Habib Benglia
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...
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...
Known For
Grand Illusion
as Le sénégalais
Children of Paradise
as L'employé des bains turcs
Some Like It... Cold
as Hannibal Valmorin
Cast Credits
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Le noir molesté (uncredited)
Some Like It... Cold
as Hannibal Valmorin
Tamango
as The Black Chief
Native Drums
as Gomba
La Danseuse de Marrakech
as Taraor
The Figurehead
as The black
La Renégate
as Youssef
Le Bateau à soupe
as Le nègre
Children of Paradise
as L'employé des bains turcs
Mon curé chez les riches
as (uncredited)
Grand Illusion
as Le sénégalais
Les Gaietés du palace
as False mahradja's valet
Le Roman d'un spahi
as Nyaor
Mysteries of Paris
as Le docteur noir
Dainah the Mixed
as Le mari
La Femme et le rossignol
as The Chief
Alone
as L'Hindou