Gérard Hérold photo

Gérard Hérold

Acting
1939-09-10
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.
Known For 24 titles
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) subtitle poster
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 TV
as Self
Subtitles
Petit déjeuner compris (1980) subtitle poster
Petit déjeuner compris
1980 TV
as M. Khandar
Subtitles
For a Cop's Hide (1981) subtitle poster
For a Cop's Hide
1981 Movie
as Pradier
Subtitles
La Traque (1980) subtitle poster
La Traque
1980 TV
as Nicolas "Nico" Muller
Subtitles
Death of a Corrupt Man (1977) subtitle poster
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977 Movie
as Dupaire
Subtitles
Claudine (1978) subtitle poster
Claudine
1978 TV
as Alain Valdés
Subtitles
Le Secret des Flamands (1974) subtitle poster
Le Secret des Flamands
1974 TV
as Le roi Alphonse V
Subtitles
The Fighter (1983) subtitle poster
The Fighter
1983 Movie
as Sauvat
Subtitles
Gaston Phébus (1978) subtitle poster
Gaston Phébus
1978 TV
as Charles de Navarre
Subtitles
The Seventh Company Outdoors (1977) subtitle poster
The Seventh Company Outdoors
1977 Movie
as Commandant Gilles, résistant recherché
Subtitles
The French Detective (1975) subtitle poster
The French Detective
1975 Movie
as Inspector Moitrié
Subtitles
Billet doux (1984) subtitle poster
Billet doux
1984 TV
as Mathieu Dervaux, le "Comité de l'agence
Subtitles
My Father the Hero (1991) subtitle poster
My Father the Hero
1991 Movie
as Patrick
Subtitles
The Accuser (1977) subtitle poster
The Accuser
1977 Movie
as Térenne
Subtitles
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne (1980) subtitle poster
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne
1980 Movie
as Patrice Deschamps
Subtitles
The Pink Telephone (1975) subtitle poster
The Pink Telephone
1975 Movie
as M. Jacques Delorme, l'ingénieur conseil, Fielding
Subtitles
Madame Claude 2 (1981) subtitle poster
Madame Claude 2
1981 Movie
as Max
Subtitles
Boomerang (1976) subtitle poster
Boomerang
1976 Movie
as Vaulnet
Subtitles
Monsieur Papa (1977) subtitle poster
Monsieur Papa
1977 Movie
as Bill
Subtitles
The Defective Detective (1984) subtitle poster
The Defective Detective
1984 Movie
as Jean-Benoît
Subtitles
L'Amuse-gueule (1989) subtitle poster
L'Amuse-gueule
1989 Movie
Subtitles
The Cheat (1984) subtitle poster
The Cheat
1984 Movie
as Gérard
Subtitles
Rouget le braconnier (1989) subtitle poster
Rouget le braconnier
1989 Movie
as Ulysse Leblanc
Subtitles
Ciao, You Guys (1979) subtitle poster
Ciao, You Guys
1979 Movie
as Roberto
Subtitles