
Claude Cerval (21 February 1921 – 25 July 1972) was a French film actor. He appeared in more than forty films from 1955 to 1971.
After his secondary studies, he took drama lessons with, among others, Louis Jouvet. He then performed in cabarets and at the theater, notably at the Odéon, before joining the Théâtre national populaire. He worked in cinema and television as well. He was well remembered for his performance in the role of the detestable Count of Nansac in the ORTF series Jacquou le Croquant in 1969.
He died of heart failure at the age of 51.
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Belle de Jour
1967 · as The Driver (uncredited)

The Milky Way
1969 · as Brigadier

The Big Risk
1960 · as Raoul Fargier

Manhunt for Murder
1971

Bob le Flambeur
1956 · as Jean, the Croupier

Any Number Can Win
1963 · as Police Commissioner

A Missionary
1955

Crime on a Summer Morning
1965 · as Jean-Pierre 'Pierrot' - le pigeon

Le Beau Serge
1959 · as Priester

That Man in Istanbul
1965 · as Brandt

FX 18, Secret Agent
1964 · as Barter

The Irony of Money
1957 · as Andrés (uncredited)

The Cousins
1959 · as Clovis

The Upper Hand
1966 · as René

The Empire of Night
1962 · as Balthazar

Angel's Leap
1971 · as Marc Orsini

L'Ennemi dans l'ombre
1960 · as Nilpiker

To Die of Love
1971 · as Investigating judge