Personal Info
Birth date
1917-11-25 (107 Years)
Day of death
2000-09-17
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Armand Serge Zelikson
Armand Mestral
Biography
Armand Mestral (born Armand Serge Zelikson; 25 November 1917 - 17 September 2000) was a French actor and singer. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1945 to 1992. Source: Article "Armand Mestral" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
Filmography
At Theatre Tonight
6.667
Overview:
At Theater tonight is a TV show broadcasted from 25th August 1966 to 21st September 1985. The show is broadcast plays recorded in two or three days, during public performances at the Théâtre Marigny on the Champs-Élysées, or sometimes Edouard VII theater.Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
NYR
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Les Cinq Dernieres Minutes is a crime based French television seriesNapoleon
6.5
Overview:
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.Les Misérables
6.924
Overview:
In 19th century France, Jean Valjean, a man imprisoned for stealing bread, must flee a relentless policeman named Javert. The pursuit consumes both men's lives, and soon Valjean finds himself in the midst of the student revolutions in France.My Uncle Benjamin
6.177
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Benjamin is in love with Manette, the innkeeper's beautiful daughter, but she has no intention of giving in to the young doctor until she sees the marriage contract, and marriage does not fit in with Benjamin's spirit of independence. For the same reason he resists the efforts of his sister Bettine to marry him off to Arabelle, the daughter of old Dr. Minxit. Benjamin does agree to go and meet the girl. But that evening his sister finds him at the inn together with Manette, who is arrested by her father. So she decides to go with Benjamin herself. But as result of an incident with the fat Marquis puts paid to the expedition. Benjamin is subjected by the Marquis to a humiliating practical joke. Benjamin is determined to got his revenge. He succeeds thanks to the gorgeous Vicomte Hector de Pont-Cassé, who also helps Manette with her problems against her father. But Benjamin is now arrested by the Marquis...Highway Pick-Up
6.8
Overview:
An escaped convict makes a remote gas station his safe haven. But soon the cunning, devious wife of the owner seeks a chance to use him to get what she wants.Lost Command
6.2
Overview:
After being freed from a Vietnamese war prison, French Lt. Col. Pierre Raspeguy is sent to help quell resistance forces in Algeria. With the help of the Capt. Esclavier, who has grown weary of war, and Capt. Boisfeuras, who lives for it, Raspeguy attempts to convert a rugged band of soldiers into a formidable fighting unit, with the promise of marrying a beautiful countess if he's made a general.Chaste Susan
4.2
Overview:
The young wife of an officer who, in reality, has several lovers receives an award for virtue.His Father's Portrait
4.5
Overview:
Paul has to leave his country home to collect his father's inheritance of a department store. A natural-born son, Paul's stepmother gives him a cold reception, and he's appalled by the behavior of his half-sister Dominique, an existentialist of the highest order. Paul's gumption restores the Galeries Parisiennes to its former glory, and he gives a farewell present to a more subdued Dominique. He returns to his village, arm in arm with the wise Marie-Louise, ex-saleswoman at the Grand Magasin.The Big Pardon 2
5.87
Overview:
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker who is about to launch a huge operation. But he falls into a trap and a war begins in which Raymond will fight a last battle to try to save his son and what remains of his family.They Came to Rob Las Vegas
5.881
Overview:
After successfully assaulting an armored car between Las Vegas and Los Angeles, the ambitions of the diverse members of the intrepid criminal gang collide, causing undesirable consequences.Two Men in Town
7.092
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A former bank robber is released after 10 years in prison. He gets help from a social-worker, but gets harassed by an old cop from his past.Mandrin
NYR
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It was the reign of Louis XV and, in 1750, France was at war all the time, and the people, suffocated by taxes, liked their beloved Louis less and less. When the governor of Dauphiné arrived in Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs, he had to deal with opponents of the regime who had gathered around cooper Louis Mandrin. Mandrin becomes the vigilante who respects his king, but does not tolerate the oppression of the poor through taxation.The Big Pardon
6.244
Overview:
The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew), Albert (Raymond's cousin), Pépé (Raymond's friend), Samy (the bodyguard) are a family clan of Jewish Blackfoot kingpins of French organized crime. Their activities include running casinos, organizing underground boxing matches, illegal gambling, pimping, racketeering and bloody settlements of scores against other Arab and French clans. But in the shadows, Pascal Villars has sworn the loss of the Bettoun. He will succeed in setting the Arab clan against the Jewish clan, for the great benefit of the police commissioner Duché, who has been trying in vain for ten years to bring down the Bettouns.The Viscount
5.25
Overview:
Inspector for a major insurance company, Clint de La Roche, known as "le vicomte", is enjoying a pleasant vacation on the Spanish coast with a few pretty girls and his assistant, Billette, when he is urgently called back to Paris to investigate a bank robbery. The bank manager has had the key to the security system stolen by a certain Tania. But Tania is killed in a car bomb attack. However, Clint soon discovers that behind this case lies a rivalry between the gangs of Rico Barone and Marco Demoygne, who are fighting for control of the drug market.Gervaise
6.74
Overview:
An adaptation of Émile Zola’s 1877 masterpiece L’assommoir, the film is an uncompromising depiction of a lowly laundress’s struggles to deal with an alcoholic husband while running her own business.The Busybody
5.8
Overview:
André Loriot works for Dr Clairac in a laboratory producing euphoric pills. He searches in vain for an apartment where he can settle down and start a family with the woman who loves him, Juliette. To motivate himself and cope with the setbacks he encounters, he decides to swallow an excessive dose of euphoriants.Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love!
