Gérard Hérold
Actor · Since 1975
Known for
Gérard Hérold is a French actor, though most of the career sits outside the written record. 'The Seventh Company Outdoors' is the title most often attached to his name, where he plays Commandant Gilles, résistant recherché. 'My Father the Hero' is on the list as well. Everything on file postdates 1975. Where the record is clearest is in crime. The career runs to about 51 years.
Gérard Hérold
Actor · Since 1975
16 Movies · 6 Series
Gérard Hérold is a French actor, though most of the career sits outside the written record. 'The Seventh Company Outdoors' is the title most often attached to his name, where he plays Commandant Gilles, résistant recherché. 'My Father the Hero' is on the list as well. Everything on file postdates 1975. Where the record is clearest is in crime. The career runs to about 51 years.
Movies
Plays Gérard
The Cheat
1984
Plays Vaulnet
Boomerang
1976
Plays Pradier
For a Cop's Hide
1981
Plays Dupaire
Death of a Corrupt Man
1977
Plays Patrick
My Father the Hero
1991
Plays Patrice Deschamps
T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne
1980
Plays Commandant Gilles, résistant recherché
The Seventh Company Outdoors
1977
Plays Inspector Moitrié
The French Detective
1975
Plays Max
Madame Claude 2
1981
Plays Sauvat
The Fighter
1983
Plays Bill
Monsieur Papa
1977
Plays M. Jacques Delorme, l'ingénieur conseil, Fielding
The Pink Telephone
1975
Plays Roberto
Ciao, You Guys
1979
Plays Ulysse Leblanc
Rouget le braconnier
1989
Plays Térenne
The Accuser
1977
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The Defective Detective
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My Father the Hero
Patrick
1991
Rouget le braconnier
Ulysse Leblanc
1989
Billet doux
Mathieu Dervaux, le "Comité de l'agence · 6 episodes
1984–
The Cheat
Gérard
1984
The Defective Detective
Jean-Benoît
1984
The Fighter
Sauvat
1983
For a Cop's Hide
Pradier
1981
Madame Claude 2
Max
1981
La Traque
Nicolas "Nico" Muller · 4 episodes
1980–
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Gérard Hérold still alive?
Gérard Hérold passed away on August 19, 1993 at age 53.
What are the most famous roles of Gérard Hérold?
Gérard Hérold is best known for roles in The Seventh Company Outdoors, My Father the Hero, The French Detective.
How many movies has Gérard Hérold been in?
Over a 18-year career (since 1975), Gérard Hérold has appeared in 16 movies and 6 TV shows.
What was Gérard Hérold's first movie?
The career of Gérard Hérold began with Saint-Just and the Force of Things (1975).
What is Gérard Hérold's most recent movie or series?
Gérard Hérold's most recent release is My Father the Hero, which premiered on October 23, 1991.
What TV shows has Gérard Hérold appeared in?
On television, Gérard Hérold has appeared in Petit déjeuner compris, Claudine, Billet doux, Le Secret des Flamands.
Gérard Hérold
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.
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