Habib Benglia
Acting
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Acting Credits
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, originally from Mali (then called French Sudan), he lived his entire childhood in Timbuktu, before arriving, with his parents, in mainland France to deliver camels to the acclimatization garden where t...
Known For
Filmography
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Hannibal Valmorin
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Le noir molesté (uncredited)
Tamango
1958
as The Black Chief
A Missionary
1955
Native Drums
1955
as Gomba
La Danseuse de Marrakech
1950
as Taraor
The Figurehead
1948
as The black
La Renégate
1948
as Youssef
Le Bateau à soupe
1947
as Le nègre
Children of Paradise
1945
as L'employé des bains turcs
African Diary
1940
Les Rois de la flotte
1938
Mon curé chez les riches
1938
as (uncredited)
Hatred
1938
Tempête sur l'Asie
1938
The Secrets of the Red Sea
1937
Grand Illusion
1937
as Senegalese (uncredited)
L'empreinte rouge
1937
Les Gaietés du palace
1936
as False mahradja's valet
Nitchevo
1936
Le Roman d'un spahi
1936
as Nyaor
Mysteries of Paris
1935
as Le docteur noir
Storm of Marrakech
1932
You Will Be a Duchess
1932
Dainah the Mixed
1932
as Le mari
Alone
1931
as L'Hindou
La Femme et le rossignol
1931
as The Chief
Yasmina
1927