Henri Vidal
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
Napoleon
1955
as Marshal Joachim Murat
The Passerby
1951
as François Malard
Attila
1954
as Aetius
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
The Gates of Paris
1957
as Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
1957
as Michel Legrand
Beast at Bay
1959
as Daniel Morane
Fabiola
1949
as Rhual
Come Dance with Me!
1959
as Hervé Dandieu
An Angel on Wheels
1959
as Pierre Chaillot
The Wreckers
1959
as Yann Le Cœur
The Damned
1947
as Doctor Guilbert
Here Is the Beauty
1950
as Pierre Leroux
Too Many Lovers
1957
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
The Hell of Lost Pilots
1949
as Captain Bertrand
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955
as Pierre Macquart
House on the Waterfront
1955
as Michel
Ursule and Grelu
1974
Montmartre on the Seine
1941
as Maurice Cazaux