Henri Vidal
Born: 1919-11-26 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Died: 1959-12-10
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1959
- Pensione Edelweiss as Jean Monnier
- Come Dance with Me! as Hervé Dandieu
- An Angel on Wheels as Pierre Chaillot
- Beast at Bay as Daniel Morane
- The Wreckers as Yann Le Cœur
- Too Late to Love as Walter Hermelin
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
- A Kiss for a Killer as Philippe Delaroche
- The Gates of Paris as Pierre Barbier
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
1955
- Napoleon as Marshal Joachim Murat
- Série noire as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
- House on the Waterfront as Michel
- The Wicked Go to Hell as Pierre Macquart
- Scampolo 53
1954
- Orient Express as Jacques Ferrand
- Attila as Aetius
1952
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
- It Happened in Paris as Vladimir Krasnya
- Desperate Decision as Steve
1951
- The Passerby as François Malard
- The Strange Madame X as Étienne
1950
- The Strollers as Jean-Louis Cavalade
- Here Is the Beauty as Pierre Leroux
1949
- Fabiola as Rhual
- The Hell of Lost Pilots as Captain Bertrand
1947
- The Damned as Doctor Guilbert
- The Fan as Pierre
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