Claude Cerval
Actor
Born February 21, 1921 in Paris, France
Claude Cerval (21 February 1921 – 25 July 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 1971. After his secondary studies, he took drama lessons with, among others, Louis Jouvet. He then performed in cabarets and at the theater, notably at the Odéon, before joining the Théâtre national populaire. He worked in cinema and television as well. He was well remembered for his performance in the role of the detestable Count of Nansac in the ORTF series Jacquou le Croquant in 1969.
Filmography
Manhunt for Murder
Angel's Leap
Marc Orsini
To Die of Love
Investigating judge
Clock Head
Fine Faisan
Jacquou le Croquant
Le Comte de Nansac
The Milky Way
Brigadier
Sial IV
Nathanaël de Geoffroy
Beru and These Women
Vérian
The Woman Is a Stranger
Joe Kerr
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Bernard Bargain
The Slave
Ferry
Love + Fear = Torment
Louie Ricco
Belle de Jour
The Driver (uncredited)
Vidocq
Le maître-chanteur
The Upper Hand
René
That Man in Istanbul
Brandt
Le commissaire mène l’enquête
Marnay (segment "Geste d'un fanatique")
The Girl Can't Stop
Manolis
Crime on a Summer Morning
Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon
FX 18, Secret Agent
Barter
Germinal
Victor Maigrat
Young Girls of Good Families
Clauval
Symphony for a Massacre
(uncredited)
Any Number Can Win
Police Commissioner
Ophélia
Adrien Lesurf
The Sword and the Balance
Plouzenec
The Empire of Night
Balthazar
There's Going to Be a Party
Secret Services Director
Danger in the Middle East
Zarkho Solin
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
Nilpiker
The Love Game
Le consommateur
The Big Risk
Raoul Fargier
The Cousins
Clovis
Le Beau Serge
Priester
Girl Merchants
René
The Irony of Money
Andrés (uncredited)
Bob le Flambeur
Jean, the Croupier
A Missionary
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
(uncredited)