Claude Cerval
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.
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Known for
Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
Bernard Bargain
Vidocq
Le maître-chanteur
Jacquou le Croquant
Le Comte de Nansac
Sial IV
Nathanaël de Geoffroy
Belle de Jour
The Driver (uncredited)
Any Number Can Win
Police commissioner
The Big Risk
Raoul Fargier
Bob le Flambeur
Jean, the Croupier
The Milky Way
Brigadier
Handsome Serge
Priester
Crime on a Summer Morning
Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon
The Cousins
Clovis
Symphony for a Massacre
(uncredited)
The Upper Hand
René
That Man in Istanbul
Brandt
Germinal
Victor Maigrat
FX 18, Secret Agent
Barter
The Love Game
Le consommateur
Angel's Leap
Marc Orsini
The Sword and the Balance
Plouzenec
Ophélia
Adrien Lesurf
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
(uncredited)
The Girl Can't Stop
Manolis
To Die of Love
le juge d'instruction
The Irony of Money
Andrés (no acreditado)
Beru and These Women
Vérian
Manhunt for Murder
Le commissaire mène l’enquête
Marnay (segment "Geste d'un fanatique")
There's Going to Be a Party
Secret Services Director
Danger in the Middle East
Zarkho Solin
Young Girls of Good Families
Clauval
Clock Head
Fine Faisan
The Slave
Ferry
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
Nilpiker
L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
The Empire of Night
Balthazar
The Woman Is a Stranger
Joe Kerr
A Missionary
Love + Fear = Torment
Louie Ricco
Girl Merchants
René