Henri Szeps
Henri Szeps OAM (born 2 October 1943) is a Swiss Australian character actor best known for his role as Robert Beare in the ABC situation comedy series Mother and Son.
Acting career
He acted in classic Australian comedy series Mother and Son with Garry McDonald and the late Ruth Cracknell. Another prominent role was in Palace of Dreams for which he received a Penguin Award. He also played the role of Saul, central character Frank's doctor in Travelling North a part played by Leo McKern. He has played numerous other roles throughout his film and television acting career which spans over 4 decades.
Personal life
Studied acting at Ensemble Theatre on weekends, while gaining Science & Electrical Engineering degrees at Sydney University. In 1963, while sitting for the B.Sc. in maths & physics during the day he was appearing every night at the Ensemble Theatre in his first play there, called? The Physicists. It played for six months. He met his wife of 47 years, Mary Ann Severne, during the Sydney season of THE BOYS IN THE BAND, and they were married soon after. They have two grown up sons. Henri played the Doctor in the world première of David Williamson's play, TRAVELLING NORTH, and was asked to repeat the performance in the film with Leo McKern & Graham Kennedy. Henri is best known for his character of Robbie Beare, the selfish brother in the TV comedy series MOTHER AND SON with Ruth Kracknell & Gary McDonald. Six seasons were produced by the ABC from 1983 to 1993 Henri won the Penguin Award for best actor for ABC's 10 part series PALACE OF DREAMS. He has written a book on acting: ALL IN GOOD TIMING. 1996. Used by drama schools. HAS PERFORMED IN 5 one-man shows, produced by Ensemble Theatre, the last three self-penned: The DOUBLE BASS - 1990; SKY - 1992 (written for Henri by John Misto); I'M NOT A DENTIST - 1997; WHY KIDS - 2003; WISH I'D SAID THAT - 2010).
AWARDS AND HONOURS PENGUIN AWARD, Best Actor in a mini-series - PALACE OF DREAMS, 1985 Norman Kessell Award (Outstanding Performance) for I'M NOT A DENTIST, 1998 OAM for Service to Arts and Community, 2001 HELPMANN AWARD for CABARET, 2003. The HENRI SZEPS GREEN ROOM - declared at Ensemble Theatre in 2014 LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD - Glugs, 2015
Honours and awards
Henri was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for Services to the Arts and the Community in 2001.
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