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