Roger Blin

Personal Info

Birthday

March 22, 1907

Day of Death

1984-01-20

(76 years old)

Place of Birth

Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France

Also Known As

Роже Блен

Roger Blin

Biography

Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957.

Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group.

Known For

The Adolescent

Orpheus

That Most Important Thing: Love

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Le Corbeau

The King and the Mockingbird

Paris Blues

Five and the Skin

Filmography

2020
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
1983
The Hospital of Leningrad
as Nestor
1982
Five and the Skin
as Récitant (voice)
1980
The King and the Mockingbird
as L’aveugle (voice)
1979
The Adolescent
as Romain
1977
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
as Jeanne's father
1976
Nevermore, Forever
as Daniel
1975
One Must Live Dangerously
as Murdoc
Aloïse
as Le professeur de chant
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Servais' Father
1973
The Shadow Line
as Burns
1971
Too Small My Friend
as Boris
1970
The Companions of Baal
as Dominique Marchesini
L'illusion comique
as Alcandre
1967
Law of Survival
as Pao
The Sunday of Life
as Jean Sans-Tête
1966
The Devil's Tricks
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
1964
Little Claus and Big Claus
as Le grand Claus
Marie Soleil
as Karl / Boss
A Taste for Women
as Larsen
1963
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
as Narrator (voice)
1962
Quatrevingt-treize
as Tellmarc’h
The Star Ship
as Curtway
1961
Paris Blues
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
1960
Les Trois Sœurs
as Verchinine
1959
Checkerboard
as Slim, le guide
Stars at Noon
as Self
1958
Calligraphie Japonaise
as Narrator
1956
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mathias Hungadi
1955
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
as Wladimir
1954
The Invitation to the Waltz
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
1953
The Knight of the Night
as le valet
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Blind Man (Voice)
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Doctor Frankenstein
1951
The Convict
as Convict
1950
Orpheus
as The Poet
Vagabonds imaginaires
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
1949
Wicked City
as Emilio
Strange Tales
as Guillaume
1947
Passionnelle
as Julien
1946
The Ideal Couple
as The sleepwalker
1945
The Bohemian Life
as Man of the puppet
1944
First in Line
as Paul Moury
1943
Colonel Chabert
as Cleric
Douce
as Man of the theater (uncredited)
Le Corbeau
as François
Adieu Léonard
as Bohemian leader
Captain Fracasse
as Fagotin
1942
The Devil's Envoys
as The Monster Showman
The Trump Card
as Aspirant
1941
Volpone
as Un vénitien
1939
The World Will Shake
as Le Condamné
Louise
as (uncredited)
Pasha's Wives
as Mair
1938
The Curtain Rises
as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
The Time of the Cherries
as Dupuis son
1937
Alibi
as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
The Citadel of Silence
as Officer (uncredited)
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
as De Ries
1936
Jenny
as le malade solitaire
Life Is Ours
as Un métallo
1933
Le Colisée
as The Crowd