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