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