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Robert Le Vigan
Actor
Born January 8, 1900Died October 12, 1972 (72 years)
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Robert Le Vigan was a French actor. Born Robert-Charles-Alexandre Coquillaud in Paris, he appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Ginette Vincendeau, a "brilliant, extravagant actor" who "specialised in louche, menacing or diabolical characters".
A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes, he vanished while playing Jéricho in Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe. He was sentenced to forced labour for ten years in 1946. Released on parole after three years working in a camp, Le Vigan absconded to Spain, and then Argentina, dying there October 12, 1972, in the city of Tandil. He died in poverty.
Robert Le Vigan was a French actor. Born Robert-Charles-Alexandre Coquillaud in Paris, he appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Ginette Vincendeau, a "brilliant, extravagant actor" who "specialised in louche, menacing or diabolical characters".
A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes, he vanished while playing Jéricho in Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe. He was sentenced to forced labour for ten years in 1946. Released on parole after three years working in a camp, Le Vigan absconded to Spain, and then Argentina, dying there October 12, 1972, in the city of Tandil. He died in poverty.
Known For
Filmography
| 1952 | |
| 1943 | The Heart of a Nation · as Uncle Michel Froment (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Ne le criez pas sur les toits · as Le Professeur Léonard Bontagues |
| 1943 | It Happened at the Inn · as Goupi-Tonkin |
| 1942 | Les affaires sont les affaires · as Phinck |
| 1942 | Le mariage de Chiffon · as The Usher |
| 1941 | Who Killed Santa Claus? · as Leon Villard |
| 1941 | |
| 1940 | Dédé la musique · as Fernand L'américain |
| 1939 | Four Flights to Love · as Edouard Bordenave |
| 1939 | The Phantom Wagon · as Le Père Martin |
| 1939 | The Last Turning · as Le Cousin Maître-Chanteur |
| 1939 | The World Will Shake · as Le Greffier |
| 1939 | Louise · as Le Peintre Gaston |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Port of Shadows · as The Painter |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | |
| 1938 | Boys' School · as L'homme «invisible» |
| 1938 | The West · as Taïeb El Haïn |
| 1938 | The Woman from the End of the World · as Arlanger, L'armateur |
| 1937 | Harvest · as Sergeant De Sault |
| 1937 | The Man from Nowhere · as Le Comte Papiano |
| 1936 | The Lower Depths · as L'acteur Alcoolique |
| 1936 | Hélène · as Doctor Regnier |
| 1936 | Un de la légion · as Leduc |
| 1936 | Jenny · as L'albinos |
| 1935 | La bandera · as Fernando Lucas |
| 1935 | Behold the Man · as Jésus Christ |
| 1934 | Maria Chapdelaine · as Tit-Sèbe, Le Rebouteux |
| 1934 | Madame Bovary · as Mr. Lheureux, Fabric Merchant |
| 1933 | The Tunnel · as Brooce |
| 1933 | |
| 1933 | Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine · as Mousquet |
| 1932 | The Yellow Dog · as Le Docteur Ernest Michoux |
| 1931 | Moon Over Morocco · as Donald Strawber |
| 1931 | Radio Follies · as Cast |