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Henri Vidal
Actor
Born November 26, 1919Died December 10, 1959 (40 years)
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.
Source: Article "Henri Vidal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Known For
Filmography
| 1959 | Come Dance with Me! · as Hervé Dandieu |
| 1959 | An Angel on Wheels · as Pierre Chaillot |
| 1959 | Beast at Bay · as Daniel Morane |
| 1959 | Too Late to Love · as Walter Hermelin |
| 1959 | Pensione Edelweiss · as Jean Monnier |
| 1959 | Les naufrageurs · as Yann Le Cœur |
| 1958 | Be Beautiful But Shut Up · as L'inspecteur Jean Morel |
| 1957 | La Parisienne · as Michel Legrand |
| 1957 | Charmants garçons · as Jo Aka 'kid Chabanne', Boxer |
| 1957 | A Kiss for a Killer · as Philippe Delaroche |
| 1957 | The Gates of Paris · as Pierre Barbier |
| 1957 | Action immédiate · as Francis Coplan |
| 1955 | The Wicked Go to Hell · as Pierre Macquart |
| 1955 | House on the Waterfront · as Michel |
| 1955 | Napoleon · as Marshal Joachim Murat |
| 1955 | The Infiltrator · as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier |
| 1954 | Attila · as Aetius |
| 1954 | Orient Express · as Jacques Ferrand |
| 1952 | It Happened in Paris · as Vladimir Krasnya |
| 1952 | Desperate Decision · as Steve |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins · as Dr. Henri (segment "gluttony") |
| 1951 | The Strange Madame X · as Étienne |
| 1950 | Quay of Grenelle · as Jean-Louis Cavalade |
| 1950 | Here Is the Beauty · as Pierre Leroux |
| 1949 | Fabiola · as Rhual |
| 1947 | The Damned · as Docteur Guilbert |
| 1947 | Naughty Martine · as Pierre |
| 1946 | Strange Fate · as Alain De Saulieu |
| 1944 | L'ange de la nuit · as Bob, Le Trésorier |
| 1943 | Port d'attache · as Raymond |
| 1941 | Montmartre · as Maurice Cazaux |