Henri Cogan

Before becoming an actor, the son of the creator of a small clothing workshop in The district of la Villette was professional greco-roman wrestling. It was during a wrestling match with Lino Ventura, in march 1950 at the winter Circus in a European championship, that Henry case unintentionally the leg of the latter, which force Lino to abandon his career as a wrestler. They are found in films Crooks in clover, thirteen years later, where they need to simulate a fight. But Lino Ventura gives him a violent punch in the jaw that threw him to the ground. To his surprise, Lino said to him : "this is for my leg ! ". During the Second world War, he was a committed of the 2nd DB of general Leclerc as early as 1939, and will take part in all the campaigns of the division (Bir Hakeim, countryside of Provence, Strasbourg, etc). He will soon return to civilian life in 1945. It was during his years in the garrison and of military life that he discovered the French kick-boxing, and greco-roman wrestling, which will influence later greatly her desire to become a wrestler himself, after his return to civilian life. Similarly, driving vehicles, particularly the Jeep, it will also discover the world of stuntmen and stunts. He has very often played with the likes of Jean Luisi in roles of mobsters during the seventies. And, in particular, in several comedies Jean Lefebvre and Henri Guybet. He often has supporting roles in ugly brawler. We see this in particular in : La Môme vert-de-gris, A Parisian, The three musketeers,the Eye of The monocle, Crooks in clover (in the scene where he takes a punch at the meeting of the executive and which does not rely), Angélique and the sultan, the Cry of The cormoran at night over the junks, There was once a cop, breasts of ice, Happy Easter, The dissolute Life of Gerard Floque will be his last film in 1986. He is the father of the actress Dany Kogan.