Henri Szeps Henri Szeps Henri Szeps OAM (born 2 October 1943) is an Australian character actor of stage and television, and has also featured in films. Szeps was born in Lausanne, Switzerland, he is probably best known for his role in the classic Australian comedy series "Mother and Son" as Dentist Robert Beare with Garry McDonald, the late Ruth Cracknell and Judy Morris. Another prominent role was in "Palace of Dreams" for which he received a Penguin Award. He also played the role of Saul, central character Frank's doctor in "Travelling North" a part played by Leo McKern. He has played numerous
Opening and closing sequences of The Prisoner playing Number Two in the particular episode is usually inserted once. Credits for guest stars, producer David Tomblin, script editor George Markstein (thirteen episodes only), the writer(s) and director are superimposed over this. This is not invariable across the run. Sometimes Number Two's side of the conversation is provided by Robert Rietti instead of the actual actor; only Leo McKern, Mary Morris, Colin Gordon and Peter Wyngarde provided dialogue for the conversation. For the remaining episodes (where the dialogue was used) Rietti's voiceover was heard, although a shot of the actor playing Number Two would still be inserted following the