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Robert Le Vigan

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Robert Le Vigan
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Robert Le Vigan (born Robert Coquillaud, 7 January 1900 12 October 1972) was a French actor.

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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".[1]

A collaborator with the Nazis during the occupation, who openly expressed fascist attitudes,[2] 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; 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 suppoting roles. Le Vigan died on 12 October 1972 in the city of Tandil.[1]

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