Henri Vidal
Known for ActingBorn 1919-11-26 — died 1959-12-10Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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.
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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.
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Known for
Napoleon
1955 · as Marshal Joachim Murat
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
1958 · as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
The Passerby
1951 · as François Malard
Strange Fate
1946 · as Alain de Saulieu
Attila
1954 · as Aetius
The Wreckers
1959 · as Yann Le Cœur
The Gates of Paris
1957 · as Pierre Barbier
La Parisienne
1957 · as Michel Legrand
Montmartre on the Seine
1941 · as Maurice Cazaux
Fabiola
1949 · as Rhual
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952 · as Doctor Henri / Antonin (segment "La Gourmandise")
Come Dance with Me!
1959 · as Hervé Dandieu
Orient Express
1954 · as Jacques Ferrand
An Angel on Wheels
1959 · as Pierre Chaillot
Desperate Decision
1952 · as Steve
Série noire
1955 · as L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
Too Late to Love
1959 · as Walter Hermelin
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955 · as Pierre Macquart