René Hervil

{{Short description|French actor, screenwriter and film director}}

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| name =René Hervil

| image = René Hervil portrait 1919.jpg

| imagesize =

| caption = René Hervil in 1919

| birth_date = 27 March 1881

| birth_place = Levallois-Perret, Hauts-de-Seine, France

| death_date = 1 July 1960

| death_place = Sartrouville, Yvelines, France

| birth_name = René Louis Dezerville

| occupation = Actor, Writer, Director

| yearsactive = 1909-1936 (film )

}}

René Hervil (1881–1960) was a French actor, screenwriter and film director.Goble p.322 Most of his films were made during the silent era. He directed the Maud series of films between 1912 and 1915 starring the Anglo-French actress Aimée Campton.