Claude Cerval
{{Short description|French actor (1921–1972)}}
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{{Infobox person
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| name = Claude Cerval
| birth_date = 21 February 1921
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1972|7|25|1921|2|21|df=yes}}
| death_place = Paris, France
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| occupation = Actor
| years active = 1955–1971
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Claude Cerval (21 February 1921 – 25 July 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 1971.
Biography
After his secondary studies, he took drama lessons with, among others, Louis Jouvet. He then performed in cabarets and at the theater, notably at the Odéon, before joining the Théâtre national populaire. He worked in cinema and television as well. He was well remembered for his performance in the role of the detestable Count of Nansac in the ORTF series Jacquou le Croquant in 1969.
He died of heart failure at the age of 51.
Filmography
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Film |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| rowspan=2|1955
|À toi de jouer... Callaghan!!! | |Uncredited |
| Un missionnaire
| | |
| 1956
|Jean - le croupier | |
| rowspan=2|1957
|La ironía del dinero |Andrés |(segment "Francia"), Uncredited |
| Marchands de filles
|René | |
| 1958
|The priest | |
| 1959
|Jean Dalbecque dit Clovis | |
| rowspan=5|1960
|Raoul Fargier | |
| The Love Game
|Le consommateur | |
| L'ennemi dans l'ombre
|Nilpiker | |
| Le bal des espions
|Zarkho Solin | |
| Ça va être ta fête
|Secret Services Director | |
| rowspan=2|1962
|Morin |(segment "L'affaire Hugues") |
| L'empire de la nuit
| | |
| rowspan=7|1963
|Plouzenec | |
| Ophelia
|Adrien Lesurf | |
| Any Number Can Win
|Le commissaire de police | |
| Symphonie pour un massacre
| | |
| Les Saintes-Nitouches
|Clauval | |
| Germinal
|Victor Maigrat | |
| Le commissaire mène l'enquête
|Marnay |(segment "Geste d'un fanatique") |
| 1964
|Coplan, agent secret FX 18 |Barter | |
| rowspan=3|1965
|Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon | |
| That Man in Istanbul
|Brandt |Uncredited |
| Les Chiens dans la nuit
|Manolis | |
| 1966
|René | |
| rowspan=3|1967
|Une femme aux abois |Ferry | |
| Belle de Jour
| | |
| La peur et l'amour
|Louie Ricco | |
| rowspan=2|1968
|Le démoniaque |Joe Kerr | |
| Béru et ces dames
|Vérian | |
| 1969
|Brigadier | |
| 1970
|Le frère Pradel #1 |(scenes deleted) |
| rowspan=3|1971
|Le juge d'instruction | |
| Angel's Leap
|Marc Orsini | |
| La saignée
| |(final film role) |
| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ TV |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
|---|
| 1969
|Le Comte de Nansac |6 episodes |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|148858}}
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Category:Male actors from Paris