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