Roger Blin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 22, 1907
- Died
- January 20, 1984 (aged 76)
- Birthplace
- Neuilly-sur-Seine, Seine [now Hauts-de-Seine], France
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.
Known For
Filmography
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Movie
The Hospital of Leningrad
Movie · as Nestor
Five and the Skin
Movie · as Récitant (voice)
The King and the Mockingbird
Movie · as L’aveugle (voice)
The Adolescent
Movie · as Romain
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Movie · as Jeanne's father
Nevermore, Forever
Movie · as Daniel
That Most Important Thing: Love
Movie · as Servais' Father
One Must Live Dangerously
Movie · as Murdoc
Aloïse
Movie · as Le professeur de chant
The Shadow Line
Movie · as Burns
Too Small My Friend
Movie · as Boris
Mesure pour Mesure
Movie · as Le Duc Vincentio
L'illusion comique
Movie · as Alcandre
Law of Survival
Movie · as Pao
The Sunday of Life
Movie · as Jean Sans-Tête
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Movie
The Devil's Tricks
Movie · as Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Qui donc a rêvé?
Movie
A Taste for Women
Movie · as Larsen
Marie Soleil
Movie · as Karl / Boss
Little Claus and Big Claus
Movie · as Le grand Claus
Pour le plaisir
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Star Ship
Movie · as Curtway
Quatrevingt-treize
Movie · as Tellmarc’h
Paris Blues
Movie · as Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Les Trois Sœurs
Movie · as Verchinine
Checkerboard
Movie · as Slim, le guide
Stars at Noon
Movie · as Self
Calligraphie Japonaise
Movie · as Narrator
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Movie · as Mathias Hungadi
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Movie · as Wladimir
The Invitation to the Waltz
Movie · as Guillaume l'égorgeur
The Knight of the Night
Movie · as le valet
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Movie · as Blind Man (Voice)
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Movie · as Doctor Frankenstein
Piédalu fait des miracles
Movie
The Convict
Movie · as Convict
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Movie
Orpheus
Movie · as The Poet
Vagabonds imaginaires
Movie · as Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Unusual Tales
Movie · as Guillaume
Wicked City
Movie · as Emilio
Passionnelle
Movie · as Julien
The Ideal Couple
Movie · as The sleepwalker
The Bohemian Life
Movie · as Man of the puppet
The Last Judgment
Movie
First in Line
Movie · as Paul Moury
Le Corbeau
Movie · as François
Captain Fracasse
Movie · as Fagotin
Adieu Léonard
Movie · as Bohemian leader
Douce
Movie · as Man of the theater (uncredited)
Colonel Chabert
Movie · as Cleric
The Devil's Envoys
Movie · as The Monster Showman
The Trump Card
Movie · as Aspirant
L'âge d'or
Movie
Volpone
Movie · as Un vénitien
Beating Heart
Movie · as (credit only)
The World Will Shake
Movie · as Le Condamné
Pasha's Wives
Movie · as Mair
Louise
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Time of the Cherries
Movie · as Dupuis son
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Movie
The Curtain Rises
Movie · as Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
Alibi
Movie · as Kretz, Winckler's henchman
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Movie · as De Ries
The Citadel of Silence
Movie · as Officer (uncredited)
Jenny
Movie · as le malade solitaire
Life Is Ours
Movie · as Un métallo
Under Western Eyes
Movie · as Unnamed Character
Street Without a Name
Movie
Le Colisée
Movie · as The Crowd