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Henri Vidal

Acting Born Nov 26, 1919 Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France 24 credits

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.

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Known for

Cinépanorama

as Self
Film

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

as l'inspecteur Jean Morel

Full filmography

  • Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
  • Napoleon (1955) as Marshal Joachim Murat
  • Be Beautiful and Shut Up (1958) as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
  • The Passerby (1951) as François Malard
  • Attila (1954) as Aetius
  • The Wreckers (1959) as Yann Le Cœur
  • The Seven Deadly Sins (1952) as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
  • Strange Fate (1946) as Alain de Saulieu
  • La Parisienne (1957) as Michel Legrand
  • Fabiola (1949) as Rhual
  • Come Dance with Me! (1959) as Hervé Dandieu
  • Montmartre on the Seine (1941) as Maurice Cazaux
  • The Gates of Paris (1957) as Pierre Barbier
  • Orient Express (1954) as Jacques Ferrand
  • An Angel on Wheels (1959) as Pierre Chaillot
  • Série noire (1955) as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
  • The Wicked Go to Hell (1955) as Pierre Macquart
  • House on the Waterfront (1955) as Michel
  • The Strange Madame X (1951) as Étienne
  • The Damned (1947) as Doctor Guilbert
  • Too Many Lovers (1957) as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
  • Scampolo 53 (1955)
  • Too Late to Love (1959) as Walter Hermelin
  • Pensione Edelweiss (1959) as Jean Monnier