--- name: "René Génin" canonical: "https://film.one/person/rene-genin" fi1m_id: "rene-genin" imdb_id: "nm0350764" tmdb_id: 40969 wikidata_id: "Q3426329" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 January 1890" died: "24 October 1967" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T02:58:52.966834+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # René Génin ## Identity René Génin - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rene-genin - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** rene-genin - **IMDb ID:** nm0350764 - **TMDB ID:** 40969 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3426329 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_G%C3%A9nin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40969 Actor. Born 25 January 1890 in Aix-en-Provence, France. Died 24 October 1967. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 January 1890, Aix-en-Provence, France - **Died:** 24 October 1967 - **Also known as:** René Genin - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_G%C3%A9nin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3426329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0350764/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/40969 ## Biography René Génin was a French stage and film actor. He was born on 25 January 1890 in Aix-en-Provence and died on 24 October 1967 in Paris. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1931 and 1965. Génin played supporting roles in several notable French films of the period, including *Port of Shadows* (1938), *Daybreak* (1939) as Le concierge, *The Murderer Lives at Number 21* (1942), *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), *The Big Risk* (1960) and *Judex* (1963). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, fr.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Daybreak* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Le concierge — [page](https://film.one/film/daybreak.md) ## Complete filmography (134) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *How Not to Rob a Department Store* (1965), as Shopkeeper - *Jaloux comme un tigre* (1964), Actor - *Judex* (1963), as Pierre Kerjean - *La salamandre d'or* (1962), as Peasant - *My Uncle from Texas* (1962), Actor - *The Burning Court* (1962), as Frédéric Henderson - *Cocagne* (1961), as Mathias - *Croesus* (1960), as Burie - *The Big Risk* (1960), as Mr. Chapuis - *Eyes Without a Face* (1960), as Emile Tessot - *The Law Is the Law* (1958), as Donadieu - *Glamador* (1958), as The grandfather (voice) - *Sexpot* (1957), as Mignien - *Black Dossier* (1955), as Le greffier - *Casse-cou, mademoiselle!* (1955), Actor - *Cadet Rousselle* (1954), as Le curé - *The Sheep Has Five Legs* (1954), as Le maire - *Napoleon Road* (1953), as Vicar - *Quand te tues-tu ?* (1953), as Mayor - *Le chemin de la drogue* (1953), Actor - *The Wild Oat* (1953), as Arnaud, town hall secretary - *Le Secret d'une mère* (1952), as Father with dogs - *The Moment of Truth* (1952), as Guardian of the church of Assy - *Full House* (1952), as Concierge (segment "L'alibi de monsieur Wens") - *Forbidden Fruit* (1952), as Le docteur Marchandeau - *Monsieur Octave* (1951), Actor - *Piédalu à Paris* (1951), as Vicar - *The Hunting Ground* (1951), as le curé - *Savage Triangle* (1951), as Le premier client de Marie - *The Red Needle* (1951), as Henri - *Juliette, or Key of Dreams* (1951), as Father Lajeunesse / Clerk - *Le clochard milliardaire* (1951), as Old tramp - *The Lovers of Bras-Mort* (1951), as Camille - *Under the Paris Sky* (1951), as Coachman - *God Needs Men* (1950), as Yvon's father - *Tu m'as sauvé la vie* (1950), as Victor - *The Treasure of Cantenac* (1950), as Mayor / Vicar - *Tête blonde* (1950), as The gravedigger - *L’Atomique monsieur Placido* (1950), as Violinist - *Love and Companionship* (1950), as Duchemin - *The Passenger* (1949), as Firmin - *The Farm of Seven Sins* (1949), as Le maire d'Azay - *The Dream Vagabonds* (1949), Actor - *L'inconnu d'un soir* (1949), Actor - *The Lovers of Verona* (1949), as Guardian of the Tomb - *Les Dieux du dimanche* (1949), as Doctor Schaefer - *Cab Number 13* (1948), Actor - *The