Robert Le Vigan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Le Vigan

French actor

Date of Birth: 07-Jan-1900

Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France

Date of Death: 12-Oct-1972

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Robert Le Vigan (7 January 1900 – 12 October 1972) was a French actor.
Born Robert-Charles-Alexandre Coquillaud in Paris, 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 (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, dying there October 12, 1972 in the city of Tandil.
He died in poverty.