Serge Reggiani

Serge Reggiani (born Sergio Reggiani; 2 May 1922 – 23 July 2004) was an Italian-French actor and singer.

Biography Early life Reggiani was born in Reggio Emilia, Italy, Initially he trained as a barber, like his father, before winning a place at drama school.

Returning to acting after the liberation, he scored a success on film in Les portes de la nuit ("Gates of the Night"), released in 1946. and hired him to help with a production of Hamlet he was mounting in Paris: Anderson went on to become an acclaimed stage director. Act of Love (1953), a French-American co-production starring Kirk Douglas; and Paris Blues (1961) with Paul Newman and Sidney Poitier, filmed on location in Paris.

Singing career In 1965, at the age of 43, he began a second career as a singer, and later with the assistance of the French singer Barbara. giving concerts despite his declining health and personal distress,

Legacy In the film Moi qui t'aimais (2025), a biopic of Signoret and Montand, Thierry de Peretti plays Reggiani.

Selected filmography

Boys' School (1938) – Pupil (uncredited) Conflict (1938) – (uncredited) Night in December (1940) – Un figurant Saturnin de Marseille (1941) Strange Inheritance (1943) – Bob Éloi Le carrefour des enfants perdus (1944) – Joris François Villon (1945) – François Villon Star Without Light (1946) – Gaston Lansac Gates of the Night (1946) – Guy Sénéchal Coincidences (1947) – Jean Ménétrier La fleur de l'âge (1947) - Petit-Louis Manù il contrabbandiere (1948) – Manuel Ambrosini, aka 'Manù' Under the Cards (1948) – Manu The Lovers Of Verona (1949) – Angelo (Romeo) Manon (1949) – Leon Lescaut The Mystery of the Yellow Room (1949) – Joseph Rouletabille Return to Life (1949) – Louis, young German girl's husband (segment 5: "Le retour de Louis") The Sinners (1949) – Pierre Massot The Perfume of the Lady in Black (1949) – Joseph Rouletabille La Ronde (1950) – Franz the Soldier Old Boys of Saint-Loup (1950) – L'abbé Paul Forestier Good Enough to Eat (1951) – Jean-Louis aka Loup Secret People (1952) – Louis Casque d'or (1952) – Georges Manda Red Shirts (Anita Garibaldi, 1952) – Lantini The King and the Mockingbird (1952) – The chimney sweep (voice) Storms (1953) – Sergio Parnell The World Condemns Them (1953) – André Act of Love (1953) – Claude Lacaud Napoléon (1955) – Lucien Bonaparte The Wicked Go to Hell (1955) – Rudel The Doll That Took the Town (1957) – Mario Grimaldi Élisa (1957) – Bernard Voisin Not Delivered (1958) – Bastien Sassey Les Misérables (1958) – Enjolras The Stowaway (1958) – Alfred Mougins Marie-Octobre (1959) – Antoine Rougier Everybody Go Home (1960) – Assunto Ceccarelli Paris Blues (1961) – Michel "Gypsy" Devigne Warriors Five (1962) – Libero Le Doulos (1962) – Maurice Faugel The Leopard (1963) – Don Francisco ("Ciccio") Tumeo L'enfer (1964) – Marcel #1 Marie-Chantal contre le docteur Kha (1965) – Ivanov The 25th Hour (1967) – Trajan Koruga The Last Adventure (1967) – The pilot Il giorno della civetta (1968) – Parrinieddu The Seven Cervi Brothers (1968) – Inmate Ferrari Army of Shadows (L'Armée des ombres, 1969) – The hairdresser (1971) – François Nolan Trois milliards sans ascenseur (1972) – Pierrot (1972) – Thia Don't Touch the White Woman! (1974) – The Mad Indian Vincent, François, Paul... et les autres (1974) – Paul Le Chat et la souris (1975) – Lechat The Good and the Bad (1976) – Resistance leader Une fille cousue de fil blanc (1977) – Jérôme Violette & François (1977) – François's father Solemn Communion (1977) – Le récitant chanteur (voice) La terrazza (1980) – Sergio (1980) – Fouldroule Fantastica (1980) – Euclide Brown The Beekeeper (1986) – Sick Man Mauvais Sang (1986) – Charlie Let Sleeping Cops Lie (Ne réveillez pas un flic qui dort, 1988) – Le Stéphanois Coupe-franche (1989) – Mathieu There Were Days... and Moons (1990) – Sophie's father I Hired a Contract Killer (1990) – Vic of Vic's French Burgers Plein fer (1990) – Emilio De force avec d'autres (1993) – Sergio (1993) – Dr. Levy Le petit garçon (1995) – Germain Héroïnes (1997) – Montgolfier The Pianist (1998) – older Rossell