Marcel Herrand was a French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 stage and film actor

Actor

An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...

 best remembered for his roles in swashbuckling or historical film

Film

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s.

He appeared in over 25 films between 1932 and 1952.

He starred in films such as The Last Days of Pompeii

The Last Days of Pompeii (1950 film)

The Last Days of Pompeii is a French-Italian drama film, directed by Marcel L'Herbier "in collaboration with" Paolo Moffa, who was also the director of production. It was adapted from Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel The Last Days of Pompeii...

 (1950) and Fanfan la Tulipe

Fanfan la Tulipe

Fanfan la Tulipe is a 1952 French comedy adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque. It has also been categorized under swashbuckler films. The film starred Gérard Philipe and Gina Lollobrigida. The film was remade in 2003 with Penélope Cruz in Lollobrigida's role.-Plot summary:The film is set in...

 in 1952 alongside Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe

Gérard Philipe was a prominent French actor, who had appeared in 34 films between 1944 and 1959.-Career:...

 and Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida

Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress, photojournalist and sculptress. She was one of the most popular European actresses of the 1950s and early 1960s. She was also an iconic sex symbol of the 1950s. Today, she remains an active supporter of Italian and Italian American causes, particularly the...

 in which he played the role of Louis XV of France

Louis XV of France

Louis XV was a Bourbon monarch who ruled as King of France and of Navarre from 1 September 1715 until his death. He succeeded his great-grandfather at the age of five, his first cousin Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, served as Regent of the kingdom until Louis's majority in 1723...

. His most famous role was playing Lacenaire in Marcel Carné

Marcel Carné

-Biography:Born in Paris, France, the son of a cabinet maker whose wife died when their son was five, Carné began his career as a film critic, becoming editor of the weekly publication, Hebdo-Films, and working for Cinémagazine and Cinémonde between 1929 and 1933. In the same period he worked in...

's Les enfants du paradis in 1945.

Selected filmography

• Le Pavillon brûle
  Le Pavillon brûle
  Le Pavillon brûle is a French comedy drama film from 1941, directed by Jacques de Baroncelli, written by Solange Térac, starring Pierre Renoir and Jean Marais.- Plot :Ramsay, an engineer, works in a mine of copper in the French colonies...
  
  (1941)
• Les Visiteurs du soir
  Les Visiteurs du soir
  The Devil's Envoys is a 1942 film by French film director Marcel Carné, famous for his romantic tragedy, Children of Paradise...
  
  (1942)
• Les Enfants du paradis (1945)
• Wolves Hunt at Night
  Wolves Hunt at Night
  Wolves Hunt at Night , is a French comedy film from 1952, directed by Bernard Borderie, written by Bernard Borderie, starring Jean-Pierre Aumont and Louis de Funès.- Cast :* Jean-Pierre Aumont : Cyril Dormoy, an agent of Mollert...
  
  (1952)
• La Putain respectueuse
  La Putain respectueuse
  La Putain respectueuse , is a French drama film from 1952, directed by Charles Brabant, written by Alexandre Astruc, starring Barbara Laage and Louis de Funès.- Cast :* Barbara Laage : Lizzie Mac-Kay, singer hostess...
  
  (1952)

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