Henri Vidal
Acting • Born 1919-11-26 – Died 1959-12-10
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. Source: Article "Henri Vidal" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
36 credits
Come Dance with Me!
Movie • 1959
Hervé Dandieu
The Gates of Paris
Movie • 1957
Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
Movie • 1957
Michel Legrand
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Movie • 1958
l'inspecteur Jean Morel
To Catch a Spy
Movie • 1957
Francis Coplan
An Angel on Wheels
Movie • 1959
Pierre Chaillot
Homeport
Movie • 1943
Raymond
Attila
Movie • 1954
Aetius
Angel of the Night
Movie • 1944
Bob, le trésorier
The Hell of Lost Pilots
Movie • 1949
Captain Bertrand
House on the Waterfront
Movie • 1955
Michel
The Damned
Movie • 1947
Doctor Guilbert
Pensione Edelweiss
Movie • 1959
Jean Monnier
Scampolo 53
Movie • 1955
A Kiss for a Killer
Movie • 1957
Philippe Delaroche
The Strange Madame X
Movie • 1951
Étienne
Fabiola
Movie • 1949
Rhual
The Wicked Go to Hell
Movie • 1955
Pierre Macquart
Série noire
Movie • 1955
L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1952
Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
Too Many Lovers
Movie • 1957
Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
Orient Express
Movie • 1954
Jacques Ferrand
Too Late to Love
Movie • 1959
Walter Hermelin
Here Is the Beauty
Movie • 1950
Pierre Leroux
It Happened in Paris
Movie • 1952
Vladimir Krasnya
Beast at Bay
Movie • 1959
Daniel Morane
The Wreckers
Movie • 1959
Yann Le Cœur
Desperate Decision
Movie • 1952
Steve
Montmartre on the Seine
Movie • 1941
Maurice Cazaux
The Strollers
Movie • 1950
Jean-Louis Cavalade
Strange Fate
Movie • 1946
Alain de Saulieu
The Passerby
Movie • 1951
François Malard
Napoleon
Movie • 1955
Marshal Joachim Murat
The Fan
Movie • 1947
Pierre
Ursule and Grelu
Movie • 1974
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self