Connection
Benny Luke is a Actor American born on 4 march 1939 at Oakland (USA)
Benny Luke (born in Oakland in California on 4 March 1939 and died on 13 January 2013) was an African American actor and dancer established in Paris.
He is best known for playing the role of Jacob, the domestic of Renato and Albin in the trilogy of films La Cage Aux Folles. He also had a role in the film Spermula.
As a dancer he mainly made his career in Parisian cabarets.
He died on 13 January 2013 and was cremated at Père-Lachaise cemetery on 17 January.
(1978)
(Actor)
Source : Wikidata
Benny Luke
- Infos
- Photos
- Best films
- Family
- Characters
- Awards
Nationality USA
Birth 4 march 1939 at Oakland (USA)
Death 13 january 2013 (at 73 years) at Paris (France)
Birth 4 march 1939 at Oakland (USA)
Death 13 january 2013 (at 73 years) at Paris (France)
Benny Luke (born in Oakland in California on 4 March 1939 and died on 13 January 2013) was an African American actor and dancer established in Paris.
He is best known for playing the role of Jacob, the domestic of Renato and Albin in the trilogy of films La Cage Aux Folles. He also had a role in the film Spermula.
As a dancer he mainly made his career in Parisian cabarets.
He died on 13 January 2013 and was cremated at Père-Lachaise cemetery on 17 January.
Best films
(1978)(Actor)
Usually with
Filmography of Benny Luke (4 films)
Actor
Add to a movie list
, 1h27Directed by Édouard Molinaro, Georges Lautner
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Antonella Interlenghi, Michel Galabru, Benny Luke, Stéphane Audran
Roles Jacob
Rating47%
In order to inherit his Aunt Emma's large fortune (which includes a large chunk of Scotland), Albin must marry a woman and father a child, and Renato goes along with the plan in an attempt to save their St. Tropez nightclub. Albin consults marriage broker Matrimonia and tries to act like a conservative heterosexual, but all attempts to conform fail and he considers suicide. When all hope seems to be lost, Renato and Albin meet a suicidal young woman, Cindy, who decides that marrying Albin may be better than death.
La Cage aux Folles II (1980)
, 1h41Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Spy films, Seafaring films, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Michel Serrault, Ugo Tognazzi, Marcel Bozzuffi, Michel Galabru, Paola Borboni, Benny Luke
Roles Jacob
Rating58%
A spy plants a capsule of microfilm on Albin and from then on spies and government agents pursue him. Albin and Renato travel to Italy to hide at Renato's mother's farm. At each point along the way we see the straight world's reaction to Albin.
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
, 1h43Directed by Édouard Molinaro
Origin France
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Films based on plays, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Cross-dressing in film
Actors Ugo Tognazzi, Michel Serrault, Claire Maurier, Rémi Laurent, Michel Galabru, Liana Del Balzo
Roles Jacob
Rating71%
Like the play, the film tells the story of a gay couple – Renato Baldi (Ugo Tognazzi), the manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and Albin Mougeotte (Michel Serrault), his star attraction – and the madness that ensues when Renato's son, Laurent (Rémi Laurent), brings home his fiancée, Andrea (Luisa Maneri), and her ultra-conservative parents (Carmen Scarpitta and Michel Galabru) to meet them.
Spermula (1976)
, 1h43Directed by Charles Matton
Origin France
Genres Science fiction, Erotic, Horror, Comic science fiction
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Comedy science fiction films, Vampires in film, Films about extraterrestrial life
Actors Dayle Haddon, Udo Kier, François Dunoyer, Jocelyne Boisseau, Ginette Leclerc, Georges Géret
Roles Luc
Rating41%
In the original "adult" film, the plot indicates that during the 1930s, in America, there was a sect composed of rich and eccentric libertines. They rejected any idea of love, considered artistic creation as a form of evil and tried to find in total sexual freedom the ecstasy of pure being. Following a conference that they called in New York in 1937, all members of the sect disappeared. Years later a journalist tracked them down to a secret location in the forests of South America. He too was never heard of again.