Acting
Henri Vidal
FR, DE, IT cinema · 35 credits
Born
26 November 1919
Died
10 December 1959 (aged 40)
Birthplace
Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Also known as Henry Vidal · Henri Lucien Raymond 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 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.
Known for
Filmography
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
Pensione Edelweiss
as Jean Monnier
Too Late to Love
as Walter Hermelin
Beast at Bay
as Daniel Morane
The Wreckers
as Yann Le Cœur
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
The Gates of Paris
as Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
To Catch a Spy
as Francis Coplan
A Kiss for a Killer
as Philippe Delaroche
Too Many Lovers
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
House on the Waterfront
as Michel
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Pierre Macquart
Série noire
1955
Série noire
as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
Napoleon
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Attila
as Aetius
Orient Express
as Jacques Ferrand
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
It Happened in Paris
as Vladimir Krasnya
Desperate Decision
as Steve
The Strange Madame X
as Étienne
The Passerby
as François Malard
Here Is the Beauty
as Pierre Leroux
The Strollers
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Captain Bertrand
Fabiola
as Rhual
The Damned
as Doctor Guilbert
The Fan
as Pierre
Strange Fate
as Alain de Saulieu
Angel of the Night
as Bob, le trésorier
Homeport
as Raymond
Montmartre on the Seine
as Maurice Cazaux