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Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

Actor · Born 1919-11-26 · Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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

Movies & TV Shows

  1. The Damned (1947) — Doctor Guilbert
  2. The Gates of Paris (1957) — Pierre Barbier
  3. La Parisienne (1957) — Michel Legrand
  4. Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958) — l'inspecteur Jean Morel
  5. Come Dance with Me! (1959) — Hervé Dandieu
  6. Attila (1954) — Aetius
  7. Napoleon (1955) — Marshal Joachim Murat
  8. An Angel on Wheels (1959) — Pierre Chaillot
  9. A Kiss for a Killer (1957) — Philippe Delaroche
  10. The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) — Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
  11. Pensione Edelweiss (1959) — Jean Monnier
  12. Fabiola (1949) — Rhual
  13. The Wicked Go to Hell (1955) — Pierre Macquart
  14. The Strollers (1950) — Jean-Louis Cavalade
  15. The Strange Madame X (1951) — Étienne
  16. Too Late to Love (1959) — Walter Hermelin
  17. Beast at Bay (1959) — Daniel Morane
  18. Desperate Decision (1952) — Steve
  19. House on the Waterfront (1955) — Michel
  20. Too Many Lovers (1957) — Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
  21. Montmartre on the Seine (1941) — Maurice Cazaux
  22. To Catch a Spy (1957) — Francis Coplan
  23. The Passerby (1951) — François Malard
  24. Série noire (1955) — L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
  25. Orient Express (1954) — Jacques Ferrand
  26. The Wreckers (1959) — Yann Le Cœur
  27. Ursule and Grelu (1974)
  28. Cinépanorama (1956) — Self
  29. Homeport (1943) — Raymond
  30. Angel of the Night (1944) — Bob, le trésorier
  31. The Hell of Lost Pilots (1949) — Captain Bertrand
  32. Scampolo 53 (1955)
  33. Here Is the Beauty (1950) — Pierre Leroux
  34. It Happened in Paris (1952) — Vladimir Krasnya
  35. Strange Fate (1946) — Alain de Saulieu
  36. The Fan (1947) — Pierre