Actor
Roger Blin
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 ...

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