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Robert Le Vigan

Jan 08, 1900 - Oct 12, 1972 (72 years old) in Paris, France

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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.

Known For

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The Lower Depths
l'acteur alcoolique
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Hélène
Doctor Regnier
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Port of Shadows
The Painter
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Four Flights to Love
Edouard Bordenave
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Río Turbio
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Who Killed Santa Claus?
Leon Villard
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La Bandera
Fernando Lucas
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The Last Turning
Blackmailer cousin
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Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Mousquet
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Harvest
Sergeant De Sault

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