Henri Vidal
Actor
- Born
- November 26, 1919 · Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
- Died
- December 10, 1959 (age 40)
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.
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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
The Damned
September 19, 1947
The Gates of Paris
September 27, 1957
La Parisienne
December 16, 1957
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
May 7, 1958
Come Dance with Me!
December 18, 1959
Attila
December 27, 1954
Napoleon
March 25, 1955
An Angel on Wheels
August 28, 1959
A Kiss for a Killer
November 27, 1957
The Seven Deadly Sins
March 27, 1952
Pensione Edelweiss
March 10, 1959
Fabiola
March 3, 1949
Acting35
- 1974Ursule and Grelu
- 1959Come Dance with Me! as Hervé Dandieu
- 1959An Angel on Wheels as Pierre Chaillot
- 1959Beast at Bay as Daniel Morane
- 1959Too Late to Love as Walter Hermelin
- 1959Pensione Edelweiss as Jean Monnier
- 1959The Wreckers as Yann Le Cœur
- 1958Be Beautiful and Shut Up as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
- 1957La Parisienne as Michel Legrand
- 1957Too Many Lovers as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer