Henri Virlogeux

Henri Virlogeux , also Henri Virlojeux (born March 22, 1924 in Nevers , † December 19, 1995 in Paris ) was a French actor.

After studying law, Virlogeux moved to the theater. He took courses with Charles Dullin and began his career with Jean Vilar in Brecht's Mr. Puntila and his servant Matti and Molières The Miser .

He was cast in prominent supporting roles in the film, such as when little Antoine Doinel was caught stealing in François Truffaut's They Kissed and They Beat him (1959), as Ficelle in Jean Becker's They Called Him Rocca (1961), as Ganimard in Édouard Molinaros Stealing must also be learned (1962), as Mario in Henri Verneuil's Silent Like the Night (1963) and as Dubois in Denys de La Patellière's Baldwin, the night ghost (1967). In the television series Arsène Lupine (1971–1974) he played alongside Georges Descrières the Sherlock Holmes allusion Herlock Sholmes. The television offered Virlogeux several leading roles, such as that of Leon Trotsky in Yves Ciampis Staline-Trotsky: Le pouvoir et la révolution (1978). Virlogeux also worked as a voice actor, for example as Walter Matthaus Captain Red in Roman Polański's Pirates or as Professor Bienlein in Tim and the Shark Lake .

His last TV appearance was the lead role of Marcaroles in Maurice Frydland's Terres gelées (1995) with his wife Véronique Silver .

Filmography (selection)

1959: They kissed and they hit him (Les Quatre Cents Coups)
1961: They called him Rocca (Un nommé La Rocca)
1962: Stealing also needs to be learned (Arsène Lupine contre Arsène Lupine)
1963: As silent as the night (Mélodie en sous-sol)
1964: L'Enfer
1966: The Lord with the MP (Le Saint prend l'affût)
1967: Baldwin, the night ghost (Le Tatoué)
1968: Caroline Chérie (Beautiful as Sin) (Caroline Chérie)
1969: A Midsummer Night's Dream (Le songe d'une nuit d'été)
1977: The Serrano Case (Mort d'un pourri)
1979: The Count of Monte Christo ( Le Comte de Monte-Cristo , television multi-parter )