Henri Szeps
Szeps was born in Lausanne, Switzerland. Due to the German invasion of Poland, his parents fled to France. His father left the family to join the French Resistance, and his mother and three-year-old sister made their way to a refugee camp in Lausanne, where Henri was born. He spent a lot of time with foster families, and later at a French orphanage, before coming to Australia at the age of eight with his mother and sister.
Szeps is probably best known for his role as selfish dentist Robert Beare in the classic Australian television comedy series Mother and Son (1984 to 1994), with Garry McDonald, Ruth Cracknell and Judy Morris. Another prominent role was in Palace of Dreams for which he received a Penguin Award. He played the Doctor in the world première of David Williamson's play, Travelling North, and was asked to repeat the performance in the 1987 film, with Leo McKern & Graham Kennedy.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2688 |
| Birthday | 1943-10-02 |
| Place of Birth | Lausanne, Switzerland |
| Also Known As |
1989
Edge of Power
6.5/2
The worlds of journalism and politics collide in this story about an experienced journalist who desperately needs to scoop a big story in order to rev...
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Edge of Power
1979
The Plumber
6.395/62
A young couple, living in a campus apartment complex, are repeatedly harassed by an eccentric plumber, who subjects them to a series of bizarre mind g...
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The Plumber
1983
Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
5.857/7
Holmes & Watson have one baffling clue to help them track down the crime of an American visitor in London.
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Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet
1987
Travelling North
5.778/9
Travelling North tells the story of Frank, a crotchety old man with an unending zest and passion for life and Frances his much younger companion trave...
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Travelling North
2012
Bathing Franky
5.3/7
Haunted by his relationship with a fellow inmate, Steve struggles to reconnect with his girlfriend and the world around him. In an attempt to re-integ...
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Bathing Franky
1983
Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
5.5/7
Holmes & Watson receive a letter from an informant who known by the pseudonym Fred Porlock. Porlock is a man well connected with criminals. The letter...
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Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear
1983
The Return of Captain Invincible
6.132/38
In WWII, Captain Invincible used his superpowers against the Nazis and was hailed as a hero. But when he was accused of treason, he retired to Austral...
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The Return of Captain Invincible
1983
Now and Forever
5.167/6
A couple's seemingly "perfect" marriage is shaken when the husband is charged with rape.
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Now and Forever
1986
Platypus Cove
10/1
After saving a drowning boy's life, a fifteen-year-old orphan is taken aboard by the family as a deckhand.
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Platypus Cove
1987
Les Patterson Saves the World
4.813/16
Fat middle aged 24/7 drunkard Les Patterson represents Australia at the UN where his fart literally incinerates an Arab ambassador. Patterson is reass...
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Les Patterson Saves the World
1982
Mystery at Castle House
6.5/3
A trio of kids have many exciting adventures while exploring a spooky mansion in the hope of finding their missing friends.
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Mystery at Castle House
1980
Fatty Finn
6/9
The 10-year-old Hubert Finn, known as "Fatty", lived in poor conditions in Australia in the 1930s. He and his friends stick together as they often hav...
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Fatty Finn
1992
Seeing Red
10/1
A mystery, a comedy with an undercurrant of terror, about the expose of scandal in big business transactions and how a three year-old boy and his fath...
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Seeing Red
1985
Warming Up
9/1
When a group of macho footballers who haven't won a match in two years take on a private coach and start winning, the team have only one problem. They...
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Warming Up
1984
A Tale of Two Cities
6.5/2
Set against the conditions leading up to the French Revolution and the Reign of Terror, French doctor Alexandre Manette serves an 18-year imprisonment...
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A Tale of Two Cities
1987
Vietnam
7.625/8
The trials and tribulations of the Goddard family after the entry of Australia into the Vietnam War.
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Vietnam
1976
Do I Have to Kill My Child?
7/1
A disturbing drama about a young mother who physically abuses her baby. Feeling overwhelmed and aware that she's not coping after the birth of her thi...
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Do I Have to Kill My Child?
1982
The Best of Friends
10/1
The Best of Friends is a 1982 Australian romantic comedy about two best friends who have an affair one night, resulting in the woman becoming pregnant...
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The Best of Friends
2001
South Pacific
5.2/10
During World War II in the South Pacific love is found between a young nurse, Nellie Forbush and an older French plantation owner, Emile de Becque. Th...
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South Pacific
1969
You Can't See 'round Corners
0/0
Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the...
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You Can't See 'round Corners
1983
The Girl From Moonooloo
0/0
Set in the 1940s, the story of a post office clerk and part-time pianist (Jacki Weaver) who inadvertently becomes the star of a national radio serial....
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The Girl From Moonooloo
1981
Run Rebecca, Run!
6/2
Simone Buchanan plays a young camera fanatic who is marooned on a desert island. Here she is threatened by a refugee from South America (Henri Szeps)...
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