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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 31, 1914
Place of Birth:
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Louis de Funès
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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Louis de Funès, le rire éternel | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain | Self (archive footage) |
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur | |
| 2021 | Louis de Funès champion du box office | |
| 2020 | La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès | Self (archive footage) |
| 2019 | Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress | Self (archive footage) |
| 2017 | De Gaulle, the Last King of France | Self (archive footage) |
| 2016 | Bourvil, un homme vrai | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille | Self (archive footage) |
| 2014 | Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire | |
| 2013 | Louis de Funès Forever | Himself (archive footage) |
| 2013 | Il était une fois... Louis de Funès | |
| 2013 | Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son | Self (archive footage) |
| 2007 | Louis de Funès Intime | Self - Archive |
| 2003 | Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1981 | The Cabbage Soup | Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude) |
| 1980 | The Miser | Harpagon |
| 1979 | The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1978 | The Discord | Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze |
| 1976 | The Wing or the Thigh? | Charles Duchemin |
| 1973 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Victor Pivert |
| 1971 | Perched on a Tree | Henri Roubier |
| 1971 | Joe: The Busybody | Antoine Brisebard |
| 1971 | Delusions of Grandeur | Don Salluste de Bazan |
| 1970 | The Gendarme Takes Off | Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1970 | The One Man Band | Evan Evans |
| 1969 | Hibernatus | Hubert de Tartas |
| 1968 | The Gendarme Gets Married | Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1968 | The Tattoo | Félicien Mézeray |
| 1968 | The Little Bather | Louis-Philippe Fourchaume |
| 1967 | Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard | Commissaire Juve |
| 1967 | Oscar | Bertrand Barnier |
| 1967 | The Exchange Student | Charles Bosquier |
| 1966 | Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! | Stanislas Lefort, chef d'orchestre à l'Opéra de Paris |
| 1966 | The Restaurant | M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien |
| 1965 | Fantomas Unleashed | Commissaire Juve |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York | Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1965 | The Sucker | Léopold Saroyan |
| 1965 | How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning | Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") |
| 1964 | Fantomas | Commissaire Juve |
| 1964 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Ludovic Cruchot |
| 1964 | A Mouse with the Men | Marcel |
| 1964 | Let's Rob the Bank | Victor Garnier |
| 1964 | Dandelions by the Roots | Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand |
| 1963 | Squeak-squeak | Léonard Monestier |
| 1963 | Carom Shots | Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321 |
| 1963 | People in Luck | Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot") |
| 1963 | Le Café liégeois | le monsieur en habit |
| 1962 | The Gentleman from Epsom | Gaspard Ripeux |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | Ludovic Lamberjacques |
| 1962 | The Vendetta | Amoretti |
| 1962 | Crime Does Not Pay | Barman |
| 1961 | Captain Fracasse | Scapin |
| 1961 | In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! | Paul Ernzer |
| 1961 | The American Beauty | Police station secretary / Head of personnel |
| 1960 | Some Like It... Cold | Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money |
| 1960 | Small Local Trains | Émile Durand |
| 1960 | Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century | Officier de la Gestapo |
| 1959 | Toto in Madrid | Professor Montiel |
| 1959 | The Overtaxed | Ettore |
| 1959 | My Pal the Gypsy | Mr. Védrines, publisher |
| 1958 | Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight | Maurice Berger |
| 1958 | Neither Seen Nor Recognized | Blaireau |
| 1958 | Life Together | Maître Stéphane |
| 1957 | Crazy in the Noodle | Pierre Cousin |
| 1956 | If Paris Were Told to Us | Antoine Allègre |
| 1956 | La Traversée de Paris | Jambier, grocer |
| 1956 | Hello Smile! | Bonoeil |
| 1956 | Babies Galore | Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance |
| 1956 | Daddy's Gang | l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin |
| 1956 | Slightly Ahead | Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière |
| 1956 | The Flea in the Ear | Auguste Ferraillon |
| 1956 | Law of the Streets | 'Paulo les chiens' |
| 1955 | Frou-Frou | le colonel Cousinet-Duval |
| 1955 | The Hussars | le bedeau Luigi |
| 1955 | The Impossible Mr. Pipelet | l'oncle Robert |
| 1955 | The Babes Make the Law | Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus |
| 1955 | Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model | D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer |
| 1955 | Mädchen ohne Grenzen | |
| 1955 | Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me | M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus |
