Marcel Herrand
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| Born |
8 October 1897 Paris, France |
| Died |
11 June 1953 (aged 55) Montfort-l'Amaury, France |
Marcel Herrand (8 October 1897 – 11 June 1953) was a French stage and film actor best remembered for his roles in swashbuckling or historical films.
He appeared in over 25 films between 1932 and 1952, but Herrand's best remembered role is as Lacenaire (based on Pierre François Lacenaire) in Marcel Carné's Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis, 1945). Other films in which Herrand appeared include The Last Days of Pompeii (1950) and Fanfan la Tulipe (1952), which also featured Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida, in which Herrand played the role of Louis XV of France.
Selected filmography
- Le Pavillon brûle (1941) … Audignane
- Les Visiteurs du soir (1942) … Baron Renaud
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1943) … Bertuccio
- Les Mystères de Paris (1943) … Rodolphe
- Les Enfants du paradis (1945) … Lacenaire
- Fantômas (1946) … Fantômas
- Stars Without Light (1946) ... Roger Marney
- The Royalists (1947) … Corentin
- Ruy Blas (1948) … Don Salluste
- The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949) … Larsan
- Le Parfum de la dame en noir (1949) … Larsan
- The Last Days of Pompeii (1950) … Arbax
- Wolves Hunt at Night (1952) … Pedro
- Fanfan la Tulipe (1952) … King Louis XV
- La Putain respectueuse (1952) … Senator Clarke
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