Henri Vidal
Born 1919 (age 40) · Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Appears in 36 titles

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.

Filmography

The Damned
5.9
The Damned
1947
as Doctor Guilbert
The Gates of Paris
6.6
The Gates of Paris
1957
as Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
5.7
La Parisienne
1957
as Michel Legrand
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
5.5
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
Come Dance with Me!
6.0
Come Dance with Me!
1959
as Hervé Dandieu
Attila
5.4
Attila
1954
as Aetius
Napoleon
6.3
Napoleon
1955
as Marshal Joachim Murat
An Angel on Wheels
5.5
An Angel on Wheels
1959
as Pierre Chaillot
The Seven Deadly Sins
6.0
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
A Kiss for a Killer
5.5
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
as Philippe Delaroche
Pensione Edelweiss
5.3
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
as Jean Monnier
Fabiola
5.8
Fabiola
1949
as Rhual
The Wicked Go to Hell
6.4
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955
as Pierre Macquart
The Strollers
5.4
The Strollers
1950
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
The Strange Madame X
5.0
The Strange Madame X
1951
as Étienne
Too Late to Love
5.8
Too Late to Love
1959
as Walter Hermelin
Beast at Bay
4.8
Beast at Bay
1959
as Daniel Morane
Desperate Decision
5.5
Desperate Decision
1952
as Steve
House on the Waterfront
7.1
House on the Waterfront
1955
as Michel
Too Many Lovers
6.0
Too Many Lovers
1957
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer