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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/01/2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2023
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:21/01/2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/01/2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Character:
Release Date:13/09/2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office
Character:
Release Date:07/08/2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:26/06/2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/07/2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/03/2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:11/12/2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/10/2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Character:
Release Date:02/05/2014
Louis de Funès Forever
Character:Himself (archive footage)
Release Date:16/11/2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Character:
Release Date:28/04/2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2013
Louis de Funès Intime
Character:Self - Archive
Release Date:14/04/2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2003
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Character:Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:03/10/1982
The Cabbage Soup
Character:Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
Release Date:02/12/1981
The Miser
Character:Harpagon
Release Date:05/03/1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Character:Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:31/01/1979
The Discord
Character:Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
Release Date:16/03/1978
The Wing or the Thigh?
Character:Charles Duchemin
Release Date:27/10/1976
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Character:Victor Pivert
Release Date:17/10/1973
Delusions of Grandeur
Character:Don Salluste de Bazan
Release Date:08/12/1971
Joe: The Busybody
Character:Antoine Brisebard
Release Date:31/08/1971
Perched on a Tree
Character:Henri Roubier
Release Date:12/04/1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
Character:Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:28/10/1970
The One Man Band
Character:Evan Evans
Release Date:18/09/1970
Hibernatus
Character:Hubert de Tartas
Release Date:10/09/1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
Character:Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:30/10/1968
The Tattoo
Character:Félicien Mézeray
Release Date:17/08/1968
The Little Bather
Character:Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Release Date:22/03/1968
The Exchange Student
Character:Charles Bosquier
Release Date:01/12/1967
Oscar
Character:Bertrand Barnier
Release Date:11/10/1967
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Character:Commissaire Juve
Release Date:16/03/1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Character:Stanislas Lefort
Release Date:08/12/1966
The Restaurant
Character:M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Release Date:09/09/1966
Fantomas Unleashed
Character:Commissaire Juve
Release Date:08/12/1965
The Gendarme in New York
Character:Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:28/10/1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Character:Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Release Date:28/10/1965
The Sucker
Character:Léopold Saroyan
Release Date:24/03/1965
Fantomas
Character:Commissaire Juve
Release Date:04/11/1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Character:Ludovic Cruchot
Release Date:08/09/1964
A Mouse with the Men
Character:Marcel
Release Date:16/07/1964
Dandelions by the Roots
Character:Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
Release Date:06/05/1964
Let's Rob the Bank
Character:Victor Garnier
Release Date:25/02/1964
Le Café liégeois
Character:le monsieur en habit
Release Date:31/12/1963
Squeak-squeak
Character:Léonard Monestier
Release Date:20/11/1963
Carom Shots
Character:Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
Release Date:17/05/1963
People in Luck
Character:Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Release Date:26/04/1963
We Will Go to Deauville
Character:Ludovic Lamberjacques
Release Date:24/12/1962
The Gentleman from Epsom
Character:Gaspard Ripeux
Release Date:03/10/1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Character:Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Release Date:14/09/1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Character:Barman
Release Date:06/07/1962
The Vendetta
Character:Amoretti
Release Date:17/04/1962
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Character:Paul Ernzer
Release Date:25/10/1961
The American Beauty
Character:Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Release Date:29/09/1961
Captain Fracasse
Character:Scapin
Release Date:21/04/1961
Small Local Trains
Character:Émile Durand
Release Date:30/12/1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Character:Officier de la Gestapo
Release Date:16/12/1960
Some Like It... Cold
Character:Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
Release Date:17/02/1960
My Pal the Gypsy
Character:Mr. Védrines, publisher
Release Date:02/12/1959
The Overtaxed
Character:Ettore
Release Date:10/04/1959
Toto in Madrid
Character:Professor Montiel
Release Date:06/02/1959
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
Character:Maurice Berger
Release Date:22/11/1958
Life Together
Character:Maître Stéphane
Release Date:24/09/1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Character:Blaireau
Release Date:23/04/1958
Crazy in the Noodle
Character:Pierre Cousin
Release Date:14/05/1957
La Traversée de Paris
Character:Jambier, grocer
Release Date:26/10/1956
Slightly Ahead
Character:Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Release Date:10/10/1956
The Flea in the Ear
Character:Auguste Ferraillon
Release Date:22/09/1956
Babies Galore
Character:Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Release Date:08/06/1956
Daddy's Gang
Character:l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Release Date:26/04/1956
Law of the Streets
Character:'Paulo les chiens'
Release Date:25/04/1956
Hello Smile!
Character:Bonoeil
Release Date:29/02/1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
Character:Antoine Allègre
Release Date:27/01/1956
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
Character:
Release Date:23/12/1955
The Hussars
Character:le bedeau Luigi
Release Date:14/12/1955
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Character:M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
Release Date:18/10/1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Character:l'oncle Robert
Release Date:26/06/1955
Frou-Frou
Character:le colonel Cousinet-Duval
Release Date:19/06/1955
The Babes Make the Law
Character:Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
Release Date:29/03/1955
Napoleon
Character:Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Release Date:25/03/1955
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
Character:D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
Release Date:21/01/1955
No Exit
Character:le garçon d'étage
Release Date:22/12/1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Character:Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
Release Date:26/11/1954
Queen Margot
Character:René, l'astrologue
Release Date:25/11/1954
Peek-a-boo
Character:Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
Release Date:15/10/1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Character:Pilate
Release Date:24/09/1954
Marriage Episodes
Character:M. Boulingrin
Release Date:16/08/1954
Service Entrance
Character:Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Release Date:16/08/1954
April Fools' Day
Character:Le garde-champêtre
Release Date:28/07/1954
Men Think Only of That
Character:Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Release Date:13/06/1954
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Character:Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Release Date:31/05/1954
Trust Me!
