Henri Vidal

Birthday: 1919-11-26
Deathday: 1959-12-10
Birthplace: Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned

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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Credits

Year Title Character
1959-12-18 Come Dance with Me! Hervé Dandieu
1959-08-28 An Angel on Wheels Pierre Chaillot
1959-06-17 Beast at Bay Daniel Morane
1959-05-05 Too Late to Love Walter Hermelin
1959-03-10 Pensione Edelweiss Jean Monnier
1959-01-27 The Wreckers Yann Le Cœur
1958-05-07 Be Beautiful and Shut Up l'inspecteur Jean Morel
1957-12-16 La Parisienne Michel Legrand
1957-12-11 Too Many Lovers Jo aka Kid Chabanne, le boxeur
1957-11-27 A Kiss for a Killer Philippe Delaroche
1957-09-27 The Gates of Paris Pierre Barbier
1957-03-15 To Catch a Spy Francis Coplan
1955-12-07 The Wicked Go to Hell Pierre Macquart
1955-04-15 House on the Waterfront Michel
1955-03-25 Napoleon Marshal Joachim Murat
1955-03-08 Scampolo 53
1955-03-04 Série noire L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
1954-12-27 Attila Aetius
1954-10-08 Orient Express Jacques Ferrand
1952-12-26 It Happened in Paris Vladimir Krasnya
1952-10-01 Desperate Decision Steve
1952-03-27 The Seven Deadly Sins Dr. Henri (segment "Gluttony")
1951-05-24 The Strange Madame X Étienne
1951-05-18 The Passerby François Malard
1950-11-25 The Strollers Jean-Louis Cavalade
1950-04-21 Here Is the Beauty Pierre Leroux
1949-08-18 The Hell of Lost Pilots Captain Bertrand
1949-03-03 Fabiola Rhual
1947-09-19 The Damned Docteur Guilbert
1947-06-18 The Fan Pierre
1946-06-05 Strange Fate Alain de Saulieu
1944-01-19 Angel of the Night Bob, le trésorier
1943-02-10 Homeport Raymond
1941-11-19 Montmartre on the Seine Maurice Cazaux