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Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès

ActingBorn July 31, 1914Died January 27, 1983 (age 68)Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Biography

Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French: [lwi d(ə) fynɛs]; 31 July 1914 – 27 January 1983) was a French actor and comedian. According to a series of polls conducted since the late 1960s, he is France's favourite actor, having played over 150 roles in film and over 100 on stage. His acting style is remembered for its high-energy performance and his wide range of facial expressions and tics. A considerable part of his best-known acting was directed by Jean Girault. The larger-than-life, conservative petit bourgeois characters he played, who typically kissed up to authority while persecuting their subordinates, particularly resonated with the changing Western societies of the 1960s and drove him to success. Yet in private life, De Funès was a notoriously shy and reserved man, and a devout Catholic. One of the most famous French actors of all time, Louis de Funès remains to this day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. De Funès has two museums dedicated to his life and acting: one in the Château de Clermont, near Nantes, where he resided, as well as another in the town of Saint-Raphaël, Southern France. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis de Funès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023
Les Rois de la comédie

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2022Movie
2022Movie
2020
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2019Movie
2017
De Gaulle, the Last King of France

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
Bourvil, un homme vrai

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2013
Louis de Funès Forever

as Himself (archive footage)

Movie
2013Movie
2012TV
2007
Louis de Funès Intime

as Self - Archive

Movie
2003Movie
1987
Sacrée soirée

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1982
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot

Movie
1982TV
1982
Champs-Elysées

as (archive footage)

TV
1981
The Cabbage Soup

as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)

Movie
1980
The Miser

as Harpagon

Movie
1978
The Discord

as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze

Movie
1976
The Wing or the Thigh?

as Charles Duchemin

Movie
1975
Numéro un

as Self

TV
1974
Am laufenden Band

as Self - Guest

TV
1973Movie
1972TV
1972TV
1971
Delusions of Grandeur

as Don Salluste de Bazan

Movie
1971
Cadet Rousselle

as Self (archive footage)

TV
1971
Jo

as Antoine Brisebard

Movie
1971TV
1971
Perched on a Tree

as Henri Roubier

Movie
1970
The Gendarme Takes Off

as Ludovic Cruchot

Movie
1970
The One Man Band

as Evan Evans

Movie
1969
Hibernatus

as Hubert de Tartas

Movie
1968
The Gendarme Gets Married

as Ludovic Cruchot

Movie
1968
The Tattoo

as Félicien Mézeray

Movie
1968
The Little Bather

as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

Movie
1967
The Exchange Student

as Charles Bosquier

Movie
1967
Oscar

as Bertrand Barnier

Movie
1967
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

as Commissaire Juve

Movie
1966Movie
1966
The Restaurant

as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien

Movie
1965
Fantomas Unleashed

as Commissaire Juve

Movie
1965
The Gendarme in New York

as Ludovic Cruchot

Movie
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

Movie
1965
The Sucker

as Léopold Saroyan

Movie
1964
Fantomas

as Commissaire Juve

Movie
1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

as Ludovic Cruchot

Movie
1964
A Mouse with the Men

as Marcel Ravelais

Movie
1964
Dandelions by the Roots

as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand

Movie
1964
Let's Rob the Bank

as Victor Garnier

Movie
1963
Le Café liégeois

as le monsieur en habit

Movie
1963
Squeak-squeak

as Léonard Monestier

Movie
1963
Carom Shots

as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321

Movie
1963
People in Luck

as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")

Movie
1962
We Will Go to Deauville

as Ludovic Lamberjacques

Movie
1962
The Gentleman from Epsom

as Gaspard Ripeux

Movie
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc

Movie
1962Movie
1962
The Vendetta

as Amoretti

Movie
1961
The American Beauty

as Police station secretary / Head of personnel

Movie
1961Movie
1960
Small Local Trains

as Émile Durand

Movie
1960Movie
1960
Some Like It... Cold

as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money

Movie
1959
My Pal the Gypsy

as Mr. Védrines, publisher

Movie
1959
The Overtaxed

as Ettore

Movie
1959
Toto in Madrid

as Professor Montiel

Movie
1958Movie
1958
Life Together

as Maître Stéphane

Movie
1958Movie
1957
Crazy in the Noodle

as Pierre Cousin

Movie
1956
La Traversée de Paris

as Jambier, grocer

Movie
1956
Slightly Ahead

as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière

Movie
1956
The Flea in the Ear

as Auguste Ferraillon

Movie
1956
Babies Galore

as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance

Movie
1956
Daddy's Gang

as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin

Movie
1956
Law of the Streets

as 'Paulo les chiens'

