Henri Vidal

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Henri Vidal

Acting November 26, 1919

Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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…

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Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

8.7 1956 TV Show
The Damned

The Damned

5.9 1947 Movie
La Parisienne

La Parisienne

5.7 1957 Movie
The Gates of Paris

The Gates of Paris

6.6 1957 Movie
Napoleon

Napoleon

6.3 1955 Movie
Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

5.6 1958 Movie
Come Dance with Me!

Come Dance with Me!

6.1 1959 Movie
Attila

Attila

5.4 1954 Movie
The Seven Deadly Sins

The Seven Deadly Sins

6.0 1952 Movie
An Angel on Wheels

An Angel on Wheels

5.5 1959 Movie
A Kiss for a Killer

A Kiss for a Killer

5.6 1957 Movie
Fabiola

Fabiola

5.8 1949 Movie

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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

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1974
    Ursule and Grelu

    Movie

  2. 1959
    Come Dance with Me!

    Movie Hervé Dandieu

  3. 1959
    An Angel on Wheels

    Movie Pierre Chaillot

  4. 1959
    Beast at Bay

    Movie Daniel Morane

  5. 1959
    Too Late to Love

    Movie Walter Hermelin

  6. 1959
    Pensione Edelweiss

    Movie Jean Monnier

  7. 1959
    The Wreckers

    Movie Yann Le Cœur

  8. 1958
    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    Movie l'inspecteur Jean Morel

  9. 1957
    La Parisienne

    Movie Michel Legrand

  10. 1957
    Too Many Lovers

    Movie Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer

  11. 1957
    A Kiss for a Killer

    Movie Philippe Delaroche

  12. 1957
    The Gates of Paris

    Movie Pierre Barbier

  13. 1957
    To Catch a Spy

    Movie Francis Coplan

  14. 1956
    Cinépanorama

    TV show Self

  15. 1955
    The Wicked Go to Hell

    Movie Pierre Macquart

  16. 1955
    House on the Waterfront

    Movie Michel

More credits
  1. 1955
    Napoleon

    Movie Marshal Joachim Murat

  2. 1955
    Scampolo 53

    Movie

  3. 1955
    Série noire

    Movie L'inspecteur Léo Fardier

  4. 1954
    Attila

    Movie Aetius

  5. 1954
    Orient Express

    Movie Jacques Ferrand

  6. 1952
    It Happened in Paris

    Movie Vladimir Krasnya

  7. 1952
    Desperate Decision

    Movie Steve

  8. 1952
    The Seven Deadly Sins

    Movie Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")

  9. 1951
    The Strange Madame X

    Movie Étienne

  10. 1951
    The Passerby

    Movie François Malard

  11. 1950
    The Strollers

    Movie Jean-Louis Cavalade

  12. 1950
    Here Is the Beauty

    Movie Pierre Leroux

  13. 1949
    The Hell of Lost Pilots

    Movie Captain Bertrand

  14. 1949
    Fabiola

    Movie Rhual

  15. 1947
    The Damned

    Movie Doctor Guilbert

  16. 1947
    The Fan

    Movie Pierre

  17. 1946
    Strange Fate

    Movie Alain de Saulieu

  18. 1944
    Angel of the Night

    Movie Bob, le trésorier

  19. 1943
    Homeport

    Movie Raymond

  20. 1941
    Montmartre on the Seine

    Movie Maurice Cazaux