# Gérard Hérold

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 | Notes |
| 1975 | 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 Delon | |
| 1982 | The Battant | Sauvat | Alain Delon | |
| 1982 | If she says yes, I do not say no | Hubert | Claude Vital | |
| 1982 | Une jeunesse | | Moshé Mizrahi | Uncredited |
| 1983 | 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 | Notes |
| 1966 | Thierry la Fronde | Pierre de Loubet | directed by Pierre Goutas |
| 19746 | Nouvelles de Henry James | Le pasteur | TV movie, directed by Paul Seban and written by Henry James |
| 1978 | Claudine leaves | Alain Valdés | directed by Edouard Molinaro |
| 1978 | Gaston Phoebus | Charles de Navarre | directed by Bernard Borderie |
| 1979 | Histoires de voyous: Les marloupins | Jean-Louis Corbier | TV movie, directed by Michel Berny |
| 1980 | Petit déjeuner compris | Khandar | directed by Michel Berny |
| 1980 | T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne | Patrice Deschamps | |
| 1984 | Billet doux | Mathieu Dervaux | TV mini-series |
| 1984 | Disparitions | Dr. Lévy | |
| 1989 | The Saint: Wrong Number | Georges Millas | TV movie |
| 1990 | T'inquiète pas, ça se soigne | Patrice Deschamps | |
| 1990 | Blue Blood [fr] | Dubois | |