Claude Giraud

Claude Giraud

Claude Giraud (5 February 1936 in Chamalières – 3 November 2020) was a French actor. Claude Giraud studied with Tania Balachova at the Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier; Berthe Bovy and Jean Meyer at the École de la rue Blanche (École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre, ENSATT). In November 1957 he was accepted as a student at CNSAD Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique, where he studied with Jean Debucourt and Fernand Ledoux. Upon his graduation he was the first male student to win all three categories during the Concourse (Classical Comedy, Modern Comedy, Tragedy). In 1962 he was the first recipient of the newly created Prix Gérard Philipe. He was engaged at the Comédie Française in 1962 as a pensionnaire. Besides his debut role as Valère in Molière's The Miser, he played Arsace in Corneille's Bérénice, and the narrator in the stage adaptation of André Gide's short story Le retour de l'enfant prodigue (The Return of the Prodigal Son). Disappointed that he was only cast in small roles, he left the Comédie Française after a few months to start his film career. He played the leading role as Capitaine Langlois in François Leterrier's movie adaptation of Jean Giono's novel A King Without Distraction in 1962. He was Oedipus in the film adaptation of Jean Cocteau's The Infernal Machine. He joined the Compagnie Marie Bell to play a US tour in New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., and Princeton in October–November 1963. For his presentation of Hippolite in Phèdre and Titus in Bérénice at The Brooks Atkinson Theatre on Broadway, he was awarded the Theater World Award. He played the role of the soldier Georges in Roger Vadim's Circle of Love, a film adaptation of Arthur Schnitzler's scandalous play La Ronde (play). Between 1964 and 1966, Claude Giraud played the part of Philippe de Plessis-Bellières beside Michèle Mercier in three Angélique films: Angélique, Marquise des Anges, Marvelous Angelique, and Angelique and the King. He returned to the Comédie Française in 1972 and became the 460th sociétaire in 1976. He left again in 1982 to join Jean-Laurent Cochet's newly created Théâtre Hébertot. He gained fame in TV series as hero Morgan/Jacques de Saint-Hermine in the adventure series Les Compagnons de Jéhu by Michel Drach adapted from the eponymous novel by Alexandre Dumas. Bernard Toublanc-Michel engaged him in 1967 for the role of d'Aulnay in Adolphe ou l'âge tendre. The TV series Les rois maudits, where he played the role of Sir Roger Mortimer, was another huge success. In 1973, he played the fictional Arab revolutionary leader Mohamed Larbi Slimane, who poses as Rabbi Zeiligman in The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob with Louis de Funès. In the TV movie Mamie Rose (1976) he played Claude Jade's husband Régis, whose marriage is saved by an au-pair granny played by Gisèle Casadesus. Other TV series include Mathias Sandorf (1979), in which he played corrupt banker Silas Toronthal, based on Jules Verne's eponymous novel. He married Catherine Marquand (1943-2012), a fellow acting student at the Conservatoire, in 1963. They had a son, Louis (*1963), and a daughter, Marianne (*1966), who is also an actress and married to French actor and director Jean Martinez. ... Source: Article "Claude Giraud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

  • Title : Claude Giraud
  • Popularity : 5.497
  • Known For : Acting
  • Birthday : 1936-02-05
  • Place of Birth : Chamalières, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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Claude Giraud Movies

  • 1973
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    The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

    The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

    7.401 1973 HD

    In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by...

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  • 1976
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    Mamie Rose

    Mamie Rose

    3 1976 HD

    Agathe and Regis have a little boy, Benoît, who is very capricious and sometimes aggressive. The couple, on the verge of divorce, is planning...

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  • 1968
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    The Tender Age

    The Tender Age

    8 1968 HD

    Twenty-year-old Henri Rebecque wants to make his dream come true: to bring Benjamin Constant's Adolphe to the screen in amateur format. Armed with a...

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  • 1965
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    Angelique: The Road To Versailles

    Angelique: The Road To Versailles

    6.7 1965 HD

    Angelique is saved by the king of the cutthroats when she is endangered in the streets of Paris. After her hero is killed, she has many amorous...

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  • 1964
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    Circle of Love

    Circle of Love

    5.8 1964 HD

    In a chain reaction of romantic adventures, various people play musical beds in a remake of Max Ophul's "La Ronde."

