Henri Guybet

Henri Guybet (born 21 December 1936) is a French actor. He has appeared in more than one hundred films since 1964.

Guybet started his career in dinner theater in the Café de la Gare, alongside Coluche and Miou-Miou in late 1960s. Gérard Oury gave him his first major film role in The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, where he plays Solomon, the Jewish driver of Louis de Funès. His comic talent explodes shortly after with Georges Lautner in Pas de Problème. In 1978 he got the leading role in the film The Pawn, where he played Bertrand Barabi a "pawn" who falls in love for the mother of one of his students, played by Claude Jade. This was his only romantic role and his only lead. In the late 1970s, he made several "nanars" and became a second recurring role. In theater, he became a big name in boulevard theater.

His son is also an actor.

Selected filmography 1971: The Married Couple of the Year Two 1973: The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob 1974: Lucky Pierre 1974: The Return of the Tall Blond Man with One Black Shoe 1975: Flic Story 1978: The Pawn 1978: Surprise Sock 1978: One Two Two 1979: Heroes Are Not Wet Behind the Ears 1980: Le Guignolo 1981: Schools Falling Apart 1982: Le Cadeau 1984: Dog Day 1987: Club de rencontres 2002: If I Were a Rich Man