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Henri Génès

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Henri Génès

Born July 2, 1919 in Tarbes, Hautes-Pyrénées, FranceDied August 22, 200546 films

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.

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Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! posterFirst watchDon't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!19667.9as Keeper of Vincennes ZooDuring World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
The Sucker poster7.4The Sucker1965The Cabbage Soup poster6.4The Cabbage Soup1981The Brain poster7.3The Brain1969The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space poster6.1The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space1979The Little Bather poster6.6The Little Bather1968The Miser poster6.3The Miser1980Animal poster6.0Animal1977Waiter! poster5.6Waiter!1983

Filmography

46 films as actor
  1. 1990Le ProvincialL'abbé
  2. 1985Le Facteur de Saint-TropezL'adjudant Antonin Ficelle
  3. 1985Y'a pas le feu...Mayor
  4. 1983Waiter!Sangali
  5. 1983Le Braconnier de DieuLe patron du 'Café de la paix'
  6. 1982My Pastor Among the NudistsTruffard
  7. 1981The Cabbage SoupLe brigadier-chef
  8. 1981Prends ta Rolls et va pointerCustoms officer with the accent
  9. 1980Don't Touch my Bagpipes!Riton
  10. 1980Sacrés gendarmesVicar
  11. 1980The MiserLe commissaire
  12. 1979Le Facteur de FontcabretteSylvestre, le facteur dit "Le Merle'
  13. 1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceLe patron du restaurant 'Le Cabanon'
  14. 1978Bidasses AcademyLe Capitaine
  15. 1978Ça va pas la têteThe uncle
  16. 1977AnimalCamille
  17. 1975En grandes pompesHenri
  18. 1974Young CasanovaMaxime Lavaux
  19. 1971Das Lied der BalalaikaAndré
  20. 1969Les gros malinsDoctor Vergeze
  21. 1969The BrainChief Warden of Poissy Prison
  22. 1968The Little BatherLe paysan
  23. 1966Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!Keeper of Vincennes Zoo
  24. 1965The SuckerMartial, le brigadier
  25. 1964The Counterfeit ConstableGros Max
  26. 1957Trois de la marineHonoré
  27. 1956Hard Knock OutErnest Mamourette
  28. 1956These Sacred HolidaysGendarmerie brigadier
  29. 1955Three of the CanebièreGirelle
  30. 1955La Rue des bouches peintesPhilippe Jacquemod
  31. 1954Queen MargotAnnibal de Coconas
  32. 1953L'oeil en coulisseTonin Bonafous
  33. 1953Les détectives du dimancheMolot
  34. 1953To Hell with VirtuePierre Montabel
  35. 1953Jeunes mariésMechanic
  36. 1953Femmes de ParisLucien Mosca, boss of Ruban Bleu
  37. 1953Une fille dans le soleilVirgil, the mayor
  38. 1953One Hundred Francs Per SecondFernand Dargueval
  39. 1951Monte Carlo BabyJulien
  40. 1951Paris Is Always ParisPaul Gremier
  41. 1951The Lovers of Bras-MortNestor
  42. 1950Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-PrésGustave dit Tatave
  43. 1950The Chocolate GirlFélicien Bédarride
  44. 1950We Will All Go to ParisJulien
  45. 1947Pluck the Hen
  46. 1945Hanged Man's FarmJérome Taillemet, le brigadier