Marcel Herrand Net Worth
Marcel Herrand Net Worth is
$1.6 Million
Marcel Herrand Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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. | Date Of Birth | October 8, 1897 |
| Died | 1953-06-11 |
| Place Of Birth | Paris, France |
| Profession | Actor |
| Star Sign | Libra |
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | Often appeared in period pieces, usually literary adaptations |
| 2 | Compelling screen presence |
| 3 | Often played real life figures |
| 4 | Often played villain roles, usually saccharine-voiced men of refined manners and great inner perversity |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He passed away after a brief illness which forced him on a wheelchair. Circumstances of his death remain obscure to these days, with some sources stating that he perished in a fire. He was buried in Suresnes next to his mother. |
| 2 | He's responsible for launching the stage career of María Casares, whom he noted at Béatrix Dussane's acting classes because of the great passion she used to inject into her acting. She consequently hired her for a stage production of 'Deirdre of the Sorrows' and made her his muse. They also worked together in one film, Marcel Carné's masterpiece, Children of Paradise (1945). Despite his open homosexuality, there were rumors about Marcel falling in love with María. |
| 3 | Theatre was always his primary love. He was never too fond of cinema for depriving him of the direct contact with the audience. |
| 4 | Lifetime companion of Jean Marchat. Together, they founded their own theatre company, 'Le rideau gris' (the grey curtain). In 1939, they were put in charge of directing the 'Théâtre des Mathurins' by Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff, who were the owners of the theatre. They carried on their job very successfully for many years. |
| 5 | He appeared in 3 movies with Jean Marais: Le pavillon brûle (1941), Les chouans (1947) and Ruy Blas (1948). Both Herrand and Marais played the role of Fantômas on the screen. |
| 6 | Accomplished stage actor and director. Having been lured to theatre since his childhood, he first tread the boards in 1917 at the Maubel theatre in the play 'Les Mamelles de Tirésias'. He later attended the acting courses of Jacques Copeau (as well as working on the stage under his direction) before Georges Pitoëff and Ludmilla Pitoëff would offer him to join their theatre company. |
| 7 | He has an entry in Jean Tulard's Dictionnaire du Cinéma/Les Acteurs published in Paris in 2007 by Robert Laffont/Bouquins, page 551 (ISBN: 978-2-221-10895-6). |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fan-Fan the Tulip | 1952 | Louis XV | |
| Les loups chassent la nuit | 1952 | Pedro - le directeur du cabaret | |
| Une histoire d'amour | 1951 | Charles Mareuil | |
| Pas de pitié pour les femmes | 1950 | Norbert - le majordome | |
| On n'aime qu'une fois | 1950 | Hyacinthe Carrier | |
| Sins of Pompeii | 1950 | Arbace Arbax Arbaces | |
| Le parfum de la dame en noir | 1949 | Le criminel Bellmayer alias Larsan | |
| Le mystère de la chambre jaune | 1949 | Larsan Ballmeyer | |
| Impasse des deux anges | 1948 | Marquis Antoine de Fontaines | |
| Il fiacre N. 13 | 1948 | Georges de la Tour Vaudieu (segments "Delitto" & "Castigo") | |
| Ruy Blas | 1948 | Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan | |
| Fantômas | 1947 | Fantômas | |
| Les chouans | 1947 | Corentin - le chef de la police | |
| L'homme traqué | 1947 | Lampleur, le boulanger | |
| The Room Upstairs | 1946 | Monsieur de Laubry - le consul | |
| Messieurs Ludovic | 1946 | Ludovic Le Chartier | |
| Étoile sans lumière | 1946 | Roger Marney | |
| Le père Serge | 1945 | Le tsar Nicolas Pavlovitch Romanoff I | |
| Children of Paradise | 1945 | Pierre-François Lacenaire | |
| Les mystères de Paris | 1943 | Rodolphe | |
| Le comte de Monte Cristo, 2ème époque: Le châtiment | 1943 | Bertuccio | |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | 1943 | Bertuccio | |
| Les Visiteurs du Soir | 1942 | Le baron Renaud - le fiancé d'Anne | |
| Le pavillon brûle | 1941 | Audignane | |
| Au service du tsar | 1936 | Un officier russe au bal | |
| Le domino vert | 1935 | M. de Richemond | |
| Le jugement de minuit | 1933 | Johnny Lengley | |
| La p... respectueuse | 1952 | Le sénateur Edouard Clarke |
Known for movies
Fan-Fan the Tulip (1952)
as Louis XV
Children of Paradise (1945)
as Pierre-François Lacenaire
Ruy Blas (1948)
as Le marquis Don Salluste de Bazan
Les mystères de Paris (1943)
as Rodolphe