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name: "Claude Cerval"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/claude-cerval"
fi1m_id: "claude-cerval"
imdb_id: "nm0148858"
tmdb_id: 40976
wikidata_id: "Q2419802"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "21 February 1921"
died: "25 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T07:30:28.775306+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Claude Cerval

## Identity

Claude Cerval

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/claude-cerval
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** claude-cerval
- **IMDb ID:** nm0148858
- **TMDB ID:** 40976
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2419802
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Cerval, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2419802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40976

Actor. Born 21 February 1921 in Paris, France. Died 25 July 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 February 1921, Paris, France
- **Died:** 25 July 1972
- **Also known as:** André Marcel Gabriel Leloup, Клод Серваль
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Cerval, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2419802, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0148858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40976

## Biography

Claude Cerval (born André Marcel Gabriel Leloup, 21 February 1921 – 25 July 1972) was a French actor. He was born in Paris and appeared in more than forty films between 1955 and 1971, as well as in television. After secondary studies he took drama lessons, including with Louis Jouvet, and performed in cabarets and at the theatre, notably at the Odéon, before joining the Théâtre national populaire.

His film roles include Jean, the Croupier in *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), the priest in *Le Beau Serge* (1958), Clovis in *The Cousins* (1959), Raoul Fargier in *The Big Risk* (1960), the police commissioner in *Any Number Can Win* (1963), René in *The Upper Hand* (1966), an uncredited chauffeur in *Belle de Jour* (1967), the brigadier in *The Milky Way* (1969) and the investigating judge in *To Die of Love* (1971). On television he played the Comte de Nansac in the 1969 series *Jacquou le Croquant*. He died in Paris aged 51.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, fr.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), Fi1m 76, as Jean, the Croupier — [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)

## Complete filmography (39)

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- *Manhunt for Murder* (1971), Actor
- *Angel's Leap* (1971), as Marc Orsini
- *To Die of Love* (1971), as Investigating judge
- *Clock Head* (1970), as Fine Faisan
- *Jacquou le Croquant* (1969), series, as Le Comte de Nansac
- *The Milky Way* (1969), as Brigadier
- *Sial IV* (1969), series, as Nathanaël de Geoffroy
- *Beru and These Women* (1968), as Vérian
- *The Woman Is a Stranger* (1968), as Joe Kerr
- *Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre* (1967), series, as Bernard Bargain
- *The Slave* (1967), as Ferry
- *Love + Fear = Torment* (1967), as Louie Ricco
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), as The Driver (uncredited)
- *Vidocq* (1967), series, as Le maître-chanteur
- *The Upper Hand* (1966), as René
- *That Man in Istanbul* (1965), as Brandt
- *Le commissaire mène l’enquête* (1965), as Marnay (segment "Geste d'un fanatique")
- *The Girl Can't Stop* (1965), as Manolis
- *Crime on a Summer Morning* (1965), as Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon
- *FX 18, Secret Agent* (1964), as Barter
- *Germinal* (1963), as Victor Maigrat
- *Young Girls of Good Families* (1963), as Clauval
- *Symphony for a Massacre* (1963), as (uncredited)
- *Any Number Can Win* (1963), as Police Commissioner
- *Ophélia* (1963), as Adrien Lesurf
- *The Sword and the Balance* (1963), as Plouzenec
- *The Empire of Night* (1962), as Balthazar
- *There's Going to Be a Party* (1960), as Secret Services Director
- *Danger in the Middle East* (1960), as Zarkho Solin
- *L'Ennemi dans l'ombre* (1960), as Nilpiker
- *The Love Game* (1960), as Le consommateur
- *The Big Risk* (1960), as Raoul Fargier
- *The Cousins* (1959), as Clovis
- *Le Beau Serge* (1959), as Priester
- *Girl Merchants* (1957), as René
- *The Irony of Money* (1957), as Andrés (uncredited)
- *Bob le Flambeur* (1956), as Jean, the Croupier — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/bob-le-flambeur.md)
- *A Missionary* (1955), Actor
- *The Amazing Mr. Callaghan* (1955), as (uncredited)

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