Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

1919-11-26 – 1959-12-10 (age 40) Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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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

Napoleon
Napoleon

1955

as Marshal Joachim Murat

La Parisienne
La Parisienne

1957

as Michel Legrand

Come Dance with Me!
Come Dance with Me!

1959

as Hervé Dandieu

The Wreckers
The Wreckers

1959

as Yann Le Cœur

Fabiola
Fabiola

1949

as Rhual

The Gates of Paris
The Gates of Paris

1957

as Pierre Barbier

Attila
Attila

1954

as Aetius

Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Be Beautiful and Shut Up

1958

as l'inspecteur Jean Morel

Strange Fate
Strange Fate

1946

as Alain de Saulieu

Montmartre on the Seine
Montmartre on the Seine

1941

as Maurice Cazaux

An Angel on Wheels
An Angel on Wheels

1959

as Pierre Chaillot

The Seven Deadly Sins
The Seven Deadly Sins

1952

as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")

The Passerby
The Passerby

1951

as François Malard

The Damned
The Damned

1947

as Doctor Guilbert

Orient Express
Orient Express

1954

as Jacques Ferrand

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Série noire

1955

as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier

The Wicked Go to Hell
The Wicked Go to Hell

1955

as Pierre Macquart

House on the Waterfront
The Strange Madame X
The Strange Madame X

1951

as Étienne

Beast at Bay
Beast at Bay

1959

as Daniel Morane