Roger Blin

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 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

The Adolescent

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Le Corbeau

Orpheus

The King and the Mockingbird

Paris Blues

The Devil's Envoys

That Most Important Thing: Love

All Movies (73)

• Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Hospital of Leningrad1983 · as Nestor
• Vendredi ou la vie sauvage1983
• Five and the Skin1982 · as Récitant (voice)
• The King and the Mockingbird1980 · as L’aveugle (voice)
• The Adolescent1979 · as Romain
• The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died1977 · as Jeanne's father
• Nevermore, Forever1976 · as Daniel
• One Must Live Dangerously1975 · as Murdoc
• Aloïse1975 · as Le professeur de chant
• That Most Important Thing: Love1975 · as Servais' Father
• The Shadow Line1973 · as Burns
• Too Small My Friend1971 · as Boris
• Mesure pour Mesure1971 · as Le Duc Vincentio
• L'illusion comique1970 · as Alcandre
• La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire1967
• Law of Survival1967 · as Pao
• The Sunday of Life1967 · as Jean Sans-Tête
• The Devil's Tricks1966 · as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
• Qui donc a rêvé?1965
• Little Claus and Big Claus1964 · as Le grand Claus
• Marie Soleil1964 · as Karl / Boss
• A Taste for Women1964 · as Larsen
• Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven1963 · as Narrator (voice)
• Quatrevingt-treize1962 · as Tellmarc’h
• The Star Ship1962 · as Curtway
• Paris Blues1961 · as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
• Les Trois Sœurs1960 · as Verchinine
• Checkerboard1959 · as Slim, le guide
• Stars at Noon1959 · as Self
• Calligraphie Japonaise1958 · as Narrator
• The Hunchback of Notre Dame1956 · as Mathias Hungadi
• The Amazing Mr. Callaghan1955 · as Wladimir
• The Invitation to the Waltz1954 · as Guillaume l'égorgeur
• The Knight of the Night1953 · as le valet
• The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird1953 · as Blind Man (Voice)
• Piédalu fait des miracles1952
• Torticola versus Frankensberg1952 · as Doctor Frankenstein
• Adventures of Captain Fabian1951
• The Convict1951 · as Convict
• Orpheus1950 · as The Poet
• Vagabonds imaginaires1950 · as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
• Wicked City1949 · as Emilio
• Unusual Tales1949 · as Guillaume
• Passionnelle1947 · as Julien
• The Ideal Couple1946 · as The sleepwalker
• The Last Judgment1945
• The Bohemian Life1945 · as Man of the puppet
• First in Line1944 · as Paul Moury
• Colonel Chabert1943 · as Cleric
• Douce1943 · as Man of the theater (uncredited)
• Le Corbeau1943 · as François
• Adieu Léonard1943 · as Bohemian leader
• Captain Fracasse1943 · as Fagotin
• The Devil's Envoys1942 · as The Monster Showman
• The Trump Card1942 · as Aspirant
• L'âge d'or1942
• Volpone1941 · as Un vénitien
• Beating Heart1940 · as (credit only)
• The World Will Shake1939 · as Le Condamné
• Louise1939 · as (uncredited)
• Pasha's Wives1939 · as Mair
• Adrienne Lecouvreur1938
• The Curtain Rises1938 · as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
• The Time of the Cherries1938 · as Dupuis son
• Alibi1937 · as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
• The Citadel of Silence1937 · as Officer (uncredited)
• The Life and Loves of Beethoven1937 · as De Ries
• Jenny1936 · as le malade solitaire
• Life Is Ours1936 · as Un métallo
• Under Western Eyes1936 · as Unnamed Character
• Street Without a Name1934
• Le Colisée1933 · as The Crowd