Gérard Hérold

Gérard Hérold

1939-09-10 – 1993-08-19 (age 53) Mulhouse, Haut-Rhin, France
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Biography

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.

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Known For

The Fighter
The Fighter

1983

as Sauvat

The French Detective
The French Detective

1975

as Inspector Moitrié

The Accuser
The Accuser

1977

as Térenne

For a Cop's Hide
For a Cop's Hide

1981

as Pradier

Boomerang
Boomerang

1976

as Vaulnet

Madame Claude 2
Madame Claude 2

1981

as Max

Death of a Corrupt Man
Death of a Corrupt Man

1977

as Dupaire

My Father the Hero
My Father the Hero

1991

as Patrick

The Seventh Company Outdoors
The Seventh Company Outdoors

1977

as Commandant Gilles, résistant recherché

The Pink Telephone
The Pink Telephone

1975

as M. Jacques Delorme, l'ingénieur conseil, Fielding

Monsieur Papa
Monsieur Papa

1977

as Bill

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Les marloupins

1979

as Jean-Louis Corbier

Ciao, You Guys
Ciao, You Guys

1979

as Roberto

Rouget le braconnier
Rouget le braconnier

1989

as Ulysse Leblanc

The Cheat
The Cheat

1984

as Gérard

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Jean-Sans-Terre

1980

as The florist

The Defective Detective
The Defective Detective

1984

as Jean-Benoît

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Saint-Just and the Force of Things

1975

as Hérault de Séchelles

L'Amuse-gueule
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne

1980

as Patrice Deschamps