Louis de Funès
156 movies · 1 TV show
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jul 31, 1914
- Died
- Jan 27, 1983 (age 68)
- Place of birth
- Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Also known as
- Louis de Funes · Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza · L. de Funès · Λουί ντε Φυνές
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.
Read the full biography
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.
Profiles IMDb
Known for
-
★ 7.9 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966 · Film
-
★ 7.4 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973 · Film
-
★ 7.2 The Wing or the Thigh?
1976 · Film
-
★ 6.4 The Cabbage Soup
1981 · Film
-
★ 7.0 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964 · Film
-
★ 6.8 Fantomas
1964 · Film
-
★ 7.4 Delusions of Grandeur
1971 · Film
-
★ 7.4 The Sucker
1965 · Film
Louis de Funès: movies and TV shows
Acting (157)
- 2021
- 2021
- 2014
- 2013
- 2012
- 1982 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
- 1973 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Victor Pivert
- 1971 Delusions of Grandeur
as Don Salluste de Bazan
- 1971 Jo
as Antoine Brisebard
- 1971 Perched on a Tree
as Henri Roubier
- 1970 The Gendarme Takes Off
as Ludovic Cruchot
- 1970 The One Man Band
as Evan Evans
- 1969 Hibernatus
as Hubert de Tartas
- 1968 The Gendarme Gets Married
as Ludovic Cruchot
- 1968 The Tattoo
as Félicien Mézeray
- 1968 The Little Bather
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
- 1967 The Exchange Student
as Charles Bosquier
- 1967 Oscar
as Bertrand Barnier
- 1967 Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
as Commissaire Juve
- 1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Stanislas Lefort
- 1966 The Restaurant
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
- 1965 Fantomas Unleashed
as Commissaire Juve
- 1965 The Gendarme in New York
as Ludovic Cruchot
- 1965 How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants") / Léon Haudepin, agent général d'assurances (sketch “Les Bons Vivants”)
- 1965 The Sucker
as Léopold Saroyan
- 1964 Fantomas
as Commissaire Juve
- 1964 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Ludovic Cruchot
- 1964 A Mouse with the Men
as Marcel Ravelais
- 1964 Dandelions by the Roots
as Jacques
- 1964 Let's Rob the Bank
as Victor Garnier
- 1963 Le Café liégeois
as le monsieur en habit
- 1963 Squeak-squeak
as Léonard Monestier
- 1963 Carom Shots
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
- 1963 People in Luck
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
- 1962 We Will Go to Deauville
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
- 1962 The Gentleman from Epsom
as Gaspard Ripeux
- 1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
- 1962 Crime Does Not Pay
as Barman
- 1962 The Vendetta
as Amoretti
- 1961 In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
as Paul Ernzer
- 1961 The American Beauty
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
- 1961 Captain Fracasse
as Scapin
- 1960 Small Local Trains
as Émile Durand
- 1960 Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Officier de la Gestapo
- 1960 Some Like It... Cold
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
- 1959 My Pal the Gypsy
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
- 1959 The Overtaxed
as Ettore
- 1959 Toto in Madrid
as Professor Montiel
- 1958 Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
as Maurice Berger
- 1958 Life Together
as Maître Stéphane
- 1958 Neither Seen Nor Recognized
as Blaireau
- 1957 Crazy in the Noodle
as Pierre Cousin
- 1956 La Traversée de Paris
as Jambier, grocer
- 1956 Slightly Ahead
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
- 1956 The Flea in the Ear
as Auguste Ferraillon
- 1956 Babies Galore
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
- 1956 Daddy's Gang
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
- 1956 Law of the Streets
as 'Paulo les chiens'
- 1956 Hello Smile!
as Bonoeil
- 1956 If Paris Were Told to Us
as Antoine Allègre
- 1955
- 1955 The Hussars
as le bedeau Luigi
- 1955 Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
- 1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as l'oncle Robert
- 1955 Frou-Frou
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
- 1955 The Babes Make the Law
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
- 1955 Napoleon
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
- 1955 Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
- 1954 No Exit
as le garçon d'étage
- 1954 Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
- 1954 Queen Margot
as René, l'astrologue
- 1954 Peek-a-boo
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
- 1954 The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Pilate
- 1954 Marriage Episodes
as M. Boulingrin
- 1954 Service Entrance
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
- 1954 April Fools' Day
as Le garde-champêtre
- 1954 Men Think Only of That
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
- 1954 The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
- 1954 Trust Me!
as Tumlatum
- 1954 The Secret of Helene Marimon
as Gardener Ravan
- 1954 Tourments
as Eddy Gorlier
- 1954 Mademoiselle Nitouche
as A housekeeper
- 1954 La Belle au bois dormant
as Un astrologue
- 1954 The Scheming Women
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
- 1954 The Impure Ones
as Le chef de train
- 1954 The Game of Love
as le projectionniste ambulant
- 1954 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as M. Chanteau
- 1953 The Knight of the Night
as Adrien Verduret
- 1953 My Brother from Senegal
as Le docteur
- 1953 Lightly and Shortly Dressed
as Paul Duvernois
- 1953 Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Le photographe Triboudot
- 1953 Captain Slipper
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
- 1953 Companions of the Night
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
- 1953 Innocents in Paris
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
- 1953 To Hell with Virtue
as Mr. Lorette
- 1953 The Sparrows of Paris
as Doctor
- 1953 The Tour of the Grand Dukes
as Hotel director
- 1953 Les Dents longues
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
- 1953 The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Emile, manvalet
- 1953
- 1952 She and Me
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
- 1952 The Fighting Drummer
as Weapon master
- 1952 Run Away Mr. Perle
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
- 1952 I Was It Three Times
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
- 1952
- 1952 The Respectful Prostitute
as Nightclub customer
- 1952 Mister Taxi
as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
- 1952 Judgement of God
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
- 1952 Love Is Not a Sin
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
- 1952 Matrimonial Agency
as Mr. Charles
- 1952 Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
as Un habitant du quartier
- 1952 The Seven Deadly Sins
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
- 1952 Wolves Hunt at Night
as Le Barman
- 1952 They Were Five
as Albert, le régisseur
- 1951 My Wife Is Formidable
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
- 1951 Poison
as André
- 1951 The Turkey
as Le gérant
- 1951 No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
as The counselor
- 1951 Trip to America
as l'employé d'Air France
- 1951 Life Is a Game
as Thief
- 1951 The Passerby
as The lock keeper
- 1951 The Sleepwalker
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
- 1951 Dr. Knock
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
- 1951 The Red Rose
as Poet who eats glasses
- 1951 Without Leaving an Address
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
- 1951 The Straw Lover
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
- 1951 Bibi Fricotin
as Pêcheur
- 1951 Champions Juniors
as Le père autoritaire
- 1950 The Gamblers
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
- 1950 Lawless Street
as Hippolyte
- 1950 The Strollers
as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
- 1950
- 1950 The King of the Bla Bla Bla
as Gino
- 1950
- 1950 First Communion
as Un prete (Uncredited)
- 1950 Adémaï at the border post
as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1950 Bed for Two
as The waiter
- 1950 A Certain Mister
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
- 1950 My Friend Sainfoin
as Guide
- 1950 Not Any Weekend for Our Love
as Constantin, domestique du baron
- 1950 Farewell Mister Grock
as Spectator (uncredited)
- 1949 Millionaires for One Day
as L'avocat de Philippe
- 1949 Just Out
as (uncredited)
- 1949 I Love Only You
as Le chef d'orchestre
- 1949 Mission in Tangier
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
- 1949 Du Guesclin
as L'astrologue
- 1948 Cruise for the Unknown One
as The cook (uncredited)
- 1947 Antoine & Antoinette
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
- 1947 Last Refuge
as The Driver
- 1947 Last Chance Castle
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
- 1947 Six Hours to Lose
as Chauffeur of his excellency
- 1946 The Temptation of Barbizon
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
Behind the camera (5)
- 1981 The Cabbage Soup
Author
- 1980 The Miser
Screenplay, Director
- 1979
- 1967 Oscar
Adaptation
- 1966 The Restaurant
Writer
Talk shows and appearances (25)
- 2023
- 2023
- 2023
- 2022
- 2022
- 2020
- 2019
- 2017
- 2016
- 2015
- 2013
- 2013
- 2011
- 2007
- 2003
- 1987 Sacrée soirée
1 episode
- 1982 Champs-Elysées
2 episodes
- 1975 Numéro un
1 episode
- 1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
5 episodes
- 1974 Am laufenden Band
1 episode
- 1972 Midi trente
2 episodes
- 1972 Le Grand Échiquier
3 episodes
- 1971 Cadet Rousselle
1 episode
- 1971 V.I.P. Schaukel
1 episode
- 1956 Cinépanorama
1 episode