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