Henri Vidal

Henri Vidal

Born: November 26, 1919
Died: December 10, 1959
in Clermont-Ferrand, 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.

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.

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Come Dance with Me!
Title: Come Dance with Me!
Character: Hervé Dandieu
Released: December 18, 1959
Type: Movie
Herve argues with his wife, after which he meets an appealing woman at a nightclub. A subsequent one-night stand with her turns into a tragedy when the woman is killed.
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An Angel on Wheels
Title: An Angel on Wheels
Character: Pierre Chaillot
Released: August 28, 1959
Type: Movie
Heralded racing driver Pierre Chaillot has never noticed the pretty young flight attendant who dotes on him adoringly. But when his fiancée's infidelity drives him to the brink of suicide, Pierre's guardian angel takes the form of this stewardess to urge him to choose life. Though the angel confesses her divinity, Pierre is skeptical of the existence of angels. But, despite their difference, the two bond during her brief sojourn in human form.
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Beast at Bay
Title: Beast at Bay
Character: Daniel Morane
Released: June 17, 1959
Type: Movie
Melun, on 1959. On the return to an auction, a young and attractive widow, Elisabeth Vernon, finds at her home(with her) a wounded escapee of prison. The fugitive, Daniel Morane, is a handsome boy and justifies himself crimes(murders) of which we accuse it. The young woman is allowed convince, seduce, feels sorry, and agrees to help him(it). But during their escape(mare), the doubt seizes her …
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Too Late to Love
Title: Too Late to Love
Character: Walter Hermelin
Released: May 5, 1959
Type: Movie
Walter, a reporter and photographer, meets Catherine in a train. The young lawyer recently gained an acquittal for a man who killed his alcoholic father to save his mother. Campaigning against alcoholism, she asks Walter to help her unmask a wine merchant engaged in shady practices.
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Pensione Edelweiss
Title: Pensione Edelweiss
Character: Jean Monnier
Released: March 10, 1959
Type: Movie
A man who was injured in an accident has a visitor in his hospital. The visitor suggests a strange deal.
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The Wreckers
Title: The Wreckers
Character: Yann Le Cœur
Released: January 27, 1959
Type: Movie
In 1852, the famine on a desolate Britanny's island named Blaz-Mor, off the coast of Finistère. Some residents exalted hold responsible the young Moira, equivalent to a witch. The old Marnez, "head" of the island, is trying to restore calm and opposes Yann Le Heart, the fiancé of his daughter Louise Kermelen, who wants causing a shipwreck to save the island from famine.
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Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Title: Be Beautiful But Shut Up
Character: l'inspecteur Jean Morel
Released: May 7, 1958
Type: Movie
A beautiful 18-year-old orphan escapes from a reformatory and hooks up with a gang of jewel smugglers, and decides on a life of crime. However, she falls for and marries a policeman, putting a crimp in her criminal career.
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La Parisienne
Title: La Parisienne
Character: Michel Legrand
Released: December 16, 1957
Type: Movie
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
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Too Many Lovers
Title: Too Many Lovers
Character: Jo aka Kid Chabanne, le boxeur
Released: December 11, 1957
Type: Movie
The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to get married, she sets her heart on Robert, a young industrialist, but he is already married. Disappointed, she sets out in search of the ideal man.
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A Kiss for a Killer
Title: A Kiss for a Killer
Character: Philippe Delaroche
Released: November 27, 1957
Type: Movie
In Nice, the wealthy widow Betty Farnwell falls for the charms of a handsome young man, Philippe Delaroche. Mrs Farnwell is so taken with Philippe that she persuades her bank to allow him to manage her financial affairs. Philippe, an unscrupulous opportunist, is not slow to turn the situation to his advantage and within no time he is married to his wealthy benefactor. Philippe has barely grown accustomed to wearing a wedding ring when he begins a romantic liaison with his wife’s attractive secretary, Eva. It soon transpires that Eva is even more ruthless than Philippe.
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The Gates of Paris
Title: The Gates of Paris
Character: Pierre Barbier
Released: September 27, 1957
Type: Movie
Juju, a drunken oaf who feels the need of being important to someone---anyone---and his friend The Artist are forced at gunpoint to house a fugitive, Pierre Barbier, in Juju's broken-down home. The urge for being needed is such in Juju that he gives up drinking and takes care of Pierre. But one day Juju finds out that Pierre has been making love to his girl Maria...
