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Roger Blin
Born · March 22, 1907
Died · January 20, 1984 (76 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
Bio
Roger Blin (Neuilly-sur-Seine, France, 22 March 1907 – Évecquemont, France, 21 January 1984) was a French actor and director. He staged world premieres of Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot in 1953 and Endgame in 1957. Blin was the son of a doctor; however, despite his father's wishes, Blin forged a career in the theatre. As a teenager he was 'fascinated' by the Surrealists and their conception of revolutionary art. He was initially part of the left-wing theatre collectives The Company of Five and The October Group. In 1935 Blin served as Antonin Artaud's assistant director for his production of Les Cenci [The Cenci] at the Folies-Wagrams theatre in 1935. Following his work with Artaud, Blin focused on 'political street-theatre.' During the war, Blin was a liaison between the Resistance and the French Army. His extensive career as both director and actor in both film and theatre has been largely defined by his work and relationship with Artaud, Samuel Beckett and Jean Genet. In addition to being a close friend and confidant of Artaud during the latter's nine years of internment, he directed the first performances of Beckett's Waiting For Godot, Happy Days and Endgame as well as directing the initial performance of Genet's The Blacks and the controversial The Screens. Genet's key correspondences to Blin have been published by Editions Gallimard. The 1986 Faber and Faber publication, "Samuel Beckett: The Complete Dramatic Works" carries only three dedications from Beckett: "Endgame" is dedicated to Blin, while "Come and Go" is for John Calder, and "Catastrophe" is for Václav Havel. Source: Article "Roger Blin" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Self (archive footage)
6.0
2020
L'hôpital de Leningrad
Nestor
0.0
1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
0.0
1983
Five and the Skin
Récitant (voice)
6.4
1982
The King and the Mockingbird
L’aveugle (voice)
7.8
1980
The Adolescent
Romain
5.4
1979
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Jeanne's father
5.2
1977
Jamais plus toujours
Daniel
6.5
1976
One Must Live Dangerously
Murdoc
4.3
1975
Aloïse
Le professeur de chant
5.6
1975
That Most Important Thing: Love
Servais' Father
7.1
1975
The Shadow Line
Burns
6.0
1973
Too Small My Friend
Boris
6.0
1971
The Companions of Baal
Dominique Marchesini
7.0
1970
L'illusion comique
Alcandre
0.0
1970
Law of Survival
Pao
5.4
1967
The Sunday of Life
Jean Sans-Tête
5.3
1967
The Devil's Tricks
Monsieur de Beaurepaire
5.5
1966
Qui donc a rêvé ?
0.0
1965
Little Claus and Big Claus
Le grand Claus
6.8
1964
Marie Soleil
Karl / Boss
0.0
1964
A Taste for Women
Larsen
3.4
1964
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1963
Quatrevingt-treize
Tellmarc’h
0.0
1962
The Star Ship
Curtway
5.0
1962
Paris Blues
Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
6.5
1961
Les trois soeurs
Verchinine
0.0
1960
Checkerboard
Slim, le guide
6.0
1959
Stars at Noon
Self
6.2
1959
Calligraphie Japonaise
Narrator
0.0
1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mathias Hungadi
6.7
1956
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Wladimir
3.5
1955
The Invitation to the Waltz
Guillaume l'égorgeur
0.0
1954
The Knight of the Night
le valet
5.6
1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Blind Man (Voice)
7.1
1953
Piédalu fait des miracles
0.0
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Doctor Frankenstein
4.0
1952
Adventures of Captain Fabian
5.1
1951
The Convict
Convict
5.0
1951
Orpheus
The Poet
7.6
1950
Vagabonds imaginaires
Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
0.0
1950
Wicked City
Emilio
5.6
1949
Strange Tales
Guillaume
7.3
1949
Passionnelle
Julien
6.5
1947
The Ideal Couple
The sleepwalker
5.0
1946
The Last Judgment
0.0
1945
The Bohemian Life
Man of the puppet
7.0
1945
First in Line
Paul Moury
7.2
1944
Colonel Chabert
Cleric
6.9
1943
Douce
L'homme du théâtre
7.2
1943
Le Corbeau
François
7.5
1943
Adieu Léonard
Bohemian leader
5.2
1943
Captain Fracasse
Fagotin
6.4
1943
The Devil's Envoys
The Monster Showman
6.9
1942
The Trump Card
4.0
1942
L'âge d'or
0.0
1942
Volpone
Un vénitien
6.7
1941
Beating Heart
6.2
1940
The World Will Shake
Le Condamné
6.7
1939
Louise
(uncredited)
5.3
1939
Pasha's Wives
Mair
6.9
1939
Adrienne Lecouvreur
5.0
1938
The Curtain Rises
Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
7.9
1938
The Time of the Cherries
Dupuis son
0.0
1938
Alibi
6.5
1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
De Ries
6.9
1937
Jenny
le malade solitaire
5.9
1936
Life Is Ours
Un métallo
6.2
1936
Street Without a Name
0.0
1934
Le Colisée
The Crowd
7.0
1933