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