Cast & creator
Roger Blin
Best known for The Adolescent, Pour le plaisir, The Hunchback of Notre Dame
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.
Also known as: Роже Блен
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1933–2020 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (75)
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The Adolescent
Romain
1979
Pour le plaisir
Self
1964
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Mathias Hungadi
1956
Paris Blues
Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
1961
Orpheus
The Poet
1950
Douce
Man of the theater (uncredited)
1943
That Most Important Thing: Love
Servais' Father
1975
The King and the Mockingbird
L’aveugle (voice)
1980
The Devil's Envoys
The Monster Showman
1942
Adventures of Captain Fabian
1951
Le Colisée
The Crowd
1933
One Must Live Dangerously
Murdoc
1975
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
De Ries
1937
Passionnelle
Julien
1947
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Blind Man (Voice)
1953
The Sunday of Life
Jean Sans-Tête
1967
Stars at Noon
Self
1959
The Knight of the Night
le valet
1953
The Time of the Cherries
Dupuis son
1938
Quatrevingt-treize
Tellmarc’h
1962
Le Corbeau
François
1943
Piédalu fait des miracles
1952
Too Small My Friend
Boris
1971
Little Claus and Big Claus
Le grand Claus
1964
L'âge d'or
1942
Life Is Ours
Un métallo
1936
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Jeanne's father
1977
Aloïse
Le professeur de chant
1975
The Hospital of Leningrad
Nestor
1983
Unusual Tales
Guillaume
1949
The Citadel of Silence
Officer (uncredited)
1937
The Devil's Tricks
Monsieur de Beaurepaire
1966Calligraphie Japonaise
Narrator
1958
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
The Bohemian Life
Man of the puppet
1945
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Self (archive footage)
2020
Five and the Skin
Récitant (voice)
1982
Under Western Eyes
Unnamed Character
1936
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
1967
Jenny
le malade solitaire
1936
Street Without a Name
1934Street Without a Name
Writer
1934
Law of Survival
Pao
1967
Captain Fracasse
Fagotin
1943Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Narrator (voice)
1963
Adrienne Lecouvreur
1938
Beating Heart
(credit only)
1940
A Taste for Women
Larsen
1964
Qui donc a rêvé?
1965
The Star Ship
Curtway
1962
Volpone
Un vénitien
1941
Alibi
Kretz, Winckler's henchman
1937
Vagabonds imaginaires
Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
1950
Marie Soleil
Karl / Boss
1964
Mesure pour Mesure
Le Duc Vincentio
1971
Checkerboard
Slim, le guide
1959
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Wladimir
1955
The Last Judgment
1945
The Ideal Couple
The sleepwalker
1946
The Shadow Line
Burns
1973
Wicked City
Emilio
1949L'illusion comique
Alcandre
1970
The World Will Shake
Le Condamné
1939
First in Line
Paul Moury
1944
Adieu Léonard
Bohemian leader
1943
The Curtain Rises
Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
1938
Colonel Chabert
Cleric
1943
Les Trois Sœurs
Verchinine
1960Torticola versus Frankensberg
Doctor Frankenstein
1952The Invitation to the Waltz
Guillaume l'égorgeur
1954
The Trump Card
Aspirant
1942Pasha's Wives
Mair
1939
The Convict
Convict
1951
Louise
(uncredited)
1939
Nevermore, Forever
Daniel
1976