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  • 1968
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    Phèdre

    Phèdre

    2.5 1968 HD

    In the absence of her royal husband Theseus, thought to be dead, Phaedra declares her love to Hippolyte, Theseus's son from a previous marriage.

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  • 1994
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    The Black Angel

    The Black Angel

    5.6 1994 HD

    Stephane, the wife of a prominent magistrate, shoots and kills a man in her home and claims he tried to rape her. While investigating her case, her...

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  • 1989
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    La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)

    La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)

    6 1989 HD

    A valet wants to marry his beloved who tries to seduce Count Almaviva, his master.

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  • 1963
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    A King Without Distraction

    A King Without Distraction

    8 1963 HD

    A policeman and a serial killer play cat and mouse in an isolated mountain village in Nineteenth century France. The second film directed by the man...

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  • 1971
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    Tartuffe

    Tartuffe

    1 1971 HD

    Orgon and his mother swear by Tartuffe, the self-styled devout who lives off them. The other members of the family, scandalized by the clergyman's...

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  • 1977
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    Lorenzaccio

    Lorenzaccio

    1 1977 HD

    This stage play from 1977 is adapted from the well-known play "Lorenzaccio" written by French poet and playwright Alfred de Musset. Set in...

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  • 1970
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    Sortie de secours

    Sortie de secours

    6 1970 HD

    A failed actress sinks into neurosis and mythomania. To give relief to her dismal existence, she engages in all kinds of activities ranging from...

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  • 1964
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    Angelique

    Angelique

    6.7 1964 HD

    In 17th-century France, beautiful country maiden Angélique marries wealthy neighbor Jeoffray de Peyrac out of convenience, but eventually, she...

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  • 1966
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    Angelique and the King

    Angelique and the King

    6.5 1966 HD

    Soon after her latest husband death, the King himself (Louis XIV) meets with our heroine and begs her to help convince the Persian Ambassador to...

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  • 1977
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    Le Loup blanc

    Le Loup blanc

    1 1977 HD

    In the 18th century, the peasants of the forest of Rennes were oppressed by the Regent in the name of taxation. Their lord, the Marquis de...

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  • 2007
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    Le fantôme du lac

    Le fantôme du lac

    2 2007 HD

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  • 1974
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    The Oil War Will Not Happen

    The Oil War Will Not Happen

    1 1974 HD

    Directed by Souheil Ben-Barka.

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  • 1994
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    L'amour est un jeu d'enfant

    L'amour est un jeu d'enfant

    1 1994 HD

    Benjamin lives with his widowed father, a designer and a bohemian artist. Olivia, his best friend, lives with his divorced mother, a lawyer who lives...

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  • 1976
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    Milady

    Milady

    1 1976 HD

    Commandant Gardefort, horseman at the Cadre Noir Riding Academy in Saumur, having given up hope of promotion decides to retire. To fill his time...

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  • 1990
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    Coma dépassé

    Coma dépassé

    1 1990 HD

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  • 1974
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    Madame Bovary

    Madame Bovary

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1982
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    Venise en hiver

    Venise en hiver

    1 1982 HD

    Based on Emmanuel Roblès' book of the same name

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  • 1979
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    La trilogie de la Villégiature

    La trilogie de la Villégiature

    1 1979 HD

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  • 1981
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    Ulysses 31

    Ulysses 31

    8 1981 HD

    Ulysses and his crew struggle against the divine entities that rule the universe, the ancient gods from Greek mythology.

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  • 1979
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    Sándor Mátyás

    Sándor Mátyás

    7.7 1979 HD

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  • 1989
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    Molierissimo

    Molierissimo

    1 1989 HD

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  • 1972
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    The Accursed Kings

    The Accursed Kings

    8 1972 HD

    It is the start of the 14th century and Philip IV the Fair reigns supreme over France. His three sons would rule after him. Isabelle, his only...

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  • 1966
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    Les Compagnons de Jehu

    Les Compagnons de Jehu

    5 1966 HD

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  • 1982
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    Champs-Elysées

    Champs-Elysées

    6.2 1982 HD

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  • 1981
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    Les Fiancées de l'empire

    Les Fiancées de l'empire

    1 1981 HD

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  • 1994
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    Les Cordier, juge et flic

    Les Cordier, juge et flic

    5.4 1994 HD

    The Cordier fight in family against the crime: the father is police captain, the son, investigating judge and the girl, a journalist.

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