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Henri Vidal

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🎂 November 26, 1919📍 Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France🕯️ December 10, 1959 · Age 40

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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 Fre…

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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.

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Henri Vidal's Filmography

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Ursule and Grelu
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Ursule and Grelu

1974⭐ 6.3
Come Dance with Me!
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Come Dance with Me!

1959⭐ 6.2

as HervĂŠ Dandieu

An Angel on Wheels
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An Angel on Wheels

1959⭐ 5.5

as Pierre Chaillot

Beast at Bay
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Beast at Bay

1959⭐ 4.8

as Daniel Morane

Too Late to Love
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Too Late to Love

1959⭐ 5.8

as Walter Hermelin

Pensione Edelweiss
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Pensione Edelweiss

1959⭐ 5.2

as Jean Monnier

The Wreckers
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The Wreckers

1959⭐ 7.0

as Yann Le Cœur

Be Beautiful and Shut Up
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Be Beautiful and Shut Up

1958⭐ 5.6

as l'inspecteur Jean Morel

La Parisienne
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La Parisienne

1957⭐ 5.8

as Michel Legrand

Too Many Lovers
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Too Many Lovers

1957⭐ 6.0

as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer

A Kiss for a Killer
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A Kiss for a Killer

1957⭐ 5.8

as Philippe Delaroche

The Gates of Paris
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The Gates of Paris

1957⭐ 6.6

as Pierre Barbier

To Catch a Spy
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To Catch a Spy

1957⭐ 6.0

as Francis Coplan

The Wicked Go to Hell
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The Wicked Go to Hell

1955⭐ 6.4

as Pierre Macquart

House on the Waterfront
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House on the Waterfront

1955⭐ 7.1

as Michel

Napoleon
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Napoleon

1955⭐ 6.2

as Marshal Joachim Murat

Scampolo 53
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Scampolo 53

1955⭐ 9.0
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No Poster

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SĂŠrie noire

1955⭐ 6.3

as L'inspecteur LĂŠo Fardier

Attila
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Attila

1954⭐ 5.4

as Aetius

Orient Express
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Orient Express

1954⭐ 7.0

as Jacques Ferrand

It Happened in Paris
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It Happened in Paris

1952⭐ 8.0

as Vladimir Krasnya

Desperate Decision
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Desperate Decision

1952⭐ 5.5

as Steve

The Seven Deadly Sins
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The Seven Deadly Sins

1952⭐ 6.0

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

The Strange Madame X
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The Strange Madame X

1951⭐ 5.0

as Étienne

The Passerby
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The Passerby

1951⭐ 6.0

as François Malard

The Strollers
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The Strollers

1950⭐ 5.4

as Jean-Louis Cavalade

Here Is the Beauty
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Here Is the Beauty

1950⭐ 7.0

as Pierre Leroux

The Hell of Lost Pilots
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The Hell of Lost Pilots

1949⭐ 9.0

as Captain Bertrand

Fabiola
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Fabiola

1949⭐ 5.8

as Rhual

The Damned
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The Damned

1947⭐ 6.0

as Doctor Guilbert

The Fan
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The Fan

1947⭐ 7.0

as Pierre

Strange Fate
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Strange Fate

1946⭐ 7.0

as Alain de Saulieu

Angel of the Night
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Angel of the Night

1944⭐ 9.0

as Bob, le trĂŠsorier

Homeport
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Homeport

1943⭐ 8.0

as Raymond

Montmartre on the Seine
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Montmartre on the Seine

1941⭐ 5.8

as Maurice Cazaux

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