Cast & creator
Henri Génès
Best known for La Chance aux chansons, Système 2, Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Henri Génès (2 July 1919 - 22 August 2005) was a French singer and actor who appeared in such films as The Sucker, La Grande Vadrouille, The Brain, The Counterfeit Constable, and The Little Bather. He was born in Tarbes, and died, aged 86, in Saint-Cloud. Source: Article "Henri Génès" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Also known as: Henri Gabriel Sylvestre Genebès, Henri Genès, Henri Genés
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1945–2015 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (52)
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La Chance aux chansons
Self
1984Système 2
Self
1975
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Keeper of Vincennes Zoo
1966
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Le patron du restaurant 'Le Cabanon'
1979
The Cabbage Soup
Le brigadier-chef
1981
The Miser
Le commissaire
1980
The Sucker
Martial, le brigadier
1965
Animal
Camille
1977
The Brain
Chief Warden of Poissy Prison
1969
The Little Bather
Le paysan
1968
Le Provincial
L'abbé
1990
The Counterfeit Constable
Gros Max
1964
The Lovers of Bras-Mort
Nestor
1951
Monte Carlo Baby
Julien
1951
One Hundred Francs Per Second
Fernand Dargueval
1953
Paris Is Always Paris
Paul Gremier
1951
Nans le berger
Angiollini
1974
Waiter!
Sangali
1983
Das Lied der Balalaika
André
1971
Three of the Canebière
Girelle
1955
Queen Margot
Annibal de Coconas
1954
Trois de la marine
Honoré
1957
La Rue des bouches peintes
Philippe Jacquemod
1955
Sacrés gendarmes
Vicar
1980
Prends ta Rolls et va pointer
Customs officer with the accent
1981
My Pastor Among the Nudists
Truffard
1982
Bidasses Academy
Le Capitaine
1978
Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez
L'adjudant Antonin Ficelle
1985
We Will All Go to Paris
Julien
1950
Une fille dans le soleil
Virgil, the mayor
1953
Intrigues
1988
Hanged Man's Farm
Jérome Taillemet, le brigadier
1945
Hard Knock Out
Ernest Mamourette
1956
Le Braconnier de Dieu
Le patron du 'Café de la paix'
1983
Don't Touch my Bagpipes!
Riton
1980
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Self (archive footage)
2015
Allez la Rafale !
Oscar Puig de la Motte
1977Les détectives du dimanche
Molot
1953
L'oeil en coulisse
Tonin Bonafous
1953
These Sacred Holidays
Gendarmerie brigadier
1956
To Hell with Virtue
Pierre Montabel
1953
Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Gustave dit Tatave
1950
The Chocolate Girl
Félicien Bédarride
1950
Ça va pas la tête
The uncle
1978
Pluck the Hen
1947
Young Casanova
Maxime Lavaux
1974
Le Facteur de Fontcabrette
Sylvestre, le facteur dit "Le Merle'
1979
Y'a pas le feu...
Mayor
1985
Jeunes mariés
Mechanic
1953
En grandes pompes
Henri
1975
Femmes de Paris
Lucien Mosca, boss of Ruban Bleu
1953
Les gros malins
Doctor Vergeze
1969