Character:Tumlatum
Release Date:17/05/1954
The Secret of Helene Marimon
Character:Gardener Ravan
Release Date:13/05/1954
Tourments
Character:Eddy Gorlier
Release Date:22/04/1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Character:A housekeeper
Release Date:21/04/1954
La Belle au bois dormant
Character:Un astrologue
Release Date:15/04/1954
The Scheming Women
Character:Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Release Date:07/04/1954
Les impures
Character:Le chef de train
Release Date:07/04/1954
The Game of Love
Character:le projectionniste ambulant
Release Date:20/01/1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Character:M. Chanteau
Release Date:04/01/1954
The Knight of the Night
Character:Adrien Verduret
Release Date:22/11/1953
My Brother from Senegal
Character:Le docteur
Release Date:20/11/1953
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Character:Paul Duvernois
Release Date:06/11/1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Character:Le photographe Triboudot
Release Date:15/08/1953
Captain Slipper
Character:Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Release Date:31/07/1953
Les Compagnes de la nuit
Character:Un Client qui joue aux cartes
Release Date:28/07/1953
Innocents in Paris
Character:Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Release Date:22/07/1953
To Hell with Virtue
Character:Mr. Lorette
Release Date:16/07/1953
The Sparrows of Paris
Character:Doctor
Release Date:11/06/1953
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
Character:Hotel director
Release Date:22/05/1953
Les Dents longues
Character:l'employé du laboratoire photo
Release Date:15/03/1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Character:Emile, manvalet
Release Date:18/02/1953
L'art et la manière de rire
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1953
She and Me
Character:le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Release Date:31/12/1952
The Fighting Drummer
Character:Weapon master
Release Date:12/12/1952
Run Away Mr. Perle
Character:Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
Release Date:11/12/1952
I Was It Three Times
Character:L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
Release Date:31/10/1952
The Crazy Jungle
Character:
Release Date:14/10/1952
The Respectful Prostitute
Character:Nightclub customer
Release Date:07/10/1952
Mister Taxi
Character:le peintre de la place du Tertre
Release Date:03/09/1952
Judgement of God
Character:L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
Release Date:20/08/1952
Love Is Not a Sin
Character:Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Release Date:27/06/1952
Matrimonial Agency
Character:Mr. Charles
Release Date:21/05/1952
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Character:Un habitant du quartier
Release Date:08/05/1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Character:Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Release Date:27/03/1952
Wolves Hunt at Night
Character:Le Barman
Release Date:06/02/1952
They Were Five
Character:Albert, le régisseur
Release Date:23/01/1952
My Wife Is Formidable
Character:Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
Release Date:05/12/1951
Poison
Character:André
Release Date:30/11/1951
The Turkey
Character:Le gérant
Release Date:21/11/1951
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
Character:The counselor
Release Date:04/11/1951
Trip to America
Character:l'employé d'Air France
Release Date:31/10/1951
Life Is a Game
Character:Thief
Release Date:13/06/1951
The Passerby
Character:The lock keeper
Release Date:18/05/1951
The Sleepwalker
Character:Anatole, the suspicious husband
Release Date:27/04/1951
Dr. Knock
Character:Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
Release Date:21/03/1951
The Red Rose
Character:Poet who eats glasses
Release Date:06/02/1951
Without Leaving an Address
Character:Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Release Date:17/01/1951
The Straw Lover
Character:Bruno, the psychiatrist
Release Date:05/01/1951
Bibi Fricotin
Character:Pêcheur
Release Date:03/01/1951
Champions Juniors
Character:Le père autoritaire
Release Date:01/01/1951
The Gamblers
Character:Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Release Date:20/12/1950
Lawless Street
Character:Hippolyte
Release Date:01/12/1950
The Strollers
Character:Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
Release Date:25/11/1950
Fugitive from Montreal
Character:
Release Date:17/11/1950
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Character:Gino
Release Date:08/11/1950
Twelve Hours to Live
Character:
Release Date:19/10/1950
Adémaï at the border post
Character:Soldier (uncredited)
Release Date:04/09/1950
Bed for Two
Character:The waiter
Release Date:23/08/1950
A Certain Mister
Character:Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
Release Date:24/05/1950
My Friend Sainfoin
Character:Guide
Release Date:10/05/1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Character:Constantin, domestique du baron
Release Date:23/01/1950
Farewell Mister Grock
Character:Spectator (uncredited)
Release Date:19/01/1950
Millionaires for One Day
Character:L'avocat de Philippe
Release Date:13/12/1949
Just Out
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:28/10/1949
I Love Only You
Character:Le chef d'orchestre
Release Date:30/06/1949
Mission in Tangier
Character:Spanish General at the Cabaret
Release Date:06/06/1949
Du Guesclin
Character:L'astrologue
Release Date:03/06/1949
Cruise for the Unknown One
Character:The cook (uncredited)
Release Date:01/09/1948
Antoine & Antoinette
Character:Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Release Date:27/09/1947
Last Refuge
Character:The Driver
Release Date:26/08/1947
Last Chance Castle
Character:Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
Release Date:16/07/1947
Six Hours to Lose
Character:Chauffeur of his excellency
Release Date:22/01/1947
The Temptation of Barbizon
Character:Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
Release Date:13/03/1946
Television Appearances
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
Character:Louis de Funès
Sacrée Soirée
Character:Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
Character:Self
Champs-Elysées
Character:(archive footage)
Numéro un
Character:Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character:Self
Am laufenden Band
Character:Self - Guest
Midi trente
Character:Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Character:Self
Cadet Rousselle
Character:Self (archive footage)
V.I.P. Schaukel
Character:Self
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
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