Henri Vidal
ActingAlso Known As
Henry Vidal
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.
Movies
(35 total)
The Damned
as Doctor Guilbert
The Gates of Paris
as Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
Napoleon
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Attila
as Aetius
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
A Kiss for a Killer
as Philippe Delaroche
Pensione Edelweiss
as Jean Monnier
Fabiola
as Rhual
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Pierre Macquart
The Strollers
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
The Strange Madame X
as Étienne
Too Late to Love
as Walter Hermelin
Beast at Bay
as Daniel Morane
Desperate Decision
as Steve
House on the Waterfront
as Michel
Too Many Lovers
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
TV Shows
(1 total)
Cinépanorama
as Self