Claude Cerval
Date of birth: 1921-02-21
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Acting
Also known as: André Marcel Gabriel Leloup, Клод Серваль
Biography
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. He died of heart failure at the age of 51. Source: Article "Claude Cerval" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Movie Credits
That Man in Istanbul
1965-08-11
An American adventurer who has a gambling den in Istanbul, who is suspected to be involved in the ki
Le Beau Serge
1959-01-10
After long absence, a man returns to his hometown only to find his best friend has become an alcohol
Bob le Flambeur
1956-08-24
In Paris, Bob Montagne is practically synonymous with gambling -- and winning. He is kind, classy an
The Milky Way
1969-02-28
Two men, part tramp, part pilgrim, are on their way from France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.
Danger in the Middle East
1960-09-02
A criminal making plans to pull off one big score before he retires, comes into possession of secret
Ophélia
1963-02-06
A young man becomes enraged when his mother remarries his wealthy uncle after his father dies.
Germinal
1963-09-16
Dismissed from the railroads in 1863 for his union activities, Etienne Lantier found a job at the Vo
The Upper Hand
1966-03-02
In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action. Then th
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
1960-08-24
The director of the French Ministry of the Interior summons Serge Cazals, an Interpol agent, to unma
Clock Head
1970-04-11
One night in Paris all the clocks and watches of the whole world stopped except that of a small prof
To Die of Love
1971-01-20
A love story between a teacher, Danièle, 32 years and one of her students Gérard, 17 during the heat
Symphony for a Massacre
1963-04-23
A band of gangsters devise a plan to steal a game contested between two drug gangs of drug trafficke
Angel's Leap
1971-09-21
In this French crime thriller, you can leave the mob, but the mob won't leave you. Louis (Jean Yanne
Young Girls of Good Families
1963-07-12
A young kleptomaniac girl befriends a rich heiress whom she admires and goes with her to Saint-Trope
A Missionary
1955-12-02
Dreaming of heroic deeds, a young missionary soon becomes disillusioned.
Girl Merchants
1957-09-13
A young French woman travels to South America for a job offer and ends up a prisoner in a slave camp
The Big Risk
1960-03-23
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning t
The Girl Can't Stop
1965-06-11
A shipbuilder is ruined. All he has left is a mortgaged house, a mortgaged yacht and a mortgaged wif
The Empire of Night
1962-12-05
Usually cast as secret agent/private eye Lemmy Caution, Eddie Constantine plays "Eddie" in The Empir
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
1960-08-24
The director of the French Ministry of the Interior summons Serge Cazals, an Interpol agent, to unma
The Sword and the Balance
1963-02-01
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are
Le commissaire mène l’enquête
1965-07-28
Beru and These Women
1968-10-23
Inspector Bérurier, having inherited a mansion three years earlier, comes to collect rent from the t
The Love Game
1960-06-01
Victor (Jean-Pierre Cassel) and Suzanne (Genevieve Cluny) are a couple at odds about commitment in t
Belle de Jour
1967-05-24
Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyd
Manhunt for Murder
1971-11-10
A French waiter living in New York City witnesses a murder and must go on the run from the police an
FX 18, Secret Agent
1964-03-28
Secret agent FX-18 goes undercover to break up an espionage ring.
The Woman Is a Stranger
1968-01-17
The psychotic son of a film producer becomes obsessed with a beautiful blonde starlet while in Canne
The Slave
1967-06-28
While entertaining her lover one weekend, a woman's marriage is threatened by the sudden appearance
The Cousins
1959-03-11
Young provincial Charles arrives in Paris to stay with his cousin Paul while studying law. Paul is a
Love + Fear = Torment
1967-06-14
"Love + fear = Torment" exposes the secret world of the French model studios, and the men who try to
Any Number Can Win
1963-03-19
Charles, fresh out of jail, rejects his wife's plan for a quiet life of bourgeois respectability. He
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955-03-28
A ship, La Circé, has sunk and it might possibly be criminal . The vessel belongs to Storata ,who as
There's Going to Be a Party
1960-12-22
FBI agent John Lewis travels in Europe, from Paris to Lisbon, trying to locate a disappeared fellow
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965-02-17
An ill-assorted group of international criminals executes a tightly-planned ransom sting in Spain. T
The Irony of Money
1957-01-07
The finding of a wallet with a lot of money is the common theme of four stories, featuring a shoeshi