Jean Vilar(1912-1971)

Actor
Writer
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jean Vilar was born on 25 March 1912 in Sète, Hérault, France. He was an actor and writer, known for L'avare (1966), Gates of the Night (1946) and Justice Is Done (1950). He was married to Andrée Schlegel-Vilar. He died on 28 May 1971 in Sète, Hérault, France.

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Known for

L'avare

TV Movie

Harpagon

1966

Gates of the Night

7.1

Le clochard
La fortune

1946

Raymond Bussières, Jacques Castelot, Jean Debucourt, Jean-Pierre Grenier, Claude Nollier, Marcel Pérès, Noël Roquevert, and Valentine Tessier in Justice Is Done (1950)

Justice Is Done

7.1

Le prêtre à l'imprimerie

1950

The Thirst of Men

Le typographe

1950

Credits

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Actor

André Malraux, la légende du siècle
TV Movie
- Narrateur (voice)
- 1972
Le petit matin
6.1
- Paul
- 1971
Raphaël ou le débauché
7.0
- Horace
- 1971
Des Christs par milliers
- Jean
- 1969
L'avare
TV Movie
- Harpagon
- 1966
Etroits sont les vaisseaux
Short
- Le lecteur du poème (voice)
- 1962
L'enclos
6.6
- Narrator (voice)
- 1961
Henri IV
TV Movie
- Henri IV
- 1961
Arènes joyeuses
3.3
- 1958
Bold Adventure
5.4
- Le duc d'Albe
- 1956
Je sème à tout vent
Short
- Récitant
- Narrator (voice)
- 1952
Jocelyn
7.3
- Le supérieur du nouveau séminaire
- 1952
The King's Musketeers
- Richelieu
- 1951
Pirate Submarine
5.9
- Submarine Commandant Jean L'Herminier
- 1951
Justice Is Done
7.1
- Le prêtre à l'imprimerie
- 1950

Writer

Second Unit or Assistant Director

Personal details

Official sites
- Discogs
- Encyclopedia
Born
- March 25, 1912
- Sète, Hérault, France
Died
- May 28, 1971
- Sète, Hérault, France
Spouse
- Andrée Schlegel-Vilar? - May 28, 1971 (his death, 2 children)
Children
Other works
Publication of the Petit manifeste de Suresnes (The Little Manifesto of Suresnes), where he exposed his vision of a people's theatre. Performances of Corneille's Le Cid and Kleist's Prince of Hamburg in Avignon with Gérard Philipe. He also stages a new production of Brecht's Mother Courage.
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- 1 Pictorial