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
Last Refuge (1947)
as The Driver
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
as Stanislas Lefort
Poison (1951)
as André
The Fighting Drummer (1952)
as Weapon master
Six Hours to Lose (1947)
as Chauffeur of his excellency
The Tattoo (1968)
as Félicien Mézeray
Jo (1971)
as Antoine Brisebard
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
as Pilate
Fantomas (1964)
as Commissaire Juve
The Miser (1980)
as Harpagon
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973)
as Victor Pivert
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979)
as Ludovic Cruchot
Hibernatus (1969)
as Hubert de Tartas
Napoleon (1955)
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Champions Juniors (1951)
as Le père autoritaire
The Sucker (1965)
as Léopold Saroyan
My Brother from Senegal (1953)
as Le docteur
A Mouse with the Men (1964)
as Marcel Ravelais
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme Gets Married (1968)
as Ludovic Cruchot
Slightly Ahead (1956)
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982)
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
The Little Bather (1968)
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
The Exchange Student (1967)
as Charles Bosquier
Squeak-squeak (1963)
as Léonard Monestier
Delusions of Grandeur (1971)
as Don Salluste de Bazan
Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958)
as Blaireau
Fantomas Unleashed (1965)
as Commissaire Juve
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Intime (2007)
as Self - Archive
The Respectful Prostitute (1952)
as Nightclub customer
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (1955)
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
The Passerby (1951)
as The lock keeper
The Turkey (1951)
as Le gérant
Carom Shots (1963)
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967)
as Commissaire Juve
The Cabbage Soup (1981)
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970)
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
as Ludovic Cruchot
Queen Margot (1954)
as René, l'astrologue
The Wing or the Thigh? (1976)
as Charles Duchemin
Captain Fracasse (1961)
as Scapin
Marriage Episodes (1954)
as M. Boulingrin
Oscar (1967)
as Bertrand Barnier
The Discord (1978)
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
Peek-a-boo (1954)
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
Les Dents longues (1953)
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
as Le Barman
The Crazy Jungle (1952)
Actor
Service Entrance (1954)
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Millionaires for One Day (1949)
as L'avocat de Philippe
The Knight of the Night (1953)
as Adrien Verduret
The Overtaxed (1959)
as Ettore
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Without Leaving an Address (1951)
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Antoine & Antoinette (1947)
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
The One Man Band (1970)
as Evan Evans
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress (2019)
as Self (archive footage)
Trip to America (1951)
as l'employé d'Air France
The Virtuous Scoundrel (1953)
as Emile, manvalet
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard (1954)
as M. Chanteau
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight (1958)
as Maurice Berger
The American Beauty (1961)
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Some Like It... Cold (1960)
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
People in Luck (1963)
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
La Traversée de Paris (1956)
as Jambier, grocer
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (1954)
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
The Restaurant (1966)
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Le Café liégeois (1963)
as le monsieur en habit
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
as Antoine Allègre
Perched on a Tree (1971)
as Henri Roubier
Just Out (1949)
as (uncredited)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire (2014)
Actor
The Gentleman from Epsom (1962)
as Gaspard Ripeux
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (1951)
as The counselor
L'art et la manière de rire (1953)
Actor
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste (1952)
as Un habitant du quartier
Let's Rob the Bank (1964)
as Victor Garnier
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (1965)
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (1954)
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
Mädchen ohne Grenzen (1955)
Actor
Bourvil, un homme vrai (2016)
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Farewell Mister Grock (1950)
as Spectator (uncredited)
Babies Galore (1956)
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
My Friend Sainfoin (1950)
as Guide
Innocents in Paris (1953)
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Crazy in the Noodle (1957)
as Pierre Cousin
The Straw Lover (1951)
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
Trust Me! (1954)
as Tumlatum
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (1955)
as l'oncle Robert
We Will Go to Deauville (1962)
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
Frou-Frou (1955)
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
Lightly and Shortly Dressed (1953)
as Paul Duvernois
Louis de Funès Forever (2013)
as Himself (archive footage)
I Love Only You (1949)
as Le chef d'orchestre
Crime Does Not Pay (1962)
as Barman
The Gamblers (1950)
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022)
as Self (archive footage)
Du Guesclin (1949)
as L'astrologue
No Exit (1954)
as le garçon d'étage
Adémaï at the border post (1950)
as Soldier (uncredited)
Dr. Knock (1951)
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
The Secret of Helene Marimon (1954)
as Gardener Ravan
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur (2021)
Actor
Law of the Streets (1956)
as 'Paulo les chiens'
De Gaulle, the Last King of France (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
Inside a Girls' Dormitory (1953)
as Le photographe Triboudot
The Seven Deadly Sins (1952)
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Dandelions by the Roots (1964)
as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
Life Together (1958)
as Maître Stéphane
Mister Taxi (1952)
as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
Toto in Madrid (1959)
as Professor Montiel
April Fools' Day (1954)
as Le garde-champêtre
The Scheming Women (1954)
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Hello Smile! (1956)
as Bonoeil
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century (1960)
as Officier de la Gestapo
Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)
as A housekeeper
The Temptation of Barbizon (1946)
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
The Hussars (1955)
as le bedeau Luigi
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles! (1961)
as Paul Ernzer
Matrimonial Agency (1952)
as Mr. Charles
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013)
as Self (archive footage)
La Belle au bois dormant (1954)
as Un astrologue
The Game of Love (1954)
as le projectionniste ambulant
The Tour of the Grand Dukes (1953)
as Hotel director
They Were Five (1952)
as Albert, le régisseur
Lawless Street (1950)
as Hippolyte
Small Local Trains (1960)
as Émile Durand
Daddy's Gang (1956)
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Men Think Only of That (1954)
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Captain Slipper (1953)
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Mission in Tangier (1949)
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
The Sparrows of Paris (1953)
as Doctor
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès (2013)
Actor
Tourments (1954)
as Eddy Gorlier
The Strollers (1950)
as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
First Communion (1950)
as Un prete (Uncredited)
Judgement of God (1952)
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
Twelve Hours to Live (1950)
Actor
My Wife Is Formidable (1951)
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
The Sleepwalker (1951)
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
Not Any Weekend for Our Love (1950)
as Constantin, domestique du baron
Bibi Fricotin (1951)
as Pêcheur
Last Chance Castle (1947)
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
I Was It Three Times (1952)
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
The Vendetta (1962)
as Amoretti
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model (1955)
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
She and Me (1952)
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Fugitive from Montreal (1950)
Actor
Companions of the Night (1953)
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
The Babes Make the Law (1955)
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
My Pal the Gypsy (1959)
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
The Flea in the Ear (1956)
as Auguste Ferraillon
The Red Rose (1951)
as Poet who eats glasses
The Impure Ones (1954)
as Le chef de train
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Run Away Mr. Perle (1952)
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès (2020)
as Self (archive footage)
Cruise for the Unknown One (1948)
as The cook (uncredited)
Life Is a Game (1951)
as Thief
The King of the Bla Bla Bla (1950)
as Gino
Louis de Funès champion du box office (2021)
Actor
Love Is Not a Sin (1952)
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Bed for Two (1950)
as The waiter
A Certain Mister (1950)
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
To Hell with Virtue (1953)
as Mr. Lorette
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody (2011)
as Self (archive footage)