# Henri Cogan

Henri Cogan (13 September 1914 in Paris – 23 September 2003 in Boulogne-Billancourt) was a French actor and stuntman.

## Biography

Before Henri Cogan became a fight choreographer for European action films he proved his expertise in hand-to-hand combat publicly by fighting as a professional wrestler. As a wrestler he once fought Lino Ventura and later he introduced him to Georges Lautner. Henri Cogan appeared in French, German and English films.

## Selected filmography

* 1947: A Cop (by Maurice de Canonge) - Un homme de Zattore
* 1953: La môme vert-de-gris (by Bernard Borderie) - Un copain de l'électricien (uncredited)
* 1954: Yours Truly, Blake (by Bernard Borderie) - Sam
* 1955: Les Chiffonniers d'Emmaüs (by Robert Darène) - Le bagarreur (uncredited)
* 1955: Ça va barder [fr] (by John Berry) - (uncredited)
* 1955: Pas de pitié pour les caves [fr] (by John Berry)
* 1956: Goubbiah, mon amour (by Robert Darène) - The Scarface
* 1956: The Whole Town Accuses (by Claude Boissol) - Un gangster
* 1956: L'Homme et l'Enfant [fr] (by Raoul André)
* 1957: Burning Fuse (by Henri Decoin) - Matt
* 1957: Le Grand Bluff [fr] (by Patrice Dally [fr]) - a gambler
* 1957: Méfiez-vous fillettes (by Yves Allégret) - Un homme de main de Palmer (uncredited)
* 1957: Send a Woman When the Devil Fails (by Yves Allégret) - Alberti
* 1957: Une Parisienne (by Michel Boisrond) - Un bagarreur
* 1957: Les Truands (by Carlo Rim) - Un cow-boy au saloon (uncredited)
* 1957: Incognito [fr] (by Patrice Dally [fr])
* 1958: The Amorous Corporal (by Robert Darène) - Tom Wright
* 1958: Peter Voss, Thief of Millions (by Wolfgang Becker [de]) - Otto
* 1959: Ça n'arrive qu'aux vivants [fr] (by Tony Saytor [fr]) - Michel
* 1959: Bobby Dodd greift ein (by Géza von Cziffra)
* 1959: Paradise for Sailors (by Harald Reinl) - Matrose Joe
* 1960: Marche ou crève (by Georges Lautner) - Kasger
* 1960: Women Are Like That (by Bernard Borderie) - Zucco
* 1960: Jack of Spades (by Yves Allégret) - Un guardian
* 1960: Me faire ça à moi (by Pierre Grimblat) - Grognon
* 1961: The Three Musketeers (by Bernard Borderie) - Mousqueton
* 1961: En plein cirage (by Georges Lautner) - Un truand
* 1962: Lemmy pour les dames - Réglege des Bagarres
* 1962: Le Chevalier de Pardaillan [fr] (by Bernard Borderie) - Le meunier
* 1962: L'Œil du monocle (by Georges Lautner) - Archiloque
* 1963: Tela de araña (by José Luis Monter)
* 1963: À toi de faire... mignonne (by Bernard Borderie) - Pierrot
* 1963: Les Tontons flingueurs (by Georges Lautner) - Freddy
* 1964: Hardi Pardaillan! (by Bernard Borderie)
* 1964: That Man in Istanbul (by Antonio Isasi-Isasmendi) - Cogan
* 1964: Angélique marquise des anges (by Bernard Borderie) - Cul-de-Bois
* 1964: The Gorillas (by Jean Girault) - (uncredited)
* 1965: Marvelous Angelique (by Bernard Borderie) - Cul-de-Bois
* 1965: Agent 3S3: Passport to Hell (Agente 3 S 3 passaporto per inferno) (by Sergio Sollima) - Sanz
* 1965: The Liquidator (by Jack Cardiff) - Yakov
* 1965: Manhattan Night of Murder (by Harald Philipp) - Bruce
* 1965: Nick Carter and Red Club (fight choreographer)
* 1966: Brigade antigangs (by Bernard Borderie) - Le Limousin
* 1967: Fleur d'oseille [fr] (by Georges Lautner) - Riton Godot
* 1968: Angelique and the Sultan (by Bernard Borderie) - Bolbec
* 1968: Le Pacha (by Georges Lautner) - Riton
* 1969: Catherine, il suffit d'un amour [fr] (by Bernard Borderie) - Gros-Téton
* 1969: The Madwoman of Chaillot (by Bryan Forbes) - a waiter
* 1971: Sapho ou la Fureur d'aimer [fr] (by Georges Farrel) - Le peintre
* 1971: Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques [fr] (by Michel Audiard) - Le conducteur du second engin (uncredited)
* 1972: Il était une fois un flic [fr] (by Georges Lautner) - Jeannot (uncredited)
* 1973: Quelques messieurs trop tranquilles [fr] (by Georges Lautner) - Maurice
* 1973: Hit! (by Sidney J. Furie) - Bornou
* 1975: Pas de problème ! (by Georges Lautner) - a killer
* 1976: Hippopotamours (by Christian Fuin) - Le masseur
* 1984: Joyeuses Pâques (by Georges Lautner)
* 1987: La Vie dissolue de Gérard Floque [fr] (by Georges Lautner) - L'homme du couple âgé (final film role)