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Gérard Hérold

Gérard Hérold

Actor · 1939 – 1993 · Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France

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.

Movies20

  • Movie6.5

    Mort d'un pourri

    Death of a Corrupt Man

    1977 · 112 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Les marloupins

    1979 · 1 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Adieu poulet

    The French Detective

    1975 · 136 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Mon père, ce héros

    My Father the Hero

    1991 · 143 votes

  • Movie5.9

    Pour la peau d'un flic

    For a Cop's Hide

    1981 · 92 votes

  • Movie4.4

    La Triche

    The Cheat

    1984 · 16 votes

  • Movie5.5

    Comme un boomerang

    Boomerang

    1976 · 26 votes

  • Movie4.1

    Madame Claude 2

    1981 · 9 votes

  • Movie6.7

    La 7ème Compagnie au clair de lune

    The Seventh Company Outdoors

    1977 · 297 votes

  • Movie9.0
  • Movie4.9

    Monsieur Papa

    1977 · 4 votes

  • Movie6.2

    L'Imprécateur

    The Accuser

    1977 · 9 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Retenez-moi... ou je fais un malheur !

    The Defective Detective

    1984 · 2 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Le Battant

    The Fighter

    1983 · 48 votes

  • Movie4.8

    Le Téléphone rose

    The Pink Telephone

    1975 · 20 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Rouget le braconnier

    1989 · 3 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Thanatos Palace Hôtel

    1979 · 1 votes

  • Movie7.0

    Saint-Just et la force des choses

    Saint-Just and the Force of Things

    1975 · 3 votes

  • Movie5.7

    Ciao, les mecs

    Ciao, You Guys

    1979 · 3 votes

  • Movie9.0

    Jean-Sans-Terre

    1980 · 1 votes

Series8

  • TV6.0
  • TV8.0

    Nouvelles d'Henry James

    Henry James Stories

    1976 · 1 votes

  • TV7.3
  • TV4.9

    Claudine

    1978 · 5 votes

  • TV9.0

    La Traque

    1980 · 1 votes

  • TV7.0

    Le Secret des Flamands

    1974 · 2 votes

  • TV8.0

    Gaston Phébus

    1978 · 1 votes

  • TV5.0

    Billet doux

    1984 · 3 votes