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