Robert Le Vigan
Robert Le Vigan was a French actor.
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, a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe; Le Vigan was replaced by Pierre Renoir. He was sentenced to forced labour for 10 years in 1946. Released on parole after three years working in a camp, Le Vigan absconded to Spain, and then Argentina, appearing in several films in both countries in supporting roles. Le Vigan died on 12 October 1972 in the city of Tandil.
Selected filmography
Moon Over Morocco - Donald StrawberRadio Follies The Yellow Dog - Le docteur Ernest MichouxUne jeune fille et un million - L'employé brouillon de l'agenceCoquin de sort Boubouroche - PotasseKnock - Mousquet, le pharmacienThe Little King - Le fouThe Tunnel - Brooce - un Ouvrier FélonL'homme à la barbiche - Jérôme de Valvert / Le demi-frère de Jérôme de ValvertMadame Bovary - LheureuxThe Ideal Woman - GirardinStreet Without a Name - VanoëlFamille nombreuse - L'adjudant-chef SandriMaria Chapdelaine - Tit-Sèbe, le rebouteuxBien mal acquis The Coquelet Affair - Poireau, le jardinierGolgotha - Jésus ChristLa bandera - Fernando LucasJérôme Perreau héros des barricades - Cardinal MazarinThe Mutiny of the Elsinore - Charles DavisLa ronde du brigadier Bellot Prince of the Six Days - Fouilloux, un spectateurA Legionnaire - LeducJenny - L'AlbinosHélène - Le docteur RégnierThe Lower Depths - L'acteur alcooliqueRomarin - Le brigadier Napoléon OrsiniThe Man from Nowhere - Le comte PapianoFranco de port - HenriThe Citadel of Silence - GranoffHarvest - Le gendarme The Woman from the End of the World - Arlanger, l'armateurThe West - Taïeb el HaïnBoys' School - César le passe-murailleStorm Over Asia - Sir RichardLe Quai des brumes - Le peintreThe Little Thing - RogerL'avion de minuit - Le DocteurErnest the Rebel - Le gouverneur-président de MariposaThe Fatted Calf - GrussgoltLouise - Le peintre GastonThe World Will Tremble - Le GreffierLe Dernier Tournant - Le cousin maître-chanteurThe Phantom Carriage - Le père MartinParadise Lost - Édouard BordenaveRomance of Paris - Monsieur LormelWho Killed Santa Claus? - Léon Villard, le maître d'écoleDédé la musique - Fernand l'AméricainRoom 13 - FenouilWhite Patrol - Le commissaire PascalPrivate Life - Rémi GéraudAndorra ou les hommes d'Airain - AsnurriChiffon's Wedding - Maître Blondin - l'huissierBusiness Is Business - PhinckLa grande marnière - FleuryThe Heart of a Nation - L'oncle Michel Froment It Happened at the Inn - Goupi-TonkinDon't Shout It from the Rooftops - Le professeur Léonard BontaguesThe Man Who Sold His Soul - GrégoriThe Ménard Collection - Amédée GarbureBifur 3 - Paul The King's Mail - PeabodyThe Orchid - The fatherLey del mar - RafaelRio turbio - Levignan