Roger Blin
Acting
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Acting Credits
Biography
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...
Known For
Filmography
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
2020
as Self (archive footage)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
The Hospital of Leningrad
1983
as Nestor
Five and the Skin
1982
as Récitant (voice)
The King and the Mockingbird
1980
as L’aveugle (voice)
The Adolescent
1979
as Romain
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
1977
as Jeanne's father
Nevermore, Forever
1976
as Daniel
That Most Important Thing: Love
1975
as Servais' Father
One Must Live Dangerously
1975
as Murdoc
Aloïse
1975
as Le professeur de chant
The Shadow Line
1973
as Burns
Too Small My Friend
1971
as Boris
Mesure pour Mesure
1971
as Le Duc Vincentio
L'illusion comique
1970
as Alcandre
Law of Survival
1967
as Pao
The Sunday of Life
1967
as Jean Sans-Tête
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
The Devil's Tricks
1966
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Qui donc a rêvé?
1965
A Taste for Women
1964
as Larsen
Marie Soleil
1964
as Karl / Boss
Little Claus and Big Claus
1964
as Le grand Claus
Pour le plaisir
1964
as Self
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
1963
as Narrator (voice)
The Star Ship
1962
as Curtway
Quatrevingt-treize
1962
as Tellmarc’h
Paris Blues
1961
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Les Trois Sœurs
1960
as Verchinine
Checkerboard
1959
as Slim, le guide
Stars at Noon
1959
as Self
Calligraphie Japonaise
1958
as Narrator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1956
as Mathias Hungadi
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
1955
as Wladimir
The Invitation to the Waltz
1954
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
The Knight of the Night
1953
as le valet
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953
as Blind Man (Voice)
Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952
as Doctor Frankenstein
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
The Convict
1951
as Convict
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
Orpheus
1950
as The Poet
Vagabonds imaginaires
1950
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Unusual Tales
1949
as Guillaume
Wicked City
1949
as Emilio
Passionnelle
1947
as Julien
The Ideal Couple
1946
as The sleepwalker
The Bohemian Life
1945
as Man of the puppet
The Last Judgment
1945
First in Line
1944
as Paul Moury
Le Corbeau
1943
as François
Captain Fracasse
1943
as Fagotin
Adieu Léonard
1943
as Bohemian leader
Douce
1943
as Man of the theater (uncredited)
Colonel Chabert
1943
as Cleric
The Devil's Envoys
1942
as The Monster Showman
The Trump Card
1942
as Aspirant
L'âge d'or
1942
Volpone
1941
as Un vénitien
Beating Heart
1940
as (credit only)
The World Will Shake
1939
as Le Condamné
Pasha's Wives
1939
as Mair
Louise
1939
as (uncredited)
The Time of the Cherries
1938
as Dupuis son
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
Alibi
1937
as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as De Ries
The Citadel of Silence
1937
as Officer (uncredited)
Jenny
1936
as le malade solitaire
Life Is Ours
1936
as Un métallo
Under Western Eyes
1936
as Unnamed Character
Street Without a Name
1934
Le Colisée
1933
as The Crowd