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