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