Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

Known for

Acting

Born

November 26, 1919

Birthplace

Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Died

December 10, 1959 (aged 40)

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 Fre...

Best known work

The Damned
The Damned
1947
The Gates of Paris
The Gates of Paris
1957
La Parisienne
La Parisienne
1957
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958
Come Dance with Me!
Come Dance with Me!
1959
Attila
Attila
1954
Napoleon
Napoleon
1955
An Angel on Wheels
An Angel on Wheels
1959
A Kiss for a Killer
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952

Filmography

  1. 1974

    Ursule and Grelu
  2. 1959

    Come Dance with Me!

    as Hervé Dandieu

  3. 1959

    An Angel on Wheels

    as Pierre Chaillot

  4. 1959

    Beast at Bay

    as Daniel Morane

  5. 1959

    Too Late to Love

    as Walter Hermelin

  6. 1959

    Pensione Edelweiss

    as Jean Monnier

  7. 1959

    The Wreckers

    as Yann Le Cœur

  8. 1958

    Be Beautiful and Shut Up

    as l'inspecteur Jean Morel

  9. 1957

    La Parisienne

    as Michel Legrand

  10. 1957

    Too Many Lovers

    as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer

  11. 1957

    A Kiss for a Killer

    as Philippe Delaroche

  12. 1957

    The Gates of Paris

    as Pierre Barbier

  13. 1957

    To Catch a Spy

    as Francis Coplan

  14. 1956

    CinépanoramaTV

    as Self (1 episode)

  15. 1955

    The Wicked Go to Hell

    as Pierre Macquart

  16. 1955

  17. 1955

    Napoleon

    as Marshal Joachim Murat

  18. 1955

  19. 1955

    Série noire

    as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier

  20. 1954

    Attila

    as Aetius

  21. 1954

    Orient Express

    as Jacques Ferrand

  22. 1952

    It Happened in Paris

    as Vladimir Krasnya

  23. 1952

  24. 1952

    The Seven Deadly Sins

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

  25. 1951

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