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 Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Miser (1980)
as Harpagon
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979)
as Ludovic Cruchot
Hibernatus (1969)
as Hubert de Tartas
The Tattoo (1968)
as Félicien Mézeray
Fantomas (1964)
as Commissaire Juve
Napoleon (1955)
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
as Victor Pivert
Carom Shots (1963)
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
as Charles Duchemin
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Jo (1971)
as Antoine Brisebard
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Overtaxed (1959)
as Ettore
A Mouse with the Men (1964)
as Marcel Ravelais
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
The Exchange Student (1967)
as Charles Bosquier
Last Refuge (1947)
as The Driver
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
as Blaireau
The Sucker (1965)
as Léopold Saroyan
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (1955)
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
The Secret of Helene Marimon (1954)
as Gardener Ravan
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
as Don Salluste de Bazan
Marriage Episodes (1954)
as M. Boulingrin
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
as Commissaire Juve
Babies Galore (1956)
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
as Commissaire Juve
The Straw Lover (1951)
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Captain Fracasse (1961)
as Scapin
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard (1954)
as M. Chanteau
The Little Bather (1968)
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
as Le Barman
The Discord (1978)
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
La Traversée de Paris (1956)
as Jambier, grocer
Millionaires for One Day (1949)
as L'avocat de Philippe
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
as Pilate
Squeak-squeak (1963)
as Léonard Monestier
Poison (1951)
as André
The Turkey (1951)
as Le gérant
Peek-a-boo (1954)
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Six Hours to Lose (1947)
as Chauffeur of his excellency
Antoine & Antoinette (1947)
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Les Dents longues (1953)
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
The Restaurant (1966)
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
The Passerby (1951)
as The lock keeper
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste (1952)
as Un habitant du quartier
The Fighting Drummer (1952)
as Weapon master
Perched on a Tree (1971)
as Henri Roubier
The One Man Band (1970)
as Evan Evans
Queen Margot (1954)
as René, l'astrologue
Just Out (1949)
as (uncredited)
Slightly Ahead (1956)
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Lightly and Shortly Dressed (1953)
as Paul Duvernois
Inside a Girls' Dormitory (1953)
as Le photographe Triboudot
Some Like It... Cold (1960)
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
The Respectful Prostitute (1952)
as Nightclub customer
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954)
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (1961)
as Paul Ernzer
My Brother from Senegal (1953)
as Le docteur
Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
as Victor Garnier
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (1954)
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
The Knight of the Night (1953)
as Adrien Verduret
Trip to America (1951)
as l'employé d'Air France
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight (1958)
as Maurice Berger
Louis de Funès Forever (2013)
as Himself (archive footage)
The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)
as Emile, manvalet
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
Oscar (1967)
as Bertrand Barnier
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
as Gaspard Ripeux
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
as Jacques
Frou-Frou (1955)
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
The Gamblers (1950)
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Adémaï at the border post (1950)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
as Spectator (uncredited)
My Pal the Gypsy (1959)
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Toto in Madrid (1959)
as Professor Montiel
Crazy in the Noodle (1957)
as Pierre Cousin
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)
Service Entrance (1954)
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Mädchen ohne Grenzen (1955)
Actor
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody (2011)
as Self (archive footage)
My Friend Sainfoin (1950)
as Guide
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire (2014)
Actor
Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
as Barman
Trust Me! (1954)
as Tumlatum
Champions Juniors (1951)
as Le père autoritaire
Louis de Funès Intime (2007)
as Self - Archive
The Crazy Jungle (1952)
Actor
The Scheming Women (1954)
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
Actor
We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
as The counselor
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
as Antoine Allègre
Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953)
as Hotel director
Dr. Knock (1951)
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
Life Is a Game (1951)
as Thief
Daddy's Gang (1956)
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Life Together (1958)
as Maître Stéphane
Law of the Streets (1956)
as 'Paulo les chiens'
I Love Only You (1949)
as Le chef d'orchestre
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
as Officier de la Gestapo
The Game of Love (1954)
as le projectionniste ambulant
La Belle au bois dormant (1954)
as Un astrologue
No Exit (1954)
as le garçon d'étage
The Sleepwalker (1951)
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
Le Café liégeois (1963)
as le monsieur en habit
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
They Were Five (1952)
as Albert, le régisseur
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur (2021)
Actor
Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Du Guesclin (1949)
as L'astrologue
De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
L'art et la manière de rire (1953)
Actor
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
as Pêcheur
The American Beauty (1961)
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Men Think Only of That (1954)
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Love Is Not a Sin (1952)
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
A Certain Mister (1950)
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
Last Chance Castle (1947)
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès (2013)
Actor
I Was It Three Times (1952)
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
Judgement of God (1952)
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
Lawless Street (1950)
as Hippolyte
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model (1955)
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
as l'oncle Robert
The Sparrows of Paris (1953)
as Doctor
Not Any Weekend for Our Love (1950)
as Constantin, domestique du baron
The Hussars (1955)
as le bedeau Luigi
Tourments (1954)
as Eddy Gorlier
Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)
as A housekeeper
Run Away Mr. Perle (1952)
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
To Hell with Virtue (1953)
as Mr. Lorette
The Babes Make the Law (1955)
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
April Fools' Day (1954)
as Le garde-champêtre
The Temptation of Barbizon (1946)
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
Louis de Funès champion du box office (2021)
Actor
The Red Rose (1951)
as Poet who eats glasses
Companions of the Night (1953)
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Mission in Tangier (1949)
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
The Vendetta (1962)
as Amoretti
Captain Slipper (1953)
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Small Local Trains (1960)
as Émile Durand
Mister Taxi (1952)
as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
First Communion (1950)
as Un prete (Uncredited)
The Impure Ones (1954)
as Le chef de train
The Flea in the Ear (1956)
as Auguste Ferraillon
Cruise for the Unknown One (1948)
as The cook (uncredited)
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1950)
as Gino
Bed for Two (1950)
as The waiter
Hello Smile! (1956)
as Bonoeil
Fugitive from Montreal (1950)
Actor
The Strollers (1950)
as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
Matrimonial Agency (1952)
as Mr. Charles
She and Me (1952)
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille (2015)
as Self (archive footage)