Louis de Funès
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- July 31, 1914
- Died
- January 27, 1983 (aged 68)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Movie
Louis de Funès champion du box office
Movie
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Movie
Louis de Funès Forever
Movie · as Himself (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Movie
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
TV · as Louis de Funès · 5 eps
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Intime
Movie · as Self - Archive
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie · as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Champs-Elysées
TV · as Self, (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Cabbage Soup
Movie · as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
The Miser
Movie · as Harpagon
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie · as Ludovic Cruchot
The Discord
Movie · as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie · as Charles Duchemin
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Numéro un
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Am laufenden Band
TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie · as Victor Pivert
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 3 eps
Midi trente
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Perched on a Tree
Movie · as Henri Roubier
Jo
Movie · as Antoine Brisebard
Delusions of Grandeur
Movie · as Don Salluste de Bazan
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Cadet Rousselle
TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie · as Ludovic Cruchot
The One Man Band
Movie · as Evan Evans
Hibernatus
Movie · as Hubert de Tartas
The Gendarme Gets Married
Movie · as Ludovic Cruchot
The Tattoo
Movie · as Félicien Mézeray
The Little Bather
Movie · as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Movie · as Commissaire Juve
Oscar
Movie · as Bertrand Barnier
The Exchange Student
Movie · as Charles Bosquier
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie · as Stanislas Lefort
The Restaurant
Movie · as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Fantomas Unleashed
Movie · as Commissaire Juve
The Gendarme in New York
Movie · as Ludovic Cruchot
The Sucker
Movie · as Léopold Saroyan
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Movie · as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants"), Léon Haudepin, agent général d'assurances (sketch “Les Bons Vivants”)
Fantomas
Movie · as Commissaire Juve
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Movie · as Ludovic Cruchot
A Mouse with the Men
Movie · as Marcel Ravelais
Let's Rob the Bank
Movie · as Victor Garnier
Dandelions by the Roots
Movie · as Jacques
Squeak-squeak
Movie · as Léonard Monestier
Carom Shots
Movie · as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
People in Luck
Movie · as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Le Café liégeois
Movie · as le monsieur en habit
The Gentleman from Epsom
Movie · as Gaspard Ripeux
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie · as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
We Will Go to Deauville
Movie · as Ludovic Lamberjacques
The Vendetta
Movie · as Amoretti
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie · as Barman
Captain Fracasse
Movie · as Scapin
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Movie · as Paul Ernzer
The American Beauty
Movie · as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Some Like It... Cold
Movie · as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
Small Local Trains
Movie · as Émile Durand
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie · as Officier de la Gestapo
Toto in Madrid
Movie · as Professor Montiel
The Overtaxed
Movie · as Ettore
My Pal the Gypsy
Movie · as Mr. Védrines, publisher
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
Movie · as Maurice Berger
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Movie · as Blaireau
Life Together
Movie · as Maître Stéphane
Crazy in the Noodle
Movie · as Pierre Cousin
If Paris Were Told to Us
Movie · as Antoine Allègre
La Traversée de Paris
Movie · as Jambier, grocer
Hello Smile!
Movie · as Bonoeil
Babies Galore
Movie · as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Daddy's Gang
Movie · as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Slightly Ahead
Movie · as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
The Flea in the Ear
Movie · as Auguste Ferraillon
Law of the Streets
Movie · as 'Paulo les chiens'
Cinépanorama
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Frou-Frou
Movie · as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
The Hussars
Movie · as le bedeau Luigi
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Movie · as l'oncle Robert
The Babes Make the Law
Movie · as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
Movie · as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
Movie
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Movie · as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
Napoleon
Movie · as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
April Fools' Day
Movie · as Le garde-champêtre
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Movie · as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
Peek-a-boo
Movie · as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Movie · as Pilate
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Movie · as M. Chanteau
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Movie · as A housekeeper
The Scheming Women
Movie · as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
The Game of Love
Movie · as le projectionniste ambulant
Trust Me!
Movie · as Tumlatum
The Impure Ones
Movie · as Le chef de train
The Secret of Helene Marimon
Movie · as Gardener Ravan
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Movie · as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Men Think Only of That
Movie · as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Tourments
Movie · as Eddy Gorlier
La Belle au bois dormant
Movie · as Un astrologue
Marriage Episodes
Movie · as M. Boulingrin
Service Entrance
Movie · as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
No Exit
Movie · as le garçon d'étage
Queen Margot
Movie · as René, l'astrologue
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Movie · as Emile, manvalet
My Brother from Senegal
Movie · as Le docteur
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Movie · as Paul Duvernois
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
Movie · as Hotel director
To Hell with Virtue
Movie · as Mr. Lorette
The Knight of the Night
Movie · as Adrien Verduret
Captain Slipper
Movie · as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Movie · as Le photographe Triboudot
Companions of the Night
Movie · as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
The Sparrows of Paris
Movie · as Doctor
Innocents in Paris
Movie · as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
L'art et la manière de rire
Movie
Les Dents longues
Movie · as l'employé du laboratoire photo
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Movie · as Un habitant du quartier
She and Me
Movie · as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Mister Taxi
Movie · as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
Judgement of God
Movie · as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
The Fighting Drummer
Movie · as Weapon master
The Crazy Jungle
Movie
Love Is Not a Sin
Movie · as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Run Away Mr. Perle
Movie · as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
The Respectful Prostitute
Movie · as Nightclub customer
Wolves Hunt at Night
Movie · as Le Barman
Matrimonial Agency
Movie · as Mr. Charles
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie · as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
I Was It Three Times
Movie · as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
They Were Five
Movie · as Albert, le régisseur
The Sleepwalker
Movie · as Anatole, the suspicious husband
Bibi Fricotin
Movie · as Pêcheur
The Passerby
Movie · as The lock keeper
Life Is a Game
Movie · as Thief
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
Movie · as The counselor
My Wife Is Formidable
Movie · as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
The Turkey
Movie · as Le gérant
Without Leaving an Address
Movie · as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Champions Juniors
Movie · as Le père autoritaire
The Red Rose
Movie · as Poet who eats glasses
Dr. Knock
Movie · as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
The Straw Lover
Movie · as Bruno, the psychiatrist
Poison
Movie · as André
Trip to America
Movie · as l'employé d'Air France
Twelve Hours to Live
Movie
A Certain Mister
Movie · as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
My Friend Sainfoin
Movie · as Guide
Bed for Two
Movie · as The waiter
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Movie · as Gino
Fugitive from Montreal
Movie
Lawless Street
Movie · as Hippolyte
The Gamblers
Movie · as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Movie · as Constantin, domestique du baron
The Strollers
Movie · as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
Farewell Mister Grock
Movie · as Spectator (uncredited)
Adémaï at the border post
Movie · as Soldier (uncredited)
First Communion
Movie · as Un prete (Uncredited)
Just Out
Movie · as (uncredited)
Mission in Tangier
Movie · as Spanish General at the Cabaret
I Love Only You
Movie · as Le chef d'orchestre
Millionaires for One Day
Movie · as L'avocat de Philippe
Du Guesclin
Movie · as L'astrologue
Cruise for the Unknown One
Movie · as The cook (uncredited)
Last Refuge
Movie · as The Driver
Antoine & Antoinette
Movie · as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Six Hours to Lose
Movie · as Chauffeur of his excellency
Last Chance Castle
Movie · as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
The Temptation of Barbizon
Movie · as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)