Henri Genès
Encyclopedia
Henri Génès was a French actor
and singer. He was the symbol of the good humor of the South West of France, and he played in more than 80 movies in more than 50 years.
Born in Tarbes
, in southwestern France
, he went very young to Paris
to get fortune.
He was famous for his chubby silhouette and his southwest accent and in played in small roles as early as 1945 in more than 80 movies such as the ones by Gérard Oury
(Le Corniaud
, La Grande Vadrouille
, Le Cerveau
) and by Robert Dhéry (Allez France !, Le Petit Baigneur).
In parallel he led a career as a singer and in operetta
.
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
and singer. He was the symbol of the good humor of the South West of France, and he played in more than 80 movies in more than 50 years.
Born in Tarbes
Tarbes
Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in south-western France.It is part of the historical region of Gascony. It is the second largest metropolitan area of Midi-Pyrénées, with 110,000 inhabitants....
, in southwestern France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
, he went very young to Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
to get fortune.
He was famous for his chubby silhouette and his southwest accent and in played in small roles as early as 1945 in more than 80 movies such as the ones by Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury
Gérard Oury was a French film director, actor and writer. His real name was Max-Gérard Houry Tannenbaum.- A commercially successful French filmmaker :...
(Le Corniaud
Le Corniaud
Le Corniaud is a French, Italian and Spanish comedy film by Gérard Oury, released in 1965.-Plot:While leaving his flat in Paris for vacation, Antoine Maréchal has an car accident. His 2CV is totally wrecked by Léopold Saroyan's Bentley, the director of an import-export company...
, La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille
La Grande Vadrouille is a 1966 Franco-British comedy film about how the crew of a Royal Air Force B-17 shot down over Paris must then make their way through German-occupied France with the main help of two French citizens with very different mindsets.For over forty...
, Le Cerveau
Le Cerveau
The Brain is a 1969 French comedy film directed by Gérard Oury, about a second train robbery by the brains of the Great Train Robbery.-Plot:...
) and by Robert Dhéry (Allez France !, Le Petit Baigneur).
In parallel he led a career as a singer and in operetta
Operetta
Operetta is a genre of light opera, light in terms both of music and subject matter. It is also closely related, in English-language works, to forms of musical theatre.-Origins:...
.
Selected filmography
- Au diable la vertuAu diable la vertuAu 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...
(1953) - La Reine MargotLa Reine Margot (1954 film)La Reine Margot is a 1954 French drama film directed by Jean Dréville, scripted by Abel Gance from the novel of the same name by Alexandre Dumas. It stars Jeanne Moreau and Louis de Funès...
(1954) - The Counterfeit ConstableThe Counterfeit ConstableThe Counterfeit Constable is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Robert Dhéry andPierre Tchernia and starring Ronald Fraser, Diana Dors and Arthur Mullard. Its French title is Allez France!. A French rugby supporter in England for a match at Twickenham is knocked out and loses two teeth...
(1964) - Le Petit Baigneur (1968)
- AnimalAnimal (1977 film)L'Animal is an action-comedy film directed by Claude Zidi and starring Jean-Paul Belmondo and Raquel Welch-Plot:Mike is a stuntman who works with his girlfriend Jane . On their wedding day Mike and Jane are forced by producers to do a stunt for a film they are working on...
(1977) - L'avareL'avare (1980 movie)L'avare is a French comedy movie from 1980, directed by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, written by Louis de Funès and Jean Girault, and starring by Louis de Funès. The English title of the film is The Miser. It is an adaptation of Moliere's famous comedy L'Avare ou L'École du mensonge .De Funès...