Henri Vidal
Known for Acting · 36 credits
- Born
- 1919-11-26
- Died
- 1959-12-10
- Place of birth
- Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- Also known as
- Henry Vidal · Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal
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.
Known For
TV Shows (1)
Movies (35)
Napoleon
1955
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Attila
1954
as Aetius
Come Dance with Me!
1959
as Hervé Dandieu
La Parisienne
1957
as Michel Legrand
The Damned
1947
as Doctor Guilbert
Too Many Lovers
1957
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
The Fan
1947
as Pierre
Fabiola
1949
as Rhual
Série noire
1955
as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
To Catch a Spy
1957
as Francis Coplan
An Angel on Wheels
1959
as Pierre Chaillot
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
The Gates of Paris
1957
as Pierre Barbier
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955
as Pierre Macquart
Too Late to Love
1959
as Walter Hermelin
The Strange Madame X
1951
as Étienne
Desperate Decision
1952
as Steve
Orient Express
1954
as Jacques Ferrand
Here Is the Beauty
1950
as Pierre Leroux
The Passerby
1951
as François Malard
Strange Fate
1946
as Alain de Saulieu
Beast at Bay
1959
as Daniel Morane
Scampolo 53
1955
The Hell of Lost Pilots
1949
as Captain Bertrand
Montmartre on the Seine
1941
as Maurice Cazaux
The Wreckers
1959
as Yann Le Cœur
It Happened in Paris
1952
as Vladimir Krasnya
House on the Waterfront
1955
as Michel
Angel of the Night
1944
as Bob, le trésorier
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
as Philippe Delaroche
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
as Jean Monnier
Ursule and Grelu
1974
The Strollers
1950
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
Homeport
1943
as Raymond
About Henri Vidal
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… With 36 credits spanning from 1941 to 1974, Henri Vidal has appeared in 35 films and 1 TV show.
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- Napoleon (1955) — as Marshal Joachim Murat
- Attila (1954) — as Aetius
- Come Dance with Me! (1959) — as Hervé Dandieu
- La Parisienne (1957) — as Michel Legrand
- The Damned (1947) — as Doctor Guilbert
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