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