---
name: "Michel Charrel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/michel-charrel"
fi1m_id: "michel-charrel"
imdb_id: "nm0153474"
tmdb_id: 104101
wikidata_id: "Q3309243"
roles: []
born: "13 September 1936"
died: "14 February 2026"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 74
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:25:17.307549+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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# Michel Charrel

## Identity

Michel Charrel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/michel-charrel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** michel-charrel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0153474
- **TMDB ID:** 104101
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3309243
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Charrel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309243, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104101

Actor. Born 13 September 1936 in Tarare, Rhône, France. Died 14 February 2026.

## Details

- **Born:** 13 September 1936, Tarare, Rhône, France
- **Died:** 14 February 2026
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 acting, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 61 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michel_Charrel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3309243, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0153474/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/104101

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Belle de Jour*](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md) (86)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Michel Charrel (1936–2026) was a French actor. Born in Tarare, Rhône, he studied at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques and began appearing in films in the early 1960s.

He played small and often uncredited roles across several decades of French cinema. His credits include *Belle de Jour* (1967) as a footman, *The Wise Guys* (1965), *Pasha* (1968), *This Man Must Die* (1969), *The Sicilian Clan* (1969), *Murmur of the Heart* (1971), *Incorrigible* (1975) and *Gandahar* (1987, voice). Later appearances include *The Country Doctor* (2016) and *The Salt of Tears* (2020).

Charrel died in Paris on 14 February 2026.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, watch.plex.tv, cinedweller.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Performed in (1)

- *Belle de Jour* (1967), Fi1m 86, as Footman — [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Murmur of the Heart* (1971), Fi1m 61, as Disquaire (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/murmur-of-the-heart.md)

## Complete filmography (73)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Salt of Tears* (2020), as Receptionist
- *M* (2017), as Patron restaurant père de Lila
- *Lover for a Day* (2017), as Le patron du bar
- *The Country Doctor* (2016), as Monsieur Jallet
- *In the Shadow of Women* (2015), as L'homme de l'enterrement
- *Dispute in Valladolid* (1992), as Le deuxième colon
- *Blaze* (1991), as Ledoue
- *Gandahar* (1987), as Transformé (Voice)
- *Jailhouse Wardress* (1981), as Soldier
- *Le Guépiot* (1981), as Un gendarme
- *La Pension des surdoués* (1981), as Dudule
- *Convoy of Girls* (1979), as Honner
- *Surprise Sock* (1978), as L'antiquaire des puces
- *André Chénier and the Young Captive* (1978), as Petit rôle
- *The Teasers Go to Paris* (1977), Actor
- *Helltrain* (1977), as Soldier
- *Minichronique* (1976), series, as L'agent de police
- *The Groper* (1976), Actor
- *Police Commissioner Moulin* (1976), series, as Laffond
- *Ladies House of Pleasure* (1976), as Dudule
- *The Toilets Were Closed from the Inside* (1976), as Le boxeur
- *Prostitution clandestine* (1975), as Le photographe
- *Hard Core Story* (1975), as Le casseur
- *Incorrigible* (1975), as Gennevilliers mechanic (uncredited)
- *La pipe au bois* (1975), as Le chasseur
- *Les tringleuses* (1975), as Franck
- *The Girls of the Golden Saloon* (1975), as Ringo
- *Serious as Pleasure* (1975), Actor
- *Un curé de choc* (1974), series, as L'acheteur
- *Par ici la monnaie* (1974), as Swiss
- *Convoy of Women* (1974), as Captain
- *Ursule and Grelu* (1974), Actor
- *5 Kittens* (1973), as Second-hand Clothes Dealer
- *The Vertical Smile* (1973), as L'agresseur
- *The Big Shots* (1972), as Inmate
- *Vagabond Humor* (1972), Actor
- *Les Fossés de Vincennes* (1972), as Le préfet Dubois
- *Rookies Run Amok* (1971), as Gendarme (uncredited)
- *The House in the Woods* (1971), series, as Un sergent
- *The Sensuous Teenager* (1971), as Gypsy
- *The Deadly Trap* (1971), as Le mâle (uncredited)
- *Murmur of the Heart* (1971), as Disquaire (uncredited) — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/murmur-of-the-heart.md)
- *The Blood Rose* (1970), as L'homme louche
- *Only the Cool* (1970), as An inspector
- *Her and She and Him* (1970), as Le braconnier
- *Last Known Address* (1970), as Raisin (uncredited)
- *Faithful in My Fashion* (1970), as Roger
- *Port of Desire* (1969), Actor
- *The Sicilian Clan* (1969), as Un gardien de prison (uncredited)
- *This Man Must Die* (1969), as Le ferrailleur
- *Erotic Trap* (1969), as Truck Driver
- *Trafic de filles* (1969), Actor
- *Faites donc plaisir aux amis* (1969), as Garage employee (uncredited)
- *Goto, Island of Love* (1969), as Grymp
- *The Black Hand* (1968), as Llasan
- *Don't Take God's Children for Wild Geese* (1968), as An advisor of Charles
- *Love in the Night* (1968), as Henchman (uncredited)
- *Kean - Roi de théâtre* (1968), as Le boucher #1
- *The Men in the Family* (1968), as Killer
- *Pasha* (1968), as Un client chez Marcel
- *The Invention of Morel* (1967), as Domingo
- *Belle de Jour* (1967), as Footman — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/belle-de-jour.md)
- *Idiot in Paris* (1967), as Un agent au commissariat
- *Die Schatzinsel* (1966), series, as Dirk Taylor
- *The Gardener of Argenteuil* (1966), as Un revendeur de billets à l'entrée du stade
- *Four Queens for an Ace* (1966), as Poker.Player with Cigarillo (uncredited)
- *The Wise Guys* (1965), as Cuirzepas, man on the radio
- *Song of the World* (1965), as (uncredited)
- *The Vampire of Dusseldorf* (1965), as A Policeman (uncredited)
- *Code Name: Tiger* (1964), as Un homme de la DST (uncredited)
- *The World's Most Beautiful Swindlers* (1964), as (segment "L'Homme qui vendit la tour Eiffel") (uncredited)
- *Outpost in Indo-china* (1963), as Soldier Vincent
- *Les Cinq Dernières Minutes* (1958), series, as Le brigadier

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