Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

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.

Acting

1959

1959

1958

Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Movie

l'inspecteur Jean Morel

1957

La Parisienne
Movie

Michel Legrand

1957

A Kiss for a Killer
Movie

Philippe Delaroche

1957

1957

To Catch a Spy
Movie

Francis Coplan

1955

1955

Napoleon
Movie

Marshal Joachim Murat

1954

1952

The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie

Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")

1951

The Passerby
Movie

François Malard

1949

1947

The Damned
Movie

Doctor Guilbert

1944

Angel of the Night
Movie

Bob, le trésorier

1943

Infos

Full Name
Henri Vidal
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
11/26/1919
Date of Death
12/10/1959
Also Known As

Henry Vidal