Louis de Funès
Born: 1914-07-31 in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Died: 1983-01-27
Known For: Acting
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)
- Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
- Louis de Funès, le rire éternel as Self (archive footage)
2022
- Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain as Self (archive footage)
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
2020
- La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès as Self (archive footage)
2019
- Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress as Self (archive footage)
2017
- De Gaulle, the Last King of France as Self (archive footage)
2016
- Bourvil, un homme vrai as Self (archive footage)
2015
- Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Louis de Funès Forever as Himself (archive footage)
- Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
- Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son as Self (archive footage)
2012
- Louis de Funès, inoubliable as Louis de Funès
2007
- Louis de Funès Intime as Self - Archive
2003
- Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire as Self (archive footage)
1987
- Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
- The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
1981
- The Cabbage Soup as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
1980
- The Miser as Harpagon
1979
- The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space as Ludovic Cruchot
1978
- The Discord as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
1976
- The Wing or the Thigh? as Charles Duchemin
1975
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
- Numéro un as Self
1974
- Am laufenden Band as Self - Guest
1973
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob as Victor Pivert
1972
- Le Grand Échiquier as Self
- Midi trente as Self
1971
- V.I.P. Schaukel as Self
- Cadet Rousselle as Self (archive footage)
- Jo as Antoine Brisebard
- Delusions of Grandeur as Don Salluste de Bazan
- Perched on a Tree as Henri Roubier
1970
- The Gendarme Takes Off as Ludovic Cruchot
- The One Man Band as Evan Evans
1969
- Hibernatus as Hubert de Tartas
1968
- The Tattoo as Félicien Mézeray
- The Little Bather as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
- The Gendarme Gets Married as Ludovic Cruchot
1967
- The Exchange Student as Charles Bosquier
- Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard as Commissaire Juve
- Oscar as Bertrand Barnier
1966
- Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! as Stanislas Lefort
- The Restaurant as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
1965
- The Sucker as Léopold Saroyan
- Fantomas Unleashed as Commissaire Juve
- The Gendarme in New York as Ludovic Cruchot
- How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
1964
- Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Ludovic Cruchot
- Fantomas as Commissaire Juve
- A Mouse with the Men as Marcel Ravelais
- Let's Rob the Bank as Victor Garnier
- Dandelions by the Roots as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
1963
- Carom Shots as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
- Squeak-squeak as Léonard Monestier
- Le Café liégeois as le monsieur en habit
- People in Luck as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
1962
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
- The Gentleman from Epsom as Gaspard Ripeux
- We Will Go to Deauville as Ludovic Lamberjacques
- The Vendetta as Amoretti
- Crime Does Not Pay as Barman
1961
- Captain Fracasse as Scapin
- The American Beauty as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
- In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! as Paul Ernzer
1960
- Some Like It... Cold as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
- Small Local Trains as Émile Durand
- Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Officier de la Gestapo
1959
- The Overtaxed as Ettore
- Toto in Madrid as Professor Montiel
- My Pal the Gypsy as Mr. Védrines, publisher
1958
- Neither Seen Nor Recognized as Blaireau
- Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight as Maurice Berger
- Life Together as Maître Stéphane
1957
- Crazy in the Noodle as Pierre Cousin
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- Slightly Ahead as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
- La Traversée de Paris as Jambier, grocer
- Law of the Streets as 'Paulo les chiens'
- If Paris Were Told to Us as Antoine Allègre
- Babies Galore as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
- Hello Smile! as Bonoeil
- The Flea in the Ear as Auguste Ferraillon
- Daddy's Gang as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
1955
- Napoleon as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
- Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
- Frou-Frou as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
- The Hussars as le bedeau Luigi
- Mädchen ohne Grenzen
- Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
- The Impossible Mr. Pipelet as l'oncle Robert
- The Babes Make the Law as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
1954
- Queen Margot as René, l'astrologue
- Marriage Episodes as M. Boulingrin
- Peek-a-boo as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
- The Sheep Has Five Legs as Pilate
- The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
- Strange Desire of Mr. Bard as M. Chanteau
- The Secret of Helene Marimon as Gardener Ravan
- No Exit as le garçon d'étage
- April Fools' Day as Le garde-champêtre
- Trust Me! as Tumlatum
- The Scheming Women as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
- Service Entrance as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
- The Impure Ones as Le chef de train
- Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
- Tourments as Eddy Gorlier
- The Game of Love as le projectionniste ambulant
- Mademoiselle Nitouche as A housekeeper
- Men Think Only of That as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
- La Belle au bois dormant as Un astrologue
1953
- My Brother from Senegal as Le docteur
- Les Dents longues as l'employé du laboratoire photo
- L'art et la manière de rire
- Inside a Girls' Dormitory as Le photographe Triboudot
- The Knight of the Night as Adrien Verduret
- Lightly and Shortly Dressed as Paul Duvernois
- The Virtuous Scoundrel as Emile, manvalet
- The Tour of the Grand Dukes as Hotel director
- Captain Slipper as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
- The Sparrows of Paris as Doctor
- Innocents in Paris as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
- To Hell with Virtue as Mr. Lorette
- Companions of the Night as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
1952
- The Fighting Drummer as Weapon master
- The Respectful Prostitute as Nightclub customer
- Wolves Hunt at Night as Le Barman
- The Seven Deadly Sins as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
- Mr. Leguignon Lampiste as Un habitant du quartier
- Run Away Mr. Perle as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
- I Was It Three Times as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
- The Crazy Jungle
- Mister Taxi as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
- Love Is Not a Sin as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
- They Were Five as Albert, le régisseur
- Judgement of God as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
- Matrimonial Agency as Mr. Charles
- She and Me as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
1951
- Poison as André
- The Turkey as Le gérant
- Champions Juniors as Le père autoritaire
- Trip to America as l'employé d'Air France
- The Passerby as The lock keeper
- Without Leaving an Address as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
- The Straw Lover as Bruno, the psychiatrist
- No Vacation for Mr. Mayor as The counselor
- Dr. Knock as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
- Bibi Fricotin as Pêcheur
- Life Is a Game as Thief
- The Sleepwalker as Anatole, the suspicious husband
- The Red Rose as Poet who eats glasses
- My Wife Is Formidable as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
1950
- The Gamblers as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
- Farewell Mister Grock as Spectator (uncredited)
- My Friend Sainfoin as Guide
- Adémaï at the border post as Soldier (uncredited)
- Lawless Street as Hippolyte
- First Communion as Un prete (Uncredited)
- Twelve Hours to Live
- The Strollers as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
- Not Any Weekend for Our Love as Constantin, domestique du baron
- Fugitive from Montreal
- Bed for Two as The waiter
- The King of the Bla Bla Bla as Gino
- A Certain Mister as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
1949
- Just Out as (uncredited)
- I Love Only You as Le chef d'orchestre
- Millionaires for One Day as L'avocat de Philippe
- Du Guesclin as L'astrologue
- Mission in Tangier as Spanish General at the Cabaret
1948
- Cruise for the Unknown One as The cook (uncredited)
1947
- Six Hours to Lose as Chauffeur of his excellency
- Last Refuge as The Driver
- Antoine & Antoinette as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
- Last Chance Castle as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
1946
- The Temptation of Barbizon as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)