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Gérard Hérold

Actor
Born September 10, 1939Died August 19, 1993 (53 years)
Gérard Hérold (Mulhouse, 10 September 1939 - Paris, 19 August 1993) was a French actor, appearing in several films, TV series and on theatre.

Gérard Hérold was born in Alsace in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) on 10 September 1939. He studied acting at the School of Dramatic Art in Strasbourg. In Paris, he was able to complete his artistic training by working with actor and director Antoine Vitez and also Gérard Vergez.

He started performing in 1967 in the soap opera La vie begins at midnight in the role of 'Roland Sénéchal' alongside Geneviève Fontanel. In 1973, he played the hero in Les Fraises d'automne and King Alphonse V in the soap opera Le Secret des Flamands with Isabelle Adjani and Jean-Claude Dauphin. Édouard Molinaro then hired him in 1975 for the role of 'Delorme' in his film The Pink Phone co-starring with Mireille Darc, then by Michel Drach for Tell Me About Love (Parlez-moi d'amour), Pierre Granier-Deferre for Farewell, Chicken co-starring with Lino Ventura and José Giovanni and then in 1976 for Comme a Boomerang with Alain Delon.

In 1977, Philippe Monnier gave Gerard Hérold the role of 'Bill' alongside Claude Brasseur in Monsieur Papa and then director Robert Lamoureux gave him the role of 'Commander Gilles' in The Seventh Company in the Moonlight in 1977. Other roles in 'Death of a Rotten' with Alain Delon and the interpretation of Alain Valdez in 2 of Molinaro's films with Marie-Hélène Breillat, 'Claudine goes away' and 'Claudine en ménage'.

In the 1980s, Alain Delon hired him for his films For the Skin of a Cop and The Battant. In the German series Lindenstraße by Hans W. Geißendörfer, Gérard Hérold performed the role of 'Frédéric de Pasquale' and 'Jean-Luc Mourrait', the lover of Tanja Schildknecht (Sybille Waury). His last role was Patrick, in 1991 alongside Gerard Depardieu in My father, the hero as 'Gerard Lauzier'.

He also performed on stage in various plays, including in 1958 at Théâtre National de Strasbourg.

He was married to actress Catherine Navarro and had a daughter named Anne. He died of a heart attack on 19 August 1993.

Source: Article "Gérard Hérold" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known For

  • My Father the Hero
  • The Seventh Company Outdoors
  • To Kill a Cop
  • Le battant
  • The French Detective
  • The Pink Telephone
  • To Catch a Cop
  • The Cheat
  • Monsieur Papa
  • Gaston Phébus
  • The Saint: Wrong Number
  • Claudine

Filmography

1991
My Father the Hero · as Patrick
1989
The Saint: Wrong Number · as Georges Millas
1988
Blaues Blut (TV Series) · as Dubois
1987
Les Enquêtes Caméléon (TV Series) · as Bernache
1986
The Secret Drawer (TV Series) · as Le Banquier
1985
Lindenstraße (TV Series) · as Jean-Luc Mourrait
1984
The Cheat · as Gérard
1984
Polar · as Foran
1984
To Catch a Cop · as Jean-Benoît
1983
1983
Le battant · as Sauvat
1981
To Kill a Cop · as Pradier
1981
Madame Claude 2 · as Max
1980
La Traque (TV Series) · as Nicolas "nico" Muller
1980
Julien Fontanes, magistrat (TV Series) · as Le Juge Daumenil
1980
Petit déjeuner compris (TV Series) · as M. Khandar
1978
Gaston Phébus (TV Series) · as Charles De Navarre
1978
Claudine (TV Series) · as Alain Valdés
1977
The Seventh Company Outdoors · as Commandant Gilles, Résistant Recherché
1977
1977
The Accuser · as Térenne
1977
Monsieur Papa · as Bill
1976
Boomerang · as Vaulnet
1975
The French Detective · as Inspector Moitrié
1975
Parlez-moi d'amour · as M. Bourget
1975
The Pink Telephone · as M. Jacques Delorme, L'ingénieur Conseil, Fielding
1975
Cinéma 16 (TV Series) · as Sarconi
1973
The Hostage Gang · as Le Médecin
1963
Thierry The Sling (TV Series) · as Pierre De Loubet
1958
The Last Five Minutes (TV Series) · as Bourseuil

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