Henri Vidal

1919-1959

Biography: life and films

Henri Vidal was a French actor. He was born in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France on 26th November 1919 and died in Paris, France on 10th December 1959, aged 40.

His best films as an actor include André Berthomieu's L'Ange de la nuit (1944), Alessandro Blasetti's Fabiola (1949), Emil E. Reinert's crime-thriller Quai de Grenelle (1950), Jean Grémillon's L'Étrange Madame X (1951) and Edmond T. Gréville's Le Port du désir (1955).

Henri Vidal appeared in 33 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michel Boisrond (2 films), Henri Decoin (2) and Emil E. Reinert (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (22 films), comedy (7), Thriller (7), crime-thriller (5), romance (4) and comedy-thriller (2).

Our average rating for Henri Vidal over all films is: 2.6



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