Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1900-01-08
Day of Death
1972-10-12
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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.
Filmography (62)
Robert Le Vigan, la cavale d'un maudit
2021
Río Turbio
1954
La orquídea
1951
El correo del rey
1951
Ley del mar
1950
Bifur 3
1945
La Grande Marnière
1945
The Ménard Collection
1944
The Man Who Sold His Soul to the Devil
1943
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1943
It Happened at the Inn
1943
The Heart of a Nation
1943
Business Is Business
1942
The Marriage of Chiffon
1942
