Robert Le Vigan
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Robert Le Vigan was a French actor. Born Robert-Charles-Alexandre Coquillaud in Paris, he appeared in more than 60 films between 1931 and 1943 almost exclusively in small or supporting roles. He was, according to film academic Ginette Vincendeau, a "brilliant, extravagant actor" who "specialised in louche, menacing or diabolical characters". A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes, he vanished while playing Jéricho in Children of Paradise (Les Enfants du Paradis), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe. He was sentenced to forced labour for ten years in 1946. Released on parole after three years working in a camp, Le Vigan absconded to Spain, and then Argentina, dying there October 12, 1972, in the city of Tandil. He died in poverty.
Movie Appearances
Boubouroche
as Potasse
1933
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Leon Villard
1941
Bifur 3
as Paul (uncredited)
1945
Harvest
as Sergeant De Sault
1937
The Lower Depths
as l'acteur alcoolique
1936
Port of Shadows
as The Painter
1938
Four Flights to Love
as Edouard Bordenave
1939
Golgotha
as Jésus Christ
1935
The Queen and the Cardinal
as Cardinal Mazarin
1935
The Little King
1933
An Ideal Woman
1934
Street Without a Name
as Vanoël
1934
Famille nombreuse
as Chief Warrant Officer Sandri
1934
L'affaire Coquelet
1935
Le Prince des Six Jours
as Fouilloux, a spectator
1934
La Bandera
as Fernando Lucas
1935
Romarin
1937
Franco de port
as Henri
1937
The West
as Taïeb el Haïn
1938
The Midnight Airplane
as Doctor
1938