Robert Le Vigan (born Robert Coquillaud, January 7, 1900 – October 12, 1972), 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".Ginette Vincendeau (ed) ''Encyclopedia of European Cinema'', London: Casell/BFI, 1995, p.262 A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed

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attitudes,Rémi Fournier Lanzoni ''French Cinema: From Its Beginnings to the Present'', New York and London: Continuum, 2002, p.139. According to Fournier Lanzoni, Le Vigan found exile in Argentina. he vanished while playing Jéricho in ''

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'' (''Les Enfants du Paradis''), a film deliberately released in May 1945 shortly after the liberation of Europe; Le Vigan was replaced by

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. 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, dying there in poverty on October 12, 1972, in the city of Tandil.

Selected filmography

* '' Moon Over Morocco'' (1931) - Donald Strawber * ''Radio Follies'' (1931) * '' The Yellow Dog'' (1932) - Le docteur Ernest Michoux * ''Une jeune fille et un million'' (1932) - L'employé brouillon de l'agence * ''Coquin de sort'' (1932) * ''Boubouroche'' (1933) - Potasse * ''Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine'' (1933) - Mousquet, le pharmacien * '' The Little King'' (1933) - Le fou * ''

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'' (1933) - Brooce - un Ouvrier Félon * ''L'homme à la barbiche'' (1933) - Jérôme de Valvert / Le demi-frère de Jérôme de Valvert * '' Madame Bovary'' (1934) - Lheureux * ''La femme idéale'' (1934) - Girardin * '' Street Without a Name'' (1934) - Vanoël * ''Famille nombreuse'' (1934) - L'adjudant-chef Sandri * '' Maria Chapdelaine'' (1934) - Tit-Sèbe, le rebouteux * ''Bien mal acquis'' (1934) * ''L'affaire Coquelet'' (1935) - Poireau, le jardinier * ''

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'' (1935) (known as ''Behold the Man'' in English) - Jésus Christ * ''La bandera'' (1935) - Fernando Lucas * ''Jérôme Perreau héros des barricades'' (1936) - Cardinal Mazarin * '' Les mutinés de l'Elseneur'' (1936) - Charles Davis * ''La ronde du brigadier Bellot'' (1936) * ''Le prince des Six Jours'' (1936) - Fouilloux, un spectateur * '' A Legionnaire'' (1936) - Leduc * '' Jenny'' (1936) - L'Albinos * '' Hélène'' (1936) - Le docteur Régnier * '' The Lower Depths'' (1936) - L'acteur alcoolique * ''Romarin'' (1937) - Le brigadier Napoléon Orsini * '' The Man from Nowhere'' (1937) - Le comte Papiano * ''Franco de port'' (1937) - Henri * '' The Citadel of Silence'' (1937) - Granoff * ''

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'' (''Regain'') (1937) - Le gendarme (uncredited) * ''La femme du bout du monde'' (1937) - Arlanger, l'armateur * '' The West'' (1938) - Taïeb el Haïn * ''

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'' (1938) - César le passe-muraille * '' Storm Over Asia'' (1938) - Sir Richard * ''

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'' (1938) - Le peintre * '' The Little Thing'' (1938) - Roger * ''L'avion de minuit'' (1938) - Le Docteur * '' Ernest the Rebel'' (1938) - Le gouverneur-président de Mariposa * '' The Fatted Calf'' (1939) - Grussgolt * '' Louise'' (1939) - Le peintre Gaston * ''The World Will Shake'' (1939) - Le Greffier * '' Le Dernier Tournant'' (1939) - Le cousin maître-chanteur * '' The Phantom Carriage'' (1939) - Le père Martin * ''

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'' (1940) - Édouard Bordenave * '' Romance of Paris'' (1941) - Monsieur Lormel * '' Who Killed Santa Claus?'' (1941) - Léon Villard, le maître d'école * ''Dédé la musique'' (1941) - Fernand l'Américain * ''Chambre 13'' (1942) - Fenouil * ''Patrouille blanche'' (1942) - Le commissaire Pascal * ''Vie privée'' (1942) - Rémi Géraud * ''Andorra ou les hommes d'Airain'' (1942) - Asnurri * ''Le mariage de Chiffon'' (1942) - Maître Blondin - l'huissier * ''Les affaires sont les affaires'' (1942) - Phinck * ''La grande marnière'' (1943) - Fleury * '' The Heart of a Nation'' (1943) - L'oncle Michel Froment (uncredited) * '' It Happened at the Inn'' (1943) - Goupi-Tonkin * ''Ne le criez pas sur les toits'' (1943) - Le professeur Léonard Bontagues * ''L'homme qui vendit son âme'' (1943) - Grégori * ''La collection Ménard'' (1944) - Amédée Garbure * ''Bifur 3'' (1945) - Paul (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - Peabody * '' The Orchid'' (1951) - The father * ''Ley del mar'' (1952) - Rafael * ''Rio turbio'' (1952) - Levignan (final film role)

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