Lovers of the Pont Saint-Jean* (1947), as Labique, second-hand clothes dealer - *The Lost Village* (1947), as Toubredin - *The House Under the Sea* (1947), as Captain - *The Beautiful Trip* (1947), as The owner of the lingerie store - *The Kids Are Leading the Investigation* (1947), as Belleu - *Le Bateau à soupe* (1947), as Kerroët - *The Sea Rose* (1946), as Néel - *Behind These Walls* (1946), as Camille Duroc - *Au pays des cigales* (1946), Actor - *The Last Penny* (1946), as Perrin - *The King of Dodgers* (1945), as Ernest - *Le Pavillon de la folle* (1945), Actor - *L'Enquête du 58* (1945), as Simon l'aiguilleur - *A Cage of Nightingales* (1945), as Father Maxence - *The Eleventh Hour Guest* (1945), as Calixte - *Majestic Hotel Cellars* (1945), as Ramuel - *Paméla* (1945), as Gourlet - *The Ménard Collection* (1944), as Tramp - *The Traveler Without Luggage* (1944), as Vicar - *L'aventure est au coin de la rue* (1944), as Louis - *Pierre and Jean* (1943), as Pascaud - *My Love is Near You* (1943), as 'La Coule' - *Adémaï bandit d'honneur* (1943), as Priest - *The London Man* (1943), as Maënnec - *It Happened at the Inn* (1943), as Goupi-Dicton - *The Heart of a Nation* (1943), as Gabrielle's father - *À la Belle Frégate* (1943), as Photographer - *La Chèvre d'or* (1943), as Abbot - *The Lucky Star* (1943), as Vicar Agnel - *Patricia* (1942), as Jouset - *The Murderer Lives at Number 21* (1942), as Alfred - *Mademoiselle Swing* (1942), as Durieu - *The Newspaper Falls at Five O'Clock* (1942), as Bedu - *The Law of Spring* (1942), as Firmin - *Retour au bonheur* (1942), Actor - *Le moussaillon* (1942), as Octave - *Fièvres* (1942), as Louis Martet - *Le Valet maître* (1941), Actor - *Fromont Young and Risler Elder* (1941), as Delobelle - *Comedy of Happiness* (1940), Actor - *For the Yellow Jersey* (1940), as Milou - *The Man Who Seeks the Truth* (1940), as Specialist - *Sur le plancher des vaches* (1940), as Boisselot - *The Phantom Wagon* (1939), as Le père Éternel - *Last Desire* (1939), as Il padrone della pensione - *Second Childhood* (1939), as Guesthouse Proprietor - *Fric-Frac* (1939), as Blain - *Daybreak* (1939), as Le concierge — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/daybreak.md) - *Nightclub Hostess* (1939), as Le vieux professeur - *Mon oncle et mon curé* (1939), as Le curé - *Raphaël le tatoué* (1939), as Roméo - *Girls in Distress* (1939), as Le concierge du ministère - *A Foolish Maiden* (1938), Actor - *Sommes-nous défendus?* (1938), Actor - *Ernest the Rebel* (1938), as Démosthène - *Satan's Paradise* (1938), as Le prêtre - *L'Accroche-cœur* (1938), as Controller - *Port of Shadows* (1938), as The Doctor - *Boys' School* (1938), as Donnadieu, prof. de musique - *Ramuntcho* (1938), as Vicar - *Nuits de princes* (1938), as (uncredited) - *Orage* (1938), as Mr. Vigouroux, station master - *Bouquets from Nicholas* (1938), as Gendarme - *Bizarre, Bizarre* (1937), as le balayeur - *Life Dances On* (1937), as L'adjoint du maire - *La Danseuse rouge* (1937), Actor - *Nights of Fire* (1937), Actor - *Le Choc en retour* (1937), as A laborer - *Confessions of a Newlywed* (1937), as Le second du professeur - *The Man from Nowhere* (1937), as l'ivrogne - *Francis the First* (1937), as Cascaroni / L'aubergiste - *The Lower Depths* (1936), as Lukas, le philosophe - *27, rue de la Paix* (1936), as Jules Fouillard - *The Twins of Brighton* (1936), as l'encaustiqueur - *Jenny* (1936), as le pêcheur du bistrot - *Haut comme trois pommes* (1936), as The stutterer - *The Mutineers of Elsinore* (1936), as Le cabaretier - *Les Gaîtés de la finance* (1936), as L'aubergiste - *The Crime of Monsieur Lange* (1936), as Client at the Auberge - *Le crime de Monsieur Pegotte* (1935), as Serveur - *Le vertige* (1935), as le deuxième valet - *The Lafleur Cavalryman* (1934), as Le maréchal des logis Bellare - *L'Auberge du Petit-Dragon* (1934), as Police officer - *Un petit trou pas cher* (1934), Actor - *Le Dernier Preux* (1933), Actor - *La fusée* (1933), as L'huissier - *Opération Jericho*, as Camille Ducroc --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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