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

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président as Self (archive footage)
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain as Self (archive footage)

2021

2016

Bourvil, un homme vrai as Self (archive footage)

2015

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille as Self (archive footage)

2014

Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire

2013

Louis de Funès Forever as Himself (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès

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)
Delusions of Grandeur as Don Salluste de Bazan
Jo as Antoine Brisebard
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 Gendarme Gets Married as Ludovic Cruchot
The Tattoo as Félicien Mézeray
The Little Bather as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume

1967

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard as Commissaire Juve
The Exchange Student as Charles Bosquier
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
The Gendarme in New York as Ludovic Cruchot
Fantomas Unleashed as Commissaire Juve
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")

1964

Fantomas as Commissaire Juve
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Ludovic Cruchot
Let's Rob the Bank as Victor Garnier
Dandelions by the Roots as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
A Mouse with the Men as Marcel Ravelais

1963

Squeak-squeak as Léonard Monestier
Carom Shots as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
People in Luck as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Le Café liégeois as le monsieur en habit

1962

The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
We Will Go to Deauville as Ludovic Lamberjacques
The Gentleman from Epsom as Gaspard Ripeux
Crime Does Not Pay as Barman
The Vendetta as Amoretti

1961

The American Beauty as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Captain Fracasse as Scapin
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! as Paul Ernzer

1960

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century as Officier de la Gestapo
Small Local Trains as Émile Durand
Some Like It... Cold as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money

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
Life Together as Maître Stéphane
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight as Maurice Berger

1957

Crazy in the Noodle as Pierre Cousin

1956

Cinépanorama as Self
La Traversée de Paris as Jambier, grocer
If Paris Were Told to Us as Antoine Allègre
Law of the Streets as 'Paulo les chiens'
Hello Smile! as Bonoeil
Daddy's Gang as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Babies Galore as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Slightly Ahead as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
The Flea in the Ear as Auguste Ferraillon

1955

Napoleon as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
The Hussars as le bedeau Luigi
Frou-Frou as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet as l'oncle Robert
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
The Babes Make the Law as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
Mädchen ohne Grenzen

1954

The Game of Love as le projectionniste ambulant
Queen Margot as René, l'astrologue
No Exit as le garçon d'étage
Peek-a-boo as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
April Fools' Day as Le garde-champêtre
The Impure Ones as Le chef de train
The Sheep Has Five Legs as Pilate
The Scheming Women as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
The Secret of Helene Marimon as Gardener Ravan
Trust Me! as Tumlatum
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard as M. Chanteau
Mademoiselle Nitouche as A housekeeper
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Marriage Episodes as M. Boulingrin
Men Think Only of That as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Service Entrance as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Tourments as Eddy Gorlier
La Belle au bois dormant as Un astrologue

1953

The Tour of the Grand Dukes as Hotel director
Lightly and Shortly Dressed as Paul Duvernois
The Sparrows of Paris as Doctor
Les Dents longues as l'employé du laboratoire photo
The Virtuous Scoundrel as Emile, manvalet
My Brother from Senegal as Le docteur
Innocents in Paris as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
To Hell with Virtue as Mr. Lorette
Inside a Girls' Dormitory as Le photographe Triboudot
Captain Slipper as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Companions of the Night as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
The Knight of the Night as Adrien Verduret
L'art et la manière de rire

1952

The Seven Deadly Sins as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Wolves Hunt at Night as Le Barman
Matrimonial Agency as Mr. Charles
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste as Un habitant du quartier
The Respectful Prostitute as Nightclub customer
Mister Taxi as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
I Was It Three Times as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
Judgement of God as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
She and Me as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
The Fighting Drummer as Weapon master
Run Away Mr. Perle as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
Love Is Not a Sin as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
The Crazy Jungle
They Were Five as Albert, le régisseur

1951

Without Leaving an Address as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
My Wife Is Formidable as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
Dr. Knock as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
Bibi Fricotin as Pêcheur
Poison as André
The Turkey as Le gérant
The Passerby as The lock keeper
Trip to America as l'employé d'Air France
The Red Rose as Poet who eats glasses
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor as The counselor
The Sleepwalker as Anatole, the suspicious husband
Life Is a Game as Thief
The Straw Lover as Bruno, the psychiatrist
Champions Juniors as Le père autoritaire

1950

First Communion as Un prete (Uncredited)
Twelve Hours to Live
My Friend Sainfoin as Guide
Fugitive from Montreal
Lawless Street as Hippolyte
Bed for Two as The waiter
The King of the Bla Bla Bla as Gino
Farewell Mister Grock as Spectator (uncredited)
Adémaï at the border post as Soldier (uncredited)
A Certain Mister as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
The Gamblers as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Not Any Weekend for Our Love as Constantin, domestique du baron
The Strollers as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)

1949

Mission in Tangier as Spanish General at the Cabaret
Millionaires for One Day as L'avocat de Philippe
Du Guesclin as L'astrologue
I Love Only You as Le chef d'orchestre
Just Out as (uncredited)

1948

Cruise for the Unknown One as The cook (uncredited)

1947

Last Chance Castle as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
Antoine & Antoinette as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Six Hours to Lose as Chauffeur of his excellency
Last Refuge as The Driver

1946

The Temptation of Barbizon as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)