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To Catch a Spy
Title: To Catch a Spy
Character: Francis Coplan
Released: March 15, 1957
Type: Movie
The blueprints of an aeroplane built from an ultra-secret metal are stolen from national security. French secret service agent Walder believes that the documents are now in Switzerland, in the hands of a man named Lindbaum. The latter agrees to hand over the blueprints in return for a large sum of money. Another agent, Francis Coplan, is sent to Switzerland to handle the deal, but Lindbaum only has half of the documents because he was double-crossed by Kalpannen, an international crook. With the help of Heidi, a Swiss correspondent, Coplan sets out to identify the members of Kalpannen’s gang, only to find that they have all been murdered…
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Title: Cinépanorama
Character: Self
Released: February 4, 1956
Type: TV
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The Wicked Go to Hell
Title: The Wicked Go to Hell
Character: Pierre Macquart
Released: December 7, 1955
Type: Movie
Making his directorial debut, Robert Hossein also assumes the leading role, playing an escaped convict. Hossein and his fellow escapees cross the path of Marina Vlady, with whom they all fall in love. Alas for our "heroes," Vlady intends to avenge the death of her sweetheart at the hands of Hossein and his confreres. Not only do these heels go to Hell, but they do so with a spectacular flourish. Les Salauds Vont en Enfer was adapted by Rene Wheeler from a play by Frederic Dard.
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House on the Waterfront
Title: House on the Waterfront
Character: Michel
Released: April 15, 1955
Type: Movie
Martine is searching for her sister that disappeared mysteriously. Lequévic agrees to help her.
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Napoleon
Title: Napoleon
Character: Marshal Joachim Murat
Released: March 25, 1955
Type: Movie
The film follows the life of Napoleon from his early life in Corsica to his death at Saint Helena. The film is notable for its use of location shooting for numerous scenes, especially at the French estates of Malmaison and Fontainebleau, the Palace of Versailles, and sites of Napoleonic battles including Austerlitz and Waterloo.
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Scampolo 53
Title: Scampolo 53
Released: March 8, 1955
Type: Movie
A young girl meets by chance an engineer who lives with an unbearable mistress. After abandoning his mistress, the engineer has to leave for Sardinia. He decides to take the girl with him, who has been waiting for this.
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Série noire
Title: Série noire
Character: L'inspecteur Léo Fardier
Released: March 4, 1955
Type: Movie
Léo Fardier is a police inspector who goes to prison undercover as a convict. He shares a cell with Mariani, a Corsican mafioso, whose trust he earns. The day Léo leaves prison, the criminal entrusts him with a letter to deliver to his estranged wife. He finds her, and she falls under his spell. The problem is that he, too, has fallen in love with her.
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Attila
Title: Attila
Character: Aetius
Released: December 27, 1954
Type: Movie
Attila, the leader of the barbarian Huns and called by the Romans "The Scourge of God", sweeps onto the Italian peninsula, defeating all of the armies of Rome, until he and his men reach the gates of the city itself.
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Orient Express
Title: Orient Express
Character: Jacques Ferrand
Released: October 8, 1954
Type: Movie
On December 24th the Orient Express gets snowbound near a little mountain village and its passengers are forced to spend some time there, mingling with the local people, upsetting their usually monotonous daily lives.
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It Happened in Paris
Title: It Happened in Paris
Character: Vladimir Krasnya
Released: December 26, 1952
Type: Movie
Wealthy American Patricia comes to spend some time at her uncle's place in Paris. While out on her own for the evening she meets pseudo-Russian prince Vladimir in a bistro.
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Desperate Decision
Title: Desperate Decision
Character: Steve
Released: October 1, 1952
Type: Movie
Ireland, 1922. In the midst of a national uprising, Catherine, a young orphan employed in household chores, goes in search of her brother whom she has heard in a dream calling for help.
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The Seven Deadly Sins
Title: The Seven Deadly Sins
Character: Dr. Henri (segment "Gluttony")
Released: March 27, 1952
Type: Movie
A compilation of segments covers the seven deadly sins of greed, wrath, envy, pride, lust, sloth, and gluttony.
