Henri Szeps has featured in films and worked in voice roles, and has worked in productions in the United Kingdom.
25 Facts About Henri Szeps
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Henri Szeps was born in 1943 in Lausanne, Switzerland, to Polish parents.
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Henri Szeps's father left the family to join the French Resistance.
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In September 1994, having watched babies in the camp become ill, Henri Szeps's mother had him fostered out to a German-speaking Swiss couple in Blumenstein at 1.
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Henri Szeps was reclaimed by his mother again in 1949, but due to her illness, at the age of six was placed at the Rothschild Orphanage, St Denis, outside Paris.
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Henri Szeps came to Sydney, Australia, at the age of eight in 1951 or 1952 with his mother and sister.
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Henri Szeps's mother worked as a tailor and his stepfather as a presser.
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Henri Szeps started attending Greenwich Primary School, where he appeared in numerous school plays.
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Henri Szeps studied acting at the Ensemble Theatre during weekends, under the direction of Hayes Gordon for four years, while gaining science and electrical engineering degrees at Sydney University.
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Henri Szeps performed in George Bernard Shaw's The Apple Cart, and Woody Allen's Don't Drink The Water.
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Disillusioned by the Australian acting scene, Henri Szeps relocated to England in 1971 together with Severne, in order to hone his acting skills.
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Henri Szeps initially performed in a production of Shakespeare's Measure for Measure by director Peter Cheeseman, before starring in I, Claudius opposite David Warner, one of the most influential actors at the time.
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Henri Szeps then toured the UK, the Middle East and the Mediterranean in a Prospect Theatre Company tour of several plays, alongside Derek Jacobi.
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Henri Szeps had guest roles in several British television series, including The Rivals of Sherlock Holmes, Spyder's Web, Spy Trap, The Strauss Family, Colditz, Crown Court and Dixon of Dock Green.
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Henri Szeps returned to Australia in 1974, where he appeared in the television series Taxi.
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Henri Szeps played the recurring role of Phillip Chambers in Number 96 in 1976.
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Henri Szeps then appeared in the TV movies Say You Want Me, Ride on Stranger, The Plumber, A Toast to Melba and A Step in the Right Direction.
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Henri Szeps performed voiceover work in a number of animated children's classics, including Sherlock Holmes and the Valley of Fear, Sherlock Holmes and a Study in Scarlet and A Tale of Two Cities.
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From 1984 to 1994, Henri Szeps played his best known role of selfish dentist Robert Beare, the older son, in the classic Australian television comedy series Mother and Son, with Garry McDonald, Ruth Cracknell and Judy Morris.
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Henri Szeps then played ill-fated prime minister Harold Holt in the 1987 miniseries Vietnam, alongside Nicole Kidman.
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Henri Szeps played the doctor in the world premiere of Williamson's Travelling North, and was asked to reprise the role in the 1987 film version with Leo McKern and Graham Kennedy.
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Henri Szeps's final acting role was in the 2015 biographical television miniseries Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door, playing Dee Anthony.
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Henri Szeps has written a book on acting, All in Good Timing: A Personal Account of What an Actor Does, which is used as a reference by drama schools.
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Henri Szeps met fellow actress Mary Ann Severne while touring in the Sydney run of the play The Boys in the Band.
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In 2021, Henri Szeps openly discussed his struggles with early onset dementia on the ABC TV series Just Between Us, alongside son Josh.