Henri Vidal was born on November 26, 1919 in Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France as Henri Lucien Raymond Vidal. He was an actor, known for The Gates of Paris (1957), The Damned (1947) and La Parisienne (1957). He was married to Michèle Morgan and Michèle Cordoue. He died on December 10, 1959 in Paris, France.
After their marriage, he and Michèle Morgan starred together in La belle que voilà (1950). Doing this, Michèle felt a sense of uneasiness that she believed negatively affected her performance and swore that they would have never worked together again. They were actually teamed up on two later occasions: in L'étrange Madame X (1951) and Too Late to Love (1959).
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His relationship with wife Michèle Morgan began on the set of Fabiola (1949), when her marriage to first husband William Marshall was already falling to pieces. Similarly, Morgan's relationship to third husband Gérard Oury began on the set of Le miroir à deux faces (1958), when her marriage to Vidal was already falling apart.
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He battled drug addiction his whole life. His problems started in his teens when, after an attempt to escape from home, his mother began to keep him quiet by giving his some powders that he believed were at the root of his addiction. He checked into rehab ten times just during his marriage to actress Michèle Morgan. His weakened physical state eventually lead to a fatal heart attack when he was only 40.
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Was notoriously very jealous of wife Michèle Morgan and her male co-stars, particularly Jean Gabin, with whom she had previously had a brief relationship.
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Because of her extra-conjugal affair with Vidal, Michèle Morgan lost custody of son Mike Marshall to first husband William Marshall. Ironically, William had also been cheating on Michèle with actress Micheline Presle, whom he would later marry.
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An exceedingly handsome, robust-looking gentleman, he was known for playing both heroes and heels when it came to women, playing opposite a number of incredible beauties, including wife Michèle Morgan.
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Wildly popular and handsome French leading man whose thriving film career was cut short by a fatal heart attack at age 40.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Come Dance with Me!
1959
Hervé Dandieu
An Angel on Wheels
1959
Pierre Chaillot
La bête à l'affût
1959
Daniel Morane
Too Late to Love
1959
Walter Hermelin
Pensione Edelweiss
1959
Jean Monnier
Les naufrageurs
1959
Yann Le Coeur
Be Beautiful But Shut Up
1958
Jean Morel
La Parisienne
1957
Michel Legrand
Charmants garçons
1957
Jo, dit Kid Chabanne - le boxeur
A Kiss for a Killer
1957
Philippe Delaroche
The Gates of Paris
1957
Pierre Barbier
Action immédiate
1957
Francis Coplan
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955
Pierre Macquart
House on the Waterfront
1955
Michel
Napoléon
1955
Le maréchal Joachim Murat
The Infiltrator
1955
Léo Fardier
Attila
1954
Aetius
Orient Express
1954
Jacques Ferrand
Scampolo 53
1953
Enrico Sacchi
It Happened in Paris
1952
Vladimir Krasnya
Art. 519 codice penale
1952
Renato Berti
Desperate Decision
1952
Steve
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
Le docteur Henri / Antonin (segment "Gourmandise, La / Gluttony")