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The Strange Madame X
Title: The Strange Madame X
Character: Étienne
Released: May 24, 1951
Type: Movie
Irène is the unhappy wife of a wealthy publisher, Jacques Voisin-Larive, who cares about her no more than a beautiful piece of furniture. Her meeting with Étienne, a young cabinetmaker with whom she falls in love, turns her dismal existence upside down. Not wanting to reveal her condition to her lover, she pretends to be a modest maid, employed by the Voisin-Larive. At the end of a weekend spent with her lover, Irène discovers that she is pregnant. The fragile balance of their existence is suddenly broken. Taking the initiative, she reveals her affair to Jacques and tells him about her desire to divorce. But her husband has no intention of giving her back her freedom...
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The Passerby
Title: The Passerby
Character: François Malard
Released: May 18, 1951
Type: Movie
A woman who has a terrible secret to conceal takes refuge on a barge.
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The Strollers
Title: The Strollers
Character: Jean-Louis Cavalade
Released: November 25, 1950
Type: Movie
Jean-Louis forgets to use the pedestrian crossing;Who could have believed then where it would lead the unfortunate guy to?
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Here Is the Beauty
Title: Here Is the Beauty
Character: Pierre Leroux
Released: April 21, 1950
Type: Movie
Melodrama of two struggling artists whose love for each other is thwarted.She has some success as a ballerina despite being wounded by him in a fit of jealousy. His career as a sculptor is stymied when he is arrested.
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The Hell of Lost Pilots
Title: The Hell of Lost Pilots
Character: Captain Bertrand
Released: August 18, 1949
Type: Movie
A plane flying to Dakar is caught in a storm and has to land in the desert. Deprived of a radio, he is unable to give his position and the water reserves are limited to two days. Each, among the military crew and the civilian passengers, experiences the ordeal according to his character.
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Fabiola
Title: Fabiola
Character: Rhual
Released: March 3, 1949
Type: Movie
In ancient Rome a love story blossoms between Fabiola, daughter of a senator, and Rhual, a Gallic gladiator. After Fabiola's father is killed, the Romans blame the Christians and the persecution begins. Rhual confesses to being a Christian, is accused of the murder and sentenced to fight to the death in the arena.
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The Damned
Title: The Damned
Character: Docteur Guilbert
Released: September 19, 1947
Type: Movie
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.
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The Fan
Title: The Fan
Character: Pierre
Released: June 18, 1947
Type: Movie
Martine is a lonely girl in an exclusive boarding school who conjures up a glamorous existence in order to make her dull life tolerable and to impress the other girls. One of her flights of fancy is a love affair with Brevannes, a famous composer. She leaves the school and goes to the French Alps to find the life she's only dreamed about, where she meets Brevannes and a December-May romance develops until she meets a young mountain guide, Henri Vidal.
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Strange Fate
Title: Strange Fate
Character: Alain de Saulieu
Released: June 5, 1946
Type: Movie
Patrica is the wife of Alain de Saulieu, a handsome engineer. She unfortunately loses her husband, who is killed in action during a battle of the First World War. At least, this is only the official truth, for Alain is not dead. Patricia indeed recognizes him one day. But the inverse does not work the other way around: Alain has become amnesiac and he does not remember her. And worst of all, he lives in a conjugal relationship with Germaine, his dedicated nurse, who is now pregnant by him. What has the future in store then for the three (not to say four) of them?
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Angel of the Night
Title: Angel of the Night
Character: Bob, le trésorier
Released: January 19, 1944
Type: Movie
A young sculptor presides over the destinies of a student club where a miserable young girl ends up one evening. The treasurer of the association falls in love with the young girl who returns the favor. The war. The sculptor comes back blind. Out of gratitude, the young girl marries him and restores his confidence in his talent; out of discretion, the treasurer steps aside.
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Homeport
Title: Homeport
Character: Raymond
Released: February 10, 1943
Type: Movie
A discharged seaman winds up on an old man's farm: his children left the place for the broader horizons of the evil city; the walls are near decay ,the fields lie fallow.
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Montmartre on the Seine
Title: Montmartre on the Seine
Character: Maurice Cazaux
Released: November 19, 1941
Type: Movie
Maurice loves Juliet and Michael loves Lily. Romance blossoms on the hill. They are workers, artisans, and Lily has a real talent as a singer. But Claude's arrival brings trouble to their relationships. Maurice, jealous, approaches Lily. Singing in the streets, Lily quickly becomes a cabaret star.