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

Biography

Gérard Hérold was born in

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in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) on 10 September 1935. 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

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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

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. In 1973, he played the hero in Les Fraises d'automne and ''King Alphonse V'' in the soap opera Le Secret des Flamands with

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and

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Édouard Molinaro Édouard Molinaro (13 May 1928 – 7 December 2013) was a French film director and screenwriter. Biography He was born in Bordeaux, Gironde. He is best known for his comedies with Louis de Funès (''Oscar'', ''Hibernatus''), '' My Uncle Benja ...

then hired him in 1975 for the role of 'Delorme' in his film '' The Pink Phone'' co-starring with

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, then by

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for '' Tell Me About Love'' (Parlez-moi d'amour),

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for Farewell, Chicken co-starring with

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and

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and then in 1976 for Comme a Boomerang with

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. In 1977,

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gave Gerard Hérold the role of 'Bill' alongside

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in Monsieur Papa and then director

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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

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in 2 of Molinaro's films with

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, 'Claudine goes away' and 'Claudine en ménage'. In the 1980s, Alain Delon hired him for his films For the Skin of a Cop and

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. In the German series

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, Gérard Hérold performed the role of 'Frédéric de Pasquale' and 'Jean-Luc Mourrait', the lover of Tanja Schildknecht (

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). His last role was Patrick, in 1991 alongside

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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.

Filmography

Film

Television

References

Bibliography

* Georges Foessel, "Gerard Georges Herold", in New Dictionary of Alsatian Biography, vol. 16, p. 1540 * Yvan Foucart, Dictionary of French comedians missing 694 portraits, 2147 names, Mormoiron, Y. Foucart, 2007, 1185 p. ( ) 1935 births 1993 deaths Actors from Mulhouse French male film actors French male television actors French male stage actors 20th-century French male actors {{France-actor-stub