Henri Vidal
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.
Known For
Hervé Dandieu
Voulez-vous danser avec moi ?
Pierre Barbier
Porte des Lilas
Michel Legrand
Une parisienne
l'inspecteur Jean Morel
Sois belle et tais-toi
Francis Coplan
Action immédiate
Pierre Chaillot
Ein Engel auf Erden
Raymond
Port d'attache
Aetius
Attila
Bob, le trésorier
L'Ange de la nuit
Captain Bertrand
Le paradis des pilotes perdus
Michel
Port du désir
Doctor Guilbert
Les Maudits
Jean Monnier
Pensione Edelweiss
Scampolo 53
Philippe Delaroche
Une manche et la belle
Étienne
L'Étrange Madame X
Rhual
Fabiola
Pierre Macquart
Les salauds vont en enfer
L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
Série noire
Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
Les Sept Péchés capitaux
Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
Charmants Garçons
Jacques Ferrand
Orient Express
Walter Hermelin
Pourquoi viens-tu si tard…
Pierre Leroux
La Belle que voilà
Vladimir Krasnya
C'est arrivé à Paris
Daniel Morane
La Bête à l'affût
Yann Le Cœur
Les Naufrageurs
Steve
La Jeune Folle
Maurice Cazaux
Montmartre sur Seine
Jean-Louis Cavalade
Quai de Grenelle
Alain de Saulieu
Étrange destin
François Malard
La passante
Marshal Joachim Murat
Napoléon
Pierre
L'Éventail
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
34
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-11-26
Place of Birth
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
Also Known As
Henry Vidal