Movie
1956
Hello Smile!

as Bonoeil

Movie
1956TV
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us

as Antoine Allègre

Movie
1955
The Hussars

as le bedeau Luigi

Movie
1955
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus

Movie
1955Movie
1955
Frou-Frou

as le colonel Cousinet-Duval

Movie
1955
The Babes Make the Law

as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus

Movie
1955
Napoleon

as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)

Movie
1955
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer

Movie
1954
No Exit

as le garçon d'étage

Movie
1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above

Movie
1954
Queen Margot

as René, l'astrologue

Movie
1954
Peek-a-boo

as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs

Movie
1954Movie
1954
Marriage Episodes

as M. Boulingrin

Movie
1954
Service Entrance

as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien

Movie
1954
April Fools' Day

as Le garde-champêtre

Movie
1954
Men Think Only of That

as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess

Movie
1954
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne

as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot

Movie
1954
Trust Me!

as Tumlatum

Movie
1954Movie
1954
Tourments

as Eddy Gorlier

Movie
1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche

as A housekeeper

Movie
1954
La Belle au bois dormant

as Un astrologue

Movie
1954
The Scheming Women

as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce

Movie
1954
The Impure Ones

as Le chef de train

Movie
1954
The Game of Love

as le projectionniste ambulant

Movie
1954Movie
1953
The Knight of the Night

as Adrien Verduret

Movie
1953Movie
1953Movie
1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory

as Le photographe Triboudot

Movie
1953
Captain Slipper

as Mr. Rachoux, bank director

Movie
1953
Companions of the Night

as Un Client qui joue aux cartes

Movie
1953
Innocents in Paris

as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi

Movie
1953
To Hell with Virtue

as Mr. Lorette

Movie
1953Movie
1953Movie
1953
Les Dents longues

as l'employé du laboratoire photo

Movie
1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel

as Emile, manvalet

Movie
1952
She and Me

as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette

Movie
1952
The Fighting Drummer

as Weapon master

Movie
1952
Run Away Mr. Perle

as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo

Movie
1952
I Was It Three Times

as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)

Movie
1952
The Respectful Prostitute

as Nightclub customer

Movie
1952
Mister Taxi

as Le peintre de la place du Tertre

Movie
1952
Judgement of God

as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)

Movie
1952
Love Is Not a Sin

as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.

Movie
1952
Matrimonial Agency

as Mr. Charles

Movie
1952
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste

as Un habitant du quartier

Movie
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins

as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")

Movie
1952Movie
1952
They Were Five

as Albert, le régisseur

Movie
1951
My Wife Is Formidable

as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel

Movie
1951
Poison

as André

Movie
1951
The Turkey

as Le gérant

Movie
1951Movie
1951
Trip to America

as l'employé d'Air France

Movie
1951Movie
1951
The Passerby

as The lock keeper

Movie
1951
The Sleepwalker

as Anatole, the suspicious husband

Movie
1951
Dr. Knock

as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)

Movie
1951
The Red Rose

as Poet who eats glasses

Movie
1951
Without Leaving an Address

as Le futur papa qui lit le journal

Movie
1951
The Straw Lover

as Bruno, the psychiatrist

Movie
1951
Bibi Fricotin

as Pêcheur

Movie
1951
Champions Juniors

as Le père autoritaire

Movie
1950
The Gamblers

as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev

Movie
1950
Lawless Street

as Hippolyte

Movie
1950
The Strollers

as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)

Movie
1950
First Communion

as Un prete (Uncredited)

Movie
1950
Adémaï at the border post

as Soldier (uncredited)

Movie
1950
Bed for Two

as The waiter

Movie
1950
A Certain Mister

as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois

Movie
1950Movie
1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love

as Constantin, domestique du baron

Movie
1950
Farewell Mister Grock

as Spectator (uncredited)

Movie
1949
Millionaires for One Day

as L'avocat de Philippe

Movie
1949
Just Out

as (uncredited)

Movie
1949
I Love Only You

as Le chef d'orchestre

Movie
1949
Mission in Tangier

as Spanish General at the Cabaret

Movie
1949
Du Guesclin

as L'astrologue

Movie
1948
Cruise for the Unknown One

as The cook (uncredited)

Movie
1947
Antoine & Antoinette

as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce

Movie
1947
Last Refuge

as The Driver

Movie
1947
Last Chance Castle

as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")

Movie
1947
Six Hours to Lose

as Chauffeur of his excellency

Movie
1946
The Temptation of Barbizon

as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayJuly 31, 1914
Day of DeathJanuary 27, 1983
Place of BirthCourbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Popularity1.5