Henri Vidal
Birthday: 1919-11-26
Place of Birth: Clermont-Ferrand - France
Synopsis
Henri Vidal (Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal) est un acteur français né à Clermont-Ferrand (Puy-de-Dôme) le 26 novembre 1919 et mort à Paris le 10 décembre 1959 (à 40 ans).
Grâce à son physique avantageux, il est élu « Apollon de l'année1939 ». Repéré par Édith Piaf, il fait ses débuts au cinéma à ses côtés dans le film Montmartre-sur-Seine en 1941. Il se marie en mai 1943 avec l'actrice Michèle Cordoue dont il divorce en juillet 1946. René Clément met à profit son talent d'acteur dans Les Maudits en 1947. En 1950, il épouse Michèle Morgan qu'il a rencontrée lors du tournage du péplum Fabiola d'Alessandro Blasetti (1949). Il enchaîne avec elle plusieurs films qui lui amènent le succès, notamment les drames La Belle que voilà de Jean-Paul Le Chanois (1950) et L'Étrange Madame X de Jean Gremillon (1951). Il continue dans la veine dramatique en jouant dans La Jeune Folle d'Yves Allégret (1952) et dans Les salauds vont en enfer de Robert Hossein (1955). Outre Michèle Morgan, il a eu comme partenaires quelques-unes des plus séduisantes actrices des années 1950 :Françoise Arnoul, Brigitte Bardot, Dany Carrel, Mylène Demongeot, Sophia Loren, Romy Schneider, Marina Vlady. Dépressif, il sombre dans l'addiction à la drogue et meurt en 1959 à 40 ans d'une crise cardiaque. Henri Vidal est inhumé au cimetière de Pontgibaud dans le département du Puy-de-Dôme.
Acting
Come Dance with Me!
as Hervé Dandieu
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.
An Angel on Wheels
as Pierre Chaillot
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.
Be Beautiful But Shut Up
as l'inspecteur Jean Morel
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.
La Parisienne
as Michel Legrand
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.
A Kiss for a Killer
as Philippe Delaroche
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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Attila
as Aetius
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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The Seven Deadly Sins
as Dr. Henri (segment "Gluttony")
A French/Italian motion picture drama covering the seven deadly sins in seven separate sections.
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The Damned
as Docteur Guilbert
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.
