Henri Szeps

Biography

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.

Most Known For

Crown Court

as Dr. Hermann Abel

All Saints

as George Bresnic

Mission: Impossible

The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes

as Laval

Rafferty's Rules

as Uncle Aniello

Skippy the Bush Kangaroo

as Bob

The Man from Snowy River

as Jacob Berkovich

Colditz

as De Croissat

Colditz

as Capt. Henri Lefevre

Hannay

Mother and Son

as Robert Beare

Riptide

as Des Dawkins

Vietnam

as Harold Holt

Escape of the Artful Dodger

as Dr. Hartman

Bathing Franky

as Rodney

The Return of Captain Invincible

as Chief Security Officer

You Can't See 'round Corners

as Peter

City West

Daily at Dawn

Now and Forever

as Barry York