie
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Age: 31
Nina
1959
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as Adolphe Tessier
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Age: 30
No Image
L'anglais tel qu'on le parle
1959
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as Eugène, l'interprète
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Age: 30
Clara and the Villains
1958
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as 'La Parole'
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Age: 30
Musée Grévin
1958
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as The visitor
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Age: 29
The Terror with Women
1956
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as Gendarme
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Age: 28
Murderers and Thieves
1956
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as Albert Lecagneux, le cambrioleur
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Age: 28
Life is beautiful
1956
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as le démarcheur
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Age: 28
Mon bébé
1956
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as Jimmy Scott
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Age: 28
That Naughty Girl
1956
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as Inspector Leduc
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Age: 28
Diabolique
1955
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as Mr. Raymond
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Age: 27
Peek-a-boo
1954
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as Serrault, le trompettiste
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Age: 26
What the East Wind Saw
1954
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as Zamore
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Age: 26