- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1907
- Place of Birth
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
- Died
- January 20, 1984
Roger Blin
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 …
Filmography
movieLe Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Hospital of Leningrad
1983 · Nestor
movieVendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
movieFive and the Skin
1982 · Récitant (voice)
movieThe King and the Mockingbird
1980 · L’aveugle (voice)
movieThe Adolescent
1979 · Romain
movieThe Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977 · Jeanne's father
movieNevermore, Forever
1976 · Daniel
movieOne Must Live Dangerously
1975 · Murdoc
movieAloïse
1975 · Le professeur de chant
movieThat Most Important Thing: Love
1975 · Servais' Father
movieThe Shadow Line
1973 · Burns
movieToo Small My Friend
1971 · Boris
movieMesure pour Mesure
1971 · Le Duc Vincentio
L'illusion comique
movieL'illusion comique
1970 · Alcandre
movieLa Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
movieLaw of Survival
1967 · Pao
movieThe Sunday of Life
1967 · Jean Sans-Tête
movieThe Devil's Tricks
1966 · Monsieur de Beaurepaire
movieQui donc a rêvé?
1965
movieLittle Claus and Big Claus
1964 · Le grand Claus
movieMarie Soleil
1964 · Karl / Boss
movieA Taste for Women
1964 · Larsen
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
movieEgypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
1963 · Narrator (voice)
movieQuatrevingt-treize
1962 · Tellmarc’h
movieThe Star Ship
1962 · Curtway
movieParis Blues
1961 · Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
movieLes Trois Sœurs
1960 · Verchinine
movieCheckerboard
1959 · Slim, le guide
movieStars at Noon
1959 · Self
Calligraphie Japonaise
movieCalligraphie Japonaise
1958 · Narrator
movieThe Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956 · Mathias Hungadi
movieThe Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955 · Wladimir
The Invitation to the Waltz
movieThe Invitation to the Waltz
1954 · Guillaume l'égorgeur
movieThe Knight of the Night
1953 · le valet
movieThe Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953 · Blind Man (Voice)
moviePiédalu fait des miracles
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
movieTorticola versus Frankensberg
1952 · Doctor Frankenstein
movieAdventures of Captain Fabian
1951
movieThe Convict
1951 · Convict
movieOrpheus
1950 · The Poet
movieVagabonds imaginaires
1950 · Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
movieWicked City
1949 · Emilio
movieUnusual Tales
1949 · Guillaume
moviePassionnelle
1947 · Julien
movieThe Ideal Couple
1946 · The sleepwalker
movieThe Last Judgment
1945
movieThe Bohemian Life
1945 · Man of the puppet
movieFirst in Line
1944 · Paul Moury
movieColonel Chabert
1943 · Cleric
movieDouce
1943 · Man of the theater (uncredited)
movieLe Corbeau
1943 · François
movieAdieu Léonard
1943 · Bohemian leader
movieCaptain Fracasse
1943 · Fagotin
movieThe Devil's Envoys
1942 · The Monster Showman
movieThe Trump Card
1942 · Aspirant
movieL'âge d'or
1942
movieVolpone
1941 · Un vénitien
movieBeating Heart
1940 · (credit only)
movieThe World Will Shake
1939 · Le Condamné
movieLouise
1939 · (uncredited)
Pasha's Wives
moviePasha's Wives
1939 · Mair
movieAdrienne Lecouvreur
1938
movieThe Curtain Rises
1938 · Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
The Time of the Cherries
movieThe Time of the Cherries
1938 · Dupuis son
movieAlibi
1937 · Kretz, Winckler's henchman
movieThe Citadel of Silence
1937 · Officer (uncredited)
movieThe Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937 · De Ries
movieJenny
1936 · le malade solitaire
movieLife Is Ours
1936 · Un métallo
movieUnder Western Eyes
1936 · Unnamed Character
movieStreet Without a Name
1934 · , Writer
movieLe Colisée
1933 · The Crowd