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.
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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Filmography (Movies)
Le Fantôme de Laurent Terzieff
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:09/09/2020
The Hospital of Leningrad
Character:Nestor
Release Date:28/05/1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1983
Five and the Skin
Character:Récitant (voice)
Release Date:02/06/1982
The King and the Mockingbird
Character:L’aveugle (voice)
Release Date:19/03/1980
The Adolescent
Character:Romain
Release Date:24/01/1979
The Old Country Where Rimbaud Died
Character:Jeanne's father
Release Date:08/08/1977
Nevermore, Forever
Character:Daniel
Release Date:10/03/1976
One Must Live Dangerously
Character:Murdoc
Release Date:03/09/1975
Aloïse
Character:Le professeur de chant
Release Date:02/04/1975
That Most Important Thing: Love
Character:Servais' Father
Release Date:12/02/1975
The Shadow Line
Character:Burns
Release Date:29/08/1973
Too Small My Friend
Character:Boris
Release Date:06/08/1971
L'illusion comique
Character:Alcandre
Release Date:14/04/1970
La Plaie et le Couteau, Charles Baudelaire
Character:
Release Date:04/12/1967
Law of Survival
Character:Pao
Release Date:19/04/1967
The Sunday of Life
Character:Jean Sans-Tête
Release Date:13/01/1967
The Devil's Tricks
Character:Monsieur de Beaurepaire
Release Date:15/06/1966
Qui donc a rêvé?
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1965
Little Claus and Big Claus
Character:Le grand Claus
Release Date:25/12/1964
Marie Soleil
Character:Karl / Boss
Release Date:19/12/1964
A Taste for Women
Character:Larsen
Release Date:13/05/1964
Egypt, oh Egypt: Images of Heaven
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1963
Quatrevingt-treize
Character:Tellmarc’h
Release Date:29/12/1962
The Star Ship
Character:Curtway
Release Date:11/12/1962
Paris Blues
Character:Fausto the Moor (uncredited)
Release Date:27/09/1961
Les Trois Sœurs
Character:Verchinine
Release Date:31/01/1960
Checkerboard
Character:Slim, le guide
Release Date:06/05/1959
Stars at Noon
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1959
Calligraphie Japonaise
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/01/1958
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Character:Mathias Hungadi
Release Date:19/12/1956
The Amazing Mr. Callaghan
Character:Wladimir
Release Date:28/03/1955
The Invitation to the Waltz
Character:Guillaume l'égorgeur
Release Date:01/01/1954
The Knight of the Night
Character:le valet
Release Date:22/11/1953
The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
Character:Blind Man (Voice)
Release Date:29/05/1953
Piédalu fait des miracles
Character:
Release Date:10/10/1952
Torticola versus Frankensberg
Character:Doctor Frankenstein
Release Date:19/04/1952
Adventures of Captain Fabian
Character:
Release Date:06/10/1951
The Convict
Character:Convict
Release Date:07/03/1951
Orpheus
Character:The Poet
Release Date:29/09/1950
Vagabonds imaginaires
Character:Narrator (segment 'Les amours jaunes') (voice)
Release Date:26/04/1950
Wicked City
Character:Emilio
Release Date:16/11/1949
Unusual Tales
Character:Guillaume
Release Date:26/10/1949
Passionnelle
Character:Julien
Release Date:14/05/1947
The Ideal Couple
Character:The sleepwalker
Release Date:31/05/1946
The Last Judgment
Character:
Release Date:08/12/1945
The Bohemian Life
Character:Man of the puppet
Release Date:17/10/1945
First in Line
Character:Paul Moury
Release Date:23/02/1944
Colonel Chabert
Character:Cleric
Release Date:01/12/1943
Douce
Character:Man of the theater (uncredited)
Release Date:09/11/1943
Le Corbeau
Character:François
Release Date:28/09/1943
Adieu Léonard
Character:Bohemian leader
Release Date:01/09/1943
Captain Fracasse
Character:Fagotin
Release Date:19/06/1943
The Devil's Envoys
Character:The Monster Showman
Release Date:05/12/1942
The Trump Card
Character:Aspirant
Release Date:02/09/1942
L'âge d'or
Character:
Release Date:28/01/1942
Volpone
Character:Un vénitien
Release Date:10/05/1941
Beating Heart
Character:(credit only)
Release Date:01/02/1940
The World Will Shake
Character:Le Condamné
Release Date:10/05/1939
Louise
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/04/1939
Pasha's Wives
Character:Mair
Release Date:18/02/1939
Adrienne Lecouvreur
Character:
Release Date:28/10/1938
The Curtain Rises
Character:Dominique, le gardien du château de la famille de Cécilia
Release Date:06/10/1938
The Time of the Cherries
Character:Dupuis son
Release Date:26/01/1938
Alibi
Character:Kretz, Winckler's henchman
Release Date:22/12/1937
The Citadel of Silence
Character:Officer (uncredited)
Release Date:03/06/1937
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
Character:De Ries
Release Date:15/01/1937
Jenny
Character:le malade solitaire
Release Date:18/09/1936
Life Is Ours
Character:Un métallo
Release Date:07/04/1936
Under Western Eyes
Character:Unnamed Character
Release Date:20/03/1936
Street Without a Name
Character:
Release Date:02/02/1934
Le Colisée
Character:The Crowd
Release Date:01/01/1933
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