Habib Benglia

Habib Benglia

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

25/08/1895

Day of Death

02/12/1960
(65) years old

Place of Birth

Oran, Algeria

Biography

Habib Benglia, born August 25, 1895 in Oran (Algeria) and died December 2, 1960 at the Hôtel-Dieu hospital in Paris 4th, is a French actor and dancer. He was the first black French artist to experience such success in the 1920s. Married, he was the father of two children. Born to caravan parents, o... Read More

Filmography

Cast

1960

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Cent...

as Le noir molesté (uncredited)

1960

Some Like It... Cold

as Hannibal Valmorin

1958

Tamango

as The Black Chief

1948

The Figurehead

as The black

1948

La Renégate

as Youssef

1947

Le Bateau à soupe

as Le nègre

1945

Children of Paradise

as L'employé des bains turcs

1938

Mon curé chez les riches

as (uncredited)

1938

Hatred

1937

Grand Illusion

as Le sénégalais

1936

Les Gaietés du palace

as False mahradja's valet

1935

Mysteries of Paris

as Le docteur noir

1932

Dainah the Mixed

as Le mari

1931

La Femme et le rossignol

as The Chief

1931

Alone

as L'Hindou