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.
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Movies (50)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
as Self (archive footage)
2020
The Hospital of Leningrad
as Nestor
1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Five and the Skin
as Récitant (voice)
1982
The King and the Mockingbird
as L’aveugle (voice)
1980
The Adolescent
as Romain
1979
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
as Jeanne's father
1977
Nevermore, Forever
as Daniel
1976
One Must Live Dangerously
as Murdoc
1975
Aloïse
as Le professeur de chant
1975
That Most Important Thing: Love
as Servais' Father
1975
The Shadow Line
as Burns
1973
Too Small My Friend
as Boris
1971
L'illusion comique
as Alcandre
1970
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Law of Survival
as Pao
1967
The Sunday of Life
as Jean Sans-Tête
1967
The Devil's Tricks
as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
1966
Qui donc a rêvé?
1965
Little Claus and Big Claus
as Le grand Claus
1964
Marie Soleil
as Karl / Boss
1964
A Taste for Women
as Larsen
1964
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
as Narrator (voice)
1963
Quatrevingt-treize
as Tellmarc’h
1962
The Star Ship
as Curtway
1962
Paris Blues
as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
1961
Les Trois Sœurs
as Verchinine
1960
Checkerboard
as Slim, le guide
1959
Stars at Noon
as Self
1959
Calligraphie Japonaise
as Narrator
1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
as Mathias Hungadi
1956
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
as Wladimir
1955
The Invitation to the Waltz
as Guillaume l'égorgeur
1954
The Knight of the Night
as le valet
1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
as Blind Man (Voice)
1953
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
as Doctor Frankenstein
1952
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
The Convict
as Convict
1951
Orpheus
as The Poet
1950
Vagabonds imaginaires
as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
1950
Wicked City
as Emilio
1949
Unusual Tales
as Guillaume
1949
Passionnelle
as Julien
1947
The Ideal Couple
as The sleepwalker
1946
The Last Judgment
1945
The Bohemian Life
as Man of the puppet
1945
First in Line
as Paul Moury
1944
Colonel Chabert
as Cleric
1943
Douce
as Man of the theater (uncredited)
1943