Henri Vidal

Personal Info

Birthday

November 26, 1919

Day of Death

1959-12-10

(40 years old)

Place of Birth

Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France

Also Known As

Henry Vidal

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.

Known For

La Parisienne

Napoleon

An Angel on Wheels

Come Dance with Me!

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Attila

The Damned

Fabiola

Filmography

1959
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
Beast at Bay
as Daniel Morane
Too Late to Love
as Walter Hermelin
Pensione Edelweiss
as Jean Monnier
The Wreckers
as Yann Le Cœur
1958
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
1957
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
Too Many Lovers
as Jo aka 'Kid Chabanne', boxer
A Kiss for a Killer
as Philippe Delaroche
The Gates of Paris
as Pierre Barbier
To Catch a Spy
as Francis Coplan
1955
The Wicked Go to Hell
as Pierre Macquart
House on the Waterfront
as Michel
Napoleon
as Marshal Joachim Murat
Série noire
as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
1954
Attila
as Aetius
Orient Express
as Jacques Ferrand
1952
It Happened in Paris
as Vladimir Krasnya
Desperate Decision
as Steve
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Dr. Henri (segment "Gluttony")
1951
The Strange Madame X
as Étienne
The Passerby
as François Malard
1950
The Strollers
as Jean-Louis Cavalade
Here Is the Beauty
as Pierre Leroux
1949
The Hell of Lost Pilots
as Captain Bertrand
Fabiola
as Rhual
1947
The Damned
as Docteur Guilbert
The Fan
as Pierre
1946
Strange Fate
as Alain de Saulieu
1944
Angel of the Night
as Bob, le trésorier
1943
Homeport
as Raymond
1941
Montmartre on the Seine
as Maurice Cazaux