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 VieuxColombier 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 dart 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 Molières The Miser he played Arsace in Corneilles Bérénice and the narrator in the stage adaptation of André Gides short story Le retour de lenfant 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 Leterriers movie adaptation of Jean Gionos novel A King Without Distraction in 1962 He was Oedipus in the film adaptation of Jean Cocteaus The Infernal Machine He joined the Compagnie Marie Bell to play a US tour in New York City Boston Washington DC and Princeton in OctoberNovember 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 Vadims Circle of Love a film adaptation of Arthur Schnitzlers scandalous play La Ronde play Between 1964 and 1966 Claude Giraud played the part of Philippe de PlessisBellières 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 JeanLaurent Cochets newly created Théâtre Hébertot He gained fame in TV series as hero MorganJacques de SaintHermine in the adventure series Les Compagnons de Jéhu by Michel Drach adapted from the eponymous novel by Alexandre Dumas Bernard ToublancMichel engaged him in 1967 for the role of dAulnay in Adolphe ou lâge 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 Jades husband Régis whose marriage is saved by an aupair granny played by Gisèle Casadesus Other TV series include Mathias Sandorf 1979 in which he played corrupt banker Silas Toronthal based on Jules Vernes eponymous novel He married Catherine Marquand 19432012 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 CCBYSA 30