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Robert Le Vigan
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.
Known For
Hélène
as Doctor Regnier
Port of Shadows
as The Painter
Who Killed Santa Claus?
as Leon Villard
Le Tunnel
as Brooce
The Lower Depths
as l'acteur alcoolique
Boys' School
as l'homme «invisible»
La Bandera
as Fernando Lucas
The Fatted Calf
as Grussgolt
Ernest the Rebel
as Le gouverneur-président de Mariposa
The Heart of a Nation
as Uncle Michel Froment (uncredited)