| 1955 | Napoleon | Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited) |
| 1954 | April Fools' Day | Le garde-champêtre |
| 1954 | Papa, Mama, the Maid and I | Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above |
| 1954 | Peek-a-boo | Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs |
| 1954 | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Pilate |
| 1954 | Strange Desire of Mr. Bard | M. Chanteau |
| 1954 | Mademoiselle Nitouche | A housekeeper |
| 1954 | The Scheming Women | Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce |
| 1954 | The Game of Love | le projectionniste ambulant |
| 1954 | Trust Me! | Tumlatum |
| 1954 | Les impures | Le chef de train |
| 1954 | The Secret of Helene Marimon | Gardener Ravan |
| 1954 | The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne | Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot |
| 1954 | Men Think Only of That | Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess |
| 1954 | Tourments | Eddy Gorlier |
| 1954 | La Belle au bois dormant | Un astrologue |
| 1954 | Marriage Episodes | M. Boulingrin |
| 1954 | Service Entrance | Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien |
| 1954 | No Exit | le garçon d'étage |
| 1954 | Queen Margot | René, l'astrologue |
| 1953 | The Virtuous Scoundrel | Emile, manvalet |
| 1953 | My Brother from Senegal | Le docteur |
| 1953 | Lightly and Shortly Dressed | Paul Duvernois |
| 1953 | The Tour of the Grand Dukes | Hotel director |
| 1953 | To Hell with Virtue | Mr. Lorette |
| 1953 | The Knight of the Night | Adrien Verduret |
| 1953 | Captain Slipper | Mr. Rachoux, bank director |
| 1953 | Inside a Girls' Dormitory | Le photographe Triboudot |
| 1953 | Les Compagnes de la nuit | Un Client qui joue aux cartes |
| 1953 | The Sparrows of Paris | Doctor |
| 1953 | Innocents in Paris | Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi |
| 1953 | L'art et la manière de rire | |
| 1953 | Les Dents longues | l'employé du laboratoire photo |
| 1952 | Mr. Leguignon Lampiste | Un habitant du quartier |
| 1952 | She and Me | le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette |
| 1952 | Mister Taxi | le peintre de la place du Tertre |
| 1952 | Judgement of God | L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited) |
| 1952 | The Fighting Drummer | Weapon master |
| 1952 | The Crazy Jungle | |
| 1952 | Love Is Not a Sin | Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F. |
| 1952 | Run Away Mr. Perle | Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo |
| 1952 | The Respectful Prostitute | Nightclub customer |
| 1952 | Wolves Hunt at Night | Le Barman |
| 1952 | Matrimonial Agency | Mr. Charles |
| 1952 | The Seven Deadly Sins | Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse") |
| 1952 | I Was It Three Times | L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited) |
| 1952 | They Were Five | Albert, le régisseur |
| 1951 | The Sleepwalker | Anatole, the suspicious husband |
| 1951 | Bibi Fricotin | Fisherman |
| 1951 | The Passerby | The lock keeper |
| 1951 | Life Is a Game | Thief |
| 1951 | No Vacation for Mr. Mayor | The counselor |
| 1951 | My Wife Is Formidable | Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel |
| 1951 | The Turkey | Le gérant |
| 1951 | Without Leaving an Address | Le futur papa qui lit le journal |
| 1951 | Champions Juniors | Le père autoritaire |
| 1951 | The Red Rose | Poet who eats glasses |
| 1951 | Dr. Knock | Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited) |
| 1951 | The Straw Lover | Bruno, the psychiatrist |
| 1951 | Poison | André |
| 1951 | Trip to America | l'employé d'Air France |
| 1950 | Twelve Hours to Live | |
| 1950 | A Certain Mister | Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois |
| 1950 | My Friend Sainfoin | Guide |
| 1950 | Bed for Two | The waiter |
| 1950 | The King of the Bla Bla Bla | Gino |
| 1950 | Fugitive from Montreal | |
| 1950 | Lawless Street | Hippolyte |
| 1950 | The Gamblers | Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev |
| 1950 | Not Any Weekend for Our Love | Constantin, domestique du baron |
| 1950 | The Strollers | Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Farewell Mister Grock | Spectator (uncredited) |
| 1950 | Adémaï at the border post | Soldier (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Just Out | (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Mission in Tangier | Spanish General at the Cabaret |
| 1949 | I Love Only You | Le chef d'orchestre |
| 1949 | Millionaires for One Day | L'avocat de Philippe |
| 1949 | Du Guesclin | L'astrologue |
| 1948 | Cruise for the Unknown One | The cook (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Last Refuge | The Driver |
| 1947 | Antoine & Antoinette | Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce |
| 1947 | Six Hours to Lose | Chauffeur of his excellency |
| 1947 | Last Chance Castle | Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat") |
| 1946 | The Temptation of Barbizon | Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Louis de Funès, inoubliable | Louis de Funès |
| 1987 | Sacrée Soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self |
| 1975 | Numéro un | Self |
| 1974 | Am laufenden Band | Self - Guest |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1971 | V.I.P. Schaukel | Self |
| 1971 | Cadet Rousselle | Self (archive footage) |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |