Roger Blin
Known for Acting · 73 credits
- Born
- 1907-03-22
- Died
- 1984-01-20
- Place of birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Also known as
- Роже Блен
Biography
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.
Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art.
He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.'
During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army.
His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard.
Known For
Movies (73)
The Adolescent
1979
as Romain
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Mathias Hungadi
Orpheus
1950
as The Poet
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Servais' Father
Le Corbeau
1943
as François
The King and the Mockingbird
1980
as L’aveugle (voice)
The Devil's Envoys
1942
as The Monster Showman
Paris Blues
1961
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Douce
1943
as Man of the theater (uncredited)
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
as Blind Man (Voice)
Jenny
1936
as le malade solitaire
Volpone
1941
as Un vénitien
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
The Sunday of Life
1967
as Jean Sans-Tête
Checkerboard
1959
as Slim, le guide
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
Aloïse
1975
as Le professeur de chant
The Shadow Line
1973
as Burns
The Bohemian Life
1945
as Man of the puppet
The Last Judgment
1945
Five and the Skin
1982
as Récitant (voice)
Wicked City
1949
as Emilio
Unusual Tales
1949
as Guillaume
The World Will Shake
1939
as Le Condamné
Life Is Ours
1936
as Un métallo
The Knight of the Night
1953
as le valet
The Trump Card
1942
as Aspirant
Alibi
1937
as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
Colonel Chabert
1943
as Cleric
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
First in Line
1944
as Paul Moury
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977
as Jeanne's father
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as Doctor Frankenstein
Stars at Noon
1959
as Self
The Hospital of Leningrad
1983
as Nestor
Captain Fracasse
1943
as Fagotin
The Devil's Tricks
1966
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Beating Heart
1940
as (credit only)
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938
The Citadel of Silence
1937
as Officer (uncredited)
Nevermore, Forever
1976
as Daniel
Pasha's Wives
1939
as Mair
The Convict
1951
as Convict
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
as Murdoc
Little Claus and Big Claus
1964
as Le grand Claus
Law of Survival
1967
as Pao
A Taste for Women
1964
as Larsen
The Ideal Couple
1946
as The sleepwalker
Under Western Eyes
1936
as Unnamed Character
Passionnelle
1947
as Julien
Les Trois Sœurs
1960
as Verchinine
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as De Ries
Louise
1939
as (uncredited)
L'âge d'or
1942
Marie Soleil
1964
as Karl / Boss
Too Small My Friend
1971
as Boris
Quatrevingt-treize
1962
as Tellmarc’h
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Le Colisée
1933
as The Crowd
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
Adieu Léonard
1943
as Bohemian leader
Qui donc a rêvé?
1965
Street Without a Name
1934
The Star Ship
1962
as Curtway
The Time of the Cherries
1938
as Dupuis son
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955
as Wladimir
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
L'illusion comique
1970
as Alcandre
Vagabonds imaginaires
1950
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Calligraphie Japonaise
1958
as Narrator
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
1963
as Narrator (voice)
The Invitation to the Waltz
1954
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
Mesure pour Mesure
1971
as Le Duc Vincentio
About Roger Blin
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Anto… With 73 credits spanning from 1933 to 2020, Roger Blin has appeared in 73 films and 0 TV shows.
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- The Adolescent (1979) — as Romain
- The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1956) — as Mathias Hungadi
- Orpheus (1950) — as The Poet
- That Most Important Thing: Love (1975) — as Servais' Father
- Le Corbeau (1943) — as François
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