5.2
Overview:
Henri IV falls in love with the young Charlotte de Montmorency, 40 years his junior. The king decided to marry her off to his nephew, Henri de Condé, so that he could later make her his mistress.The Sea Pirate
6
Overview:
A young naval officer becomes a corsair to make enough money to marry a pretty girl, and fights injustice and snobbery to reach home safely.Morgan, the Pirate
5.2
Overview:
A Welsh pirate raids up and down the Caribbean, battling the Spanish, the English and other pirates.The Big Hit of Surcouf
5.5
Overview:
The continuation of the adventures of Captain Robert Surcouf and his crew.That Riviera Touch
5.8
Overview:
Eric and Ernie decide to take a holiday to the South of France and unwittingly become mixed up with a band of jewel thieves.The Reluctant Saint
7.6
Overview:
Cupertino, Italy, 1623: A simple-minded and clumsy young man joins a Franciscan order as a hired hand, overcoming his intellectual and social challenges with a pure heart and a simple faith. God performs a miracle through him, quite literally raising him to sainthood.The Roundup is for Tonight
7.5
Overview:
Three sketches that all start in the police station, where Léa, La Pintade and the brigadier himself tell their little stories. The story of Danielle, who bamboozled the impresario Mortimer so well that he made her his wife; the story of the sad little Simon, deprived of a father and unable to stand the mockery of his friends; and the story of the daughter of an ex-convict who - by golly - steals a statue on the day of her First Communion.Acting
1992The Big Pardon 2 as Freddy Ambrosi
1992Les Mamies as Archibald
1987Le monde est à vous (1 Episode) as Self
1985Enquête sur une parole donnée : La lettre perdue as Gérard
1984L'Homme de Suez (6 Episodes) as Napoléon III
1984La Chance aux chansons (1, 4 Episode) as Self (archive footage), Self
1982Les Misérables as General advocate
1982The Big Pardon as Freddy Ambrosi
1982Champs-Elysées (1 Episode) as Self
1980Hold Up as Le commissaire Dambier
1976Le Gentleman des Antipodes as Fronsac
1976Jarosław Dąbrowski as Louis Antoine Ranvier
1974Fifteen Year Old Captain as Harris
1973Two Men in Town as Director of the Pontoise prison
1973The Hostage Gang as Commissioner Crenoy
1972Mandrin (6 Episodes) as Bonneville
1972Le Grand Échiquier (1 Episode) as Self
1970La Brune que voilà as Le mari
1970Le Cyborg ou Le Voyage vertical as Léon
1969My Uncle Benjamin as Machecourt
1968Bonnot's Gang as Jouin
1968They Came to Rob Las Vegas as Unknown
1967The Viscount as Claude Peroux
1966The Big Hit of Surcouf as Capitaine Hans Fell
1966At Theatre Tonight (1 Episode) as Le mari
1966Lost Command as Administration Officer
1966That Riviera Touch as Inspector Duval
1966The Sea Pirate as Capitaine Hans Fell
1963Highway Pick-Up as Corenne
1963Chaste Susan as Barón des Aubrais
1962Mandrin as Sigismond de Moret
1962The Reluctant Saint as Unknown
1962Duel of Fire as Rocco Gravina
1961The Busybody as Clairac
1961White Slave Ship as Calico Jack
1961Long Live Henry IV... Long Live Love! as Bassompierre
1960Morgan, the Pirate as Francois L'Olonnais
1960Amour, autocar et boîtes de nuit as Pierre
1959The Enigma of the Folies-Bergère as Armand, the driver
1959The Lovers of Tomorrow as Louis, le mari de Simone
1959Soft Skin on Black Silk as Jean
1958Fire in the Flesh as Ortiz
1958Les Cinq Dernières Minutes (1, 1 Episode) as Robert, Jacques Gaucher
1957Non sono più guaglione as Frenchman
1957Clandestine Paris as Lucky
1957The Strange Mr. Steve as Mr. Stève
1956Gervaise as Lantier, l'amant de Gervaise
1955No Big Deal for Johnny as Robert Lanier
1955Napoleon as Marshal Nicolas Oudinot
1954Dangerous Turning as Daniel Courtois
1954The Roundup is for Tonight as Robert Bertoli aka 'Bébert le Balafré'
1954Tabor as Lieutenant Blancard
1953Welcome as Armand Mestral
1951Over the waves as Self
1945The Queer Assignment as Emigrant
Sound
1953His Father's Portrait ... Musician