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Henri Vidal

Actor

Henri Vidal

Born November 26, 1919 in Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, FranceDied December 10, 195935 films

Henri Vidal (26 November 1919 – 10 December 1959) was a French film actor.

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Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal was first noticed after he won the "Apollo of 1939" contest in Paris. He was spotted by Édith Piaf, and made his film debut alongside her in the movie Montmartre-sur-Seine in 1941. Vidal went on to appear in more than 30 films between 1941 and 1959.

In addition to his wife, Michèle Morgan, he played opposite some of the biggest leading ladies in French films of the 1950s: Françoise Arnoul, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, and Marina Vlady.

In May 1943 he married the actress Michèle Cordoba, and they divorced in July 1946. In 1950 he married French actress Michèle Morgan, whom he met while filming Alessandro Blasetti's 1949 film Fabiola.

He died in 1959 of a heart attack. He is buried in Pontgibaud, in the Puy-de-Dôme départment.

Source: Article "Henri Vidal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Filmography

35 films as actor
  1. 1974Ursule and Grelu
  2. 1959Come Dance with Me!Hervé Dandieu
  3. 1959An Angel on WheelsPierre Chaillot
  4. 1959Beast at BayDaniel Morane
  5. 1959Too Late to LoveWalter Hermelin
  6. 1959Pensione EdelweissJean Monnier
  7. 1959The WreckersYann Le Cœur
  8. 1958Be Beautiful and Shut Upl'inspecteur Jean Morel
  9. 1957La ParisienneMichel Legrand
  10. 1957Too Many LoversJo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
  11. 1957A Kiss for a KillerPhilippe Delaroche
  12. 1957The Gates of ParisPierre Barbier
  13. 1957To Catch a SpyFrancis Coplan
  14. 1955The Wicked Go to HellPierre Macquart
  15. 1955House on the WaterfrontMichel
  16. 1955NapoleonMarshal Joachim Murat
  17. 1955Scampolo 53
  18. 1955Série noireL'inspecteur Léo Fardier
  19. 1954AttilaAetius
  20. 1954Orient ExpressJacques Ferrand
  21. 1952It Happened in ParisVladimir Krasnya
  22. 1952Desperate DecisionSteve
  23. 1952The Seven Deadly SinsDoctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
  24. 1951The Strange Madame XÉtienne
  25. 1951The PasserbyFrançois Malard
  26. 1950The StrollersJean-Louis Cavalade
  27. 1950Here Is the BeautyPierre Leroux
  28. 1949The Hell of Lost PilotsCaptain Bertrand
  29. 1949FabiolaRhual
  30. 1947The DamnedDoctor Guilbert
  31. 1947The FanPierre
  32. 1946Strange FateAlain de Saulieu
  33. 1944Angel of the NightBob, le trésorier
  34. 1943HomeportRaymond
  35. 1941Montmartre on the SeineMaurice Cazaux