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Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

Acting1919Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Biography

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

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.

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Acting History

1959
Beast at Bay
as Daniel Morane
Pensione Edelweiss
as Jean Monnier
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
Too Late to Love
as Walter Hermelin
The Wreckers
as Yann Le Cœur
1958
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
1957
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
Too Many Lovers
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
To Catch a Spy
as Francis Coplan
The Gates of Paris
as Pierre Barbier
A Kiss for a Killer
as Philippe Delaroche
Cinépanorama
TVas Self1 eps
1955
Série noire
as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
Napoleon
as Marshal Joachim Murat
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Pierre Macquart
1954
Attila
as Aetius
Orient Express
as Jacques Ferrand
1952
It Happened in Paris
as Vladimir Krasnya
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
1951
The Passerby
as François Malard
1950
Here Is the Beauty
as Pierre Leroux
The Strollers
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
1949
Fabiola
as Rhual
The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Captain Bertrand
1947
The Fan
as Pierre
The Damned
as Doctor Guilbert
1946
Strange Fate
as Alain de Saulieu
1944
Angel of the Night
as Bob, le trésorier
1943
Homeport
as Raymond
1941
Montmartre on the Seine
as Maurice Cazaux

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Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
11/26/1919
Day of Death
12/10/1959
Place of Birth
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France