Henri Génès (2 July 1919 – 22 August 2005) was a French singer and actor who appeared in such films as ''
The Sucker
''The Sucker'' (, ) is a 1965 French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès, Bourvil and Venantino Venantini. To this day, it remains one of Oury's best-known films.
Plot
Leaving Paris for his summer vacati ...
'', ''
La Grande Vadrouille
''La Grande Vadrouille'' (; ), originally released in the United Kingdom as ''Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!'', is a 1966 French-British comedy film directed by Gérard Oury about French civilians who, in 1942, help the crew of a Royal Ai ...
'', ''
The Brain'', ''
The Counterfeit Constable
''The Counterfeit Constable'' (French: ''Allez France!'') is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia and starring Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors and Arthur Mullard.
Plot
A French rugby supporter, in England for a matc ...
'', and ''
The Little Bather''. He was born in
Tarbes
Tarbes (; Gascon language, Gascon: ''Tarba'') is a Communes of France, commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées Departments of France, department in the Occitania (administrative region), Occitanie Regions of France, region of southwestern France. It is ...
, and died, aged 86, in
Saint-Cloud
Saint-Cloud () is a French commune in the western suburbs of Paris, France, from the centre of Paris. Like other communes of Hauts-de-Seine such as Marnes-la-Coquette, Neuilly-sur-Seine and Vaucresson, Saint-Cloud is one of France's wealthie ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''
Hanged Man's Farm
''Hanged Man's Farm'' (French: ''La ferme du pendu'') is a 1945 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville and starring Charles Vanel and Bourvil.
It had admissions in France of 2,703,664, making it one of the most popular films of the year.
Re ...
'' (1945) – Jérôme
* ''Plume la poule'' (1947)
* ''
The Chocolate Girl'' (1949) – Félicien Bédarride
* ''
We Will All Go to Paris
''We Will All Go to Paris'' (French: ''Nous irons à Paris'') is a 1950 French comedy film directed by Jean Boyer. The film stars Ray Ventura, Philippe Lemaire and Françoise Arnoul.A Companion to Contemporary French Cinema p.533 It was shot a ...
'' (1950) – Julien
* ''Pigalle-Saint-Germain-des-Prés'' (1950) – Gustave dit Tatave
* ''
The Lovers of Bras-Mort
''The Lovers of Bras-Mort'' (French: ''Les amants de Bras-Mort'') is a 1951 French drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and starring Nicole Courcel, Frank Villard and Henri Génès. https://www.unifrance.org/film/4274/les-amants-de-brasmort L ...
'' (1951) – Nestor
* ''
Paris Is Always Paris'' (1951) – Paul Gremier
* ''Nous irons à Monte Carlo'' (1951) – Antoine Lacassagne
* ''
A Hundred Francs a Second'' (1953) – Fernand
* ''Une fille dans le soleil'' (1953) – Virgile
* ''
Au diable la vertu
''Au diable la vertu'' (), is a French comedy film from 1954, directed by Jean Laviron, written by François Chalais, starring Henri Génès and Louis de Funès. The scenario was based on the work of Jean Guitton – "Elle attendait ça".
C ...
'' (1953) – Pierre Montabrel
* ''Jeunes mariés'' (1953) – Le garagiste
* ''Les détectives du dimanche'' (1953) – Molot
* ''L'Œil en coulisses'' (1953) – Tonin Bonafous
* ''
Women of Paris
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Typically, women are of the female sex and inherit a pair of X chromosomes, one from each parent, and women with functional uter ...
'' (1953) – Lucien Mosca, le patron du Ruban Bleu
* ''Soirs de Paris'' (1954) – Tino Carivari
* ''
Queen Margot'' (1954) – Annibal de Coconas
* ''La rue des bouches peintes'' (1955) – Philippe Jacquemod
* ''Trois de la Canebière'' (1956) – Girelle
* ''Ces sacrées vacances'' (1956) – Le brigadier de gendarmerie
* ''Coup dur chez les mous'' (1956) – Ernest Mamourette
* ''
Three Sailors'' (1957) – Honoré
* ''
The Counterfeit Constable
''The Counterfeit Constable'' (French: ''Allez France!'') is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry and Pierre Tchernia and starring Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors and Arthur Mullard.
