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