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