Plot
A French rugby supporter, in England for a matc ...
'' (1964) – Gros Max
* ''
The Sucker
''The Sucker'' (, ) is a 1965 French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury starring Louis de Funès, Bourvil and Venantino Venantini. To this day, it remains one of Oury's best-known films.
Plot
Leaving Paris for his summer vacati ...
'' (1965) – Martial
* ''
La Grande Vadrouille
''La Grande Vadrouille'' (; ), originally released in the United Kingdom as ''Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!'', is a 1966 French-British comedy film directed by Gérard Oury about French civilians who, in 1942, help the crew of a Royal Ai ...
'' (1966) – L'employé du zoo
* ''
Le Petit Baigneur'' (1968) – Le paysan
* ''
The Brain'' (1969) – Le gardien-chef de la prison de Poissy
* ''Les gros malins'' (1969) – Docteur Vergeze
* ''L'homme qui vient de la nuit'' (1971) – André
* ''Le rallye des joyeuses'' (1974) – Le paysan
* ''Young Casanova'' (1974) – Maxime Lavaux
* ''En grandes pompes'' (1974) – Henri
* ''
Animal
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'' (1977) – Camille, le patron du bistrot
* ''Ça va pas la tête'' (1978) – L'oncle
* ''Embraye bidasse... ça fume'' (1978) – Le capitaine
* ''
The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials
''The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials'' () is a continuation of the Gendarme series starring Louis de Funès. It is also known as ''The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space'' and is followed by '' Le Gendarme et les Gendarmettes'', the ...
'' (1979) – Le patron du restaurant 'Le Cabanon'
* ''
L'avare
''The Miser'' (; ) is a five-act comedy in prose by the French playwright Molière. It was first performed on September 9, 1668, in the theatre of the Palais-Royal in Paris.
This is a character comedy whose main character, Harpagon, is charac ...
'' (1980) – Le commissaire
* ''Sacrés gendarmes'' (1980) – Le curé
* ''Touch' pas à mon biniou'' (1980) – Riton
* ''Prends ta rolls et va pointer'' (1981) – Le douanier à l'accent
* ''
La Soupe aux choux
(, ) is a 1981 French science fiction comedy-drama film directed by Jean Girault, based on the 1980 novel by René Fallet. It was the second to last movie made by French comedian Louis de Funès.
Plot
Claude Ratinier (Louis de Funès), known as L ...
'' (1981) – le brigadier chef
* ''
Mon Curé Chez les Nudistes
''Mon curé chez les nudistes'' is a French sex comedy from 1982 directed by Robert Thomas. The main role is played by Paul Préboist.
Plot
French comedy about a local priest with a good mood who is sent to teach morals at a nudist colony with ...
'' (1982) – Truffard
* ''
Le Braconnier de Dieu'' (1983) – Le patron du 'Café de la paix'
* ''Vive la sociale!'' (1983) – Monsieur Armand
* ''
Waiter!
''Waiter!'' () is a 1983 French film directed by Claude Sautet and starring Yves Montand, Nicole Garcia, Jacques Villeret, Marie Dubois, Dominique Laffin, and Bernard Fresson. It received 4 César nominations, for Best Actor, Best Supporting Acto ...
'' (1983) – Sangali
* ''Y'a pas le feu...'' (1985) – Le maire
* ''Le facteur de Saint-Tropez'' (1985) – L'adjudant Antonin Ficelle
* ''La fille des collines'' (1990) – Le maire
* ''Le provincial'' (1990) – L'abbé
* ''L'écrou'' (1991)
* ''Justinien Trouvé, ou le bâtard de Dieu'' (1993) – Grand Vigilant (final film role)
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French male film actors
1919 births
2005 deaths
People from Tarbes
Male actors from Occitania (administrative region)
20th-century French male singers