Personal Info
Known Credits
28
Gender
Male
Birthdate
1895-08-25 (130 Y.O)
Place Of Birth
Oran, Algeria
Also Known For
حبيب بنجليا
Habib Benglia
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
Acting
1960 --
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
| Le noir molesté (uncredited)
1960 --
Some Like It... Cold
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1958 --
Tamango
| The Black Chief
1955 --
A Missionary
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1955 --
Native Drums
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1950 --
La Danseuse de Marrakech
| Taraor
1948 --
The Figurehead
| The black
1948 --
La Renégate
| Youssef
1947 --
Le Bateau à soupe
| Le nègre
1945 --
Children of Paradise
| L'employé des bains turcs
1940 --
African Diary
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1938 --
Mon curé chez les riches
| (uncredited)
1938 --
Les Rois de la flotte
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1938 --
Tempête sur l'Asie
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1938 --
Hatred
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1937 --
The Secrets of the Red Sea
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1937 --
Grand Illusion
| Le sénégalais
1937 --
L'empreinte rouge
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1936 --
Nitchevo
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1936 --
Les Gaietés du palace
| False mahradja's valet
1936 --
Le Roman d'un spahi
| Nyaor
1935 --
Mysteries of Paris
| Le docteur noir
1932 --
Dainah the Mixed
| Le mari
1932 --
You Will Be a Duchess
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1932 --
Storm of Marrakech
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1931 --
La Femme et le rossignol
| The Chief
1931 --
Alone
| L'Hindou
1927 --
Yasmina
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