Henri Vidal
Known For
Acting
Born
1919-11-26 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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.
Most Known For
Cinépanorama
as Self
Napoleon
as Marshal Joachim Murat
The Wreckers
as Yann Le Cœur
The Passerby
as François Malard
Strange Fate
as Alain de Saulieu
Attila
as Aetius
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
The Gates of Paris
as Pierre Barbier
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
The Damned
as Doctor Guilbert
The Strollers
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
Beast at Bay
as Daniel Morane
Fabiola
as Rhual
House on the Waterfront
as Michel
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Pierre Macquart
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
Orient Express
as Jacques Ferrand
Too Many Lovers
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer