Louis de Funès
Known for Acting · 181 credits
- Born
- 1914-07-31
- Died
- 1983-01-27
- 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 · ლუი დე ფიუნესი · لویی دوفونس
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.
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.
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Known For
TV Shows (11)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self / (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
2012
as Louis de Funès
Movies (170)
Last Refuge
1947
as The Driver
Six Hours to Lose
1947
as Chauffeur of his excellency
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
as Pilate
Poison
1951
as André
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Stanislas Lefort
The Tattoo
1968
as Félicien Mézeray
The Exchange Student
1967
as Charles Bosquier
The Miser
1980
as Harpagon
The Fighting Drummer
1952
as Weapon master
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Ludovic Cruchot
Champions Juniors
1951
as Le père autoritaire
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Victor Pivert
Hibernatus
1969
as Hubert de Tartas
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Ludovic Cruchot
Napoleon
1955
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
The Passerby
1951
as The lock keeper
Jo
1971
as Antoine Brisebard
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
as Commissaire Juve
Fantomas
1964
as Commissaire Juve
Queen Margot
1954
as René, l'astrologue
The Sucker
1965
as Léopold Saroyan
My Brother from Senegal
1953
as Le docteur
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
as Self - Archive
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
as Don Salluste de Bazan
The Respectful Prostitute
1952
as Nightclub customer
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
A Mouse with the Men
1964
as Marcel Ravelais
Marriage Episodes
1954
as M. Boulingrin
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
as Le Barman
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
as Blaireau
Slightly Ahead
1956
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Ludovic Cruchot
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Turkey
1951
as Le gérant
Squeak-squeak
1963
as Léonard Monestier
Captain Fracasse
1961
as Scapin
Without Leaving an Address
1951
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Les Dents longues
1953
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
The Knight of the Night
1953
as Adrien Verduret
The One Man Band
1970
as Evan Evans
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
as Commissaire Juve
Millionaires for One Day
1949
as L'avocat de Philippe
Carom Shots
1963
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Charles Duchemin
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
The Restaurant
1966
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Service Entrance
1954
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Emile, manvalet
Farewell Mister Grock
1950
as Spectator (uncredited)
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
as Guide
Oscar
1967
as Bertrand Barnier
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as M. Chanteau
People in Luck
1963
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951
as The counselor
Trip to America
1951
as l'employé d'Air France
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as Antoine Allègre
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
L'art et la manière de rire
1953
The Discord
1978
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
The Crazy Jungle
1952
Babies Galore
1956
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955
La Traversée de Paris
1956
as Jambier, grocer
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
as Un habitant du quartier
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Barman
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
as Self (archive footage)
The Little Bather
1968
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
The Overtaxed
1959
as Ettore
Perched on a Tree
1971
as Henri Roubier
Antoine & Antoinette
1947
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
as Victor Garnier
Adémaï at the border post
1950
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Straw Lover
1951
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Just Out
1949
as (uncredited)
Trust Me!
1954
as Tumlatum
I Love Only You
1949
as Le chef d'orchestre
Le Café liégeois
1963
as le monsieur en habit
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
The American Beauty
1961
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Law of the Streets
1956
as 'Paulo les chiens'
Frou-Frou
1955
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
Louis de Funès Forever
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Du Guesclin
1949
as L'astrologue
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
as Le photographe Triboudot
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954
as Gardener Ravan
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
The Scheming Women
1954
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
No Exit
1954
as le garçon d'étage
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
as Maurice Berger
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
as l'oncle Robert
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
Matrimonial Agency
1952
as Mr. Charles
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
as Gaspard Ripeux
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
as Paul Duvernois
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
as Pierre Cousin
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
as Hotel director
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Life Together
1958
as Maître Stéphane
Dr. Knock
1951
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
The Game of Love
1954
as le projectionniste ambulant
Toto in Madrid
1959
as Professor Montiel
Tourments
1954
as Eddy Gorlier
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Officier de la Gestapo
Mister Taxi
1952
as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
About Louis de Funès
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,… With 181 credits spanning from 1946 to 2023, Louis de Funès has appeared in 170 films and 11 TV shows.
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Most Popular Louis de Funès Movies
- Last Refuge (1947) — as The Driver
- Six Hours to Lose (1947) — as Chauffeur of his excellency
- The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) — as Pilate
- Poison (1951) — as André
- Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) — as Stanislas Lefort
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