Gérard Hérold (Mulhouse, 10 September 1939 - Paris, 19 August 1993) was a French actor, appearing in several films, TV series and on theatre.
Biography Gérard Hérold was born in Alsace in Mulhouse (Haut-Rhin) on 10 September 1935. 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.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Director Notes1975 The Pink Telephone Delorme Edouard Molinaro 1975 Speak to Me of Love M. Bourget Michel Drach 1975 Farewell Chicken l'inspecteur Moitrié Pierre Granier-Deferre 1976 Boomerang Vaulnet, the lawyer José Giovanni 1977 Monsieur Papa Bill Philippe Monnier 1977 The Imprecator Térenne Jean-Louis Bertuccelli 1977 The Seventh Company in the moonlight Le commandant Gilles Robert Lamoureux 1977 Death of a Corrupt Man Dupaire Georges Lautner 1979 Ciao, the guys Roberto Sergio Gobbi 1980 Do not worry, it's healing Patrice Deschamps Eddy Matalon 1981 Madame Claude 2 Max François Minet 1981 For a Cop's Hide Pradier Alain DelonPhilippe Durant 1982 The Battant Sauvat Alain Delon 1982 If she says yes, I do not say no Hubert Claude Vital 1982 Une jeunesse Moshé Mizrahi Uncredited1983 Cheat Sauvat Yannick Bellon 1984 To Catch a Cop Jean-Benoît Michel Gérard 1984 Polar Foran Jacques Bral 1984 La triche Gérard Yannick Bellon 1989 Two minutes away Le cousin d'Henri Éric Le Hung 1988 Thank you Satan Le collègue de bureau André Farwagi 1990 Rouget the poacher Ulysse Leblanc Gilles Cousin 1991 My Father the Hero Patrick Gérard Lauzier (final film role)
Television Year Title Role Notes1966 Thierry la Fronde Pierre de Loubet directed by Pierre Goutas19746 Nouvelles de Henry James Le pasteur TV movie, directed by Paul Seban and written by Henry James1978 Claudine leaves Alain Valdés directed by Edouard Molinaro1978 Gaston Phoebus Charles de Navarre directed by Bernard Borderie1979 Histoires de voyous: Les marloupins Jean-Louis Corbier TV movie, directed by Michel Berny1980 Petit déjeuner compris Khandar directed by Michel Berny1980 T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne Patrice Deschamps 1984 Billet doux Mathieu Dervaux TV mini-series1984 Disparitions Dr. Lévy 1989 The Saint: Wrong Number Georges Millas TV movieBurl Barer 1990 T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne Patrice Deschamps 1990 Dubois
References
Bibliography Georges Foessel, "Gerard Georges Herold", in New Dictionary of Alsatian Biography, vol. 16, p. 1540 Yvan Foucart, Dictionary of French comedians missing 694 portraits, 2147 names, Mormoiron, Y. Foucart, 2007, 1185 p. ( )