Acting
Louis de Funès
FR, IT, DE, EN cinema · 171 credits
Born
31 July 1914
Died
27 January 1983 (aged 68)
Birthplace
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
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
Filmography
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
as Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
as Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
as Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Forever
as Himself (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
as Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Intime
as Self - Archive
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self (archive footage)
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
The Cabbage Soup
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude), Author
The Miser
as Harpagon, Screenplay, Director
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Ludovic Cruchot, Screenplay
The Discord
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
The Wing or the Thigh?
as Charles Duchemin
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Victor Pivert
Perched on a Tree
as Henri Roubier
Jo
as Antoine Brisebard
Delusions of Grandeur
as Don Salluste de Bazan
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Ludovic Cruchot
The One Man Band
as Evan Evans
Hibernatus
as Hubert de Tartas
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Tattoo
as Félicien Mézeray
The Little Bather
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
as Commissaire Juve
Oscar
as Bertrand Barnier, Adaptation
The Exchange Student
as Charles Bosquier
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Stanislas Lefort
The Restaurant
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien, Writer
Fantomas Unleashed
as Commissaire Juve
The Gendarme in New York
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Sucker
as Léopold Saroyan
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants"), as Léon Haudepin, agent général d'assurances (sketch “Les Bons Vivants”)
Fantomas
as Commissaire Juve
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Ludovic Cruchot
A Mouse with the Men
as Marcel Ravelais
Let's Rob the Bank
as Victor Garnier
Dandelions by the Roots
as Jacques
Squeak-squeak
as Léonard Monestier
Carom Shots
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
People in Luck
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Le Café liégeois
as le monsieur en habit
The Gentleman from Epsom
as Gaspard Ripeux
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
We Will Go to Deauville
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
The Vendetta
as Amoretti
Crime Does Not Pay
as Barman
Captain Fracasse
as Scapin
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
as Paul Ernzer
The American Beauty
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Some Like It... Cold
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
Small Local Trains
as Émile Durand
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Officier de la Gestapo
Toto in Madrid
as Professor Montiel
The Overtaxed
as Ettore
My Pal the Gypsy
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
as Maurice Berger
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
as Blaireau
Life Together
as Maître Stéphane
Crazy in the Noodle
as Pierre Cousin
If Paris Were Told to Us
as Antoine Allègre
La Traversée de Paris
as Jambier, grocer
Babies Galore
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
Hello Smile!
as Bonoeil
Daddy's Gang
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
Slightly Ahead
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
The Flea in the Ear
as Auguste Ferraillon
Law of the Streets
as 'Paulo les chiens'
Frou-Frou
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
The Hussars
as le bedeau Luigi
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
as l'oncle Robert
The Babes Make the Law
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
Napoleon
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
April Fools' Day
as Le garde-champêtre
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
Peek-a-boo
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Pilate
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
as M. Chanteau
Mademoiselle Nitouche
as A housekeeper
The Scheming Women
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
The Game of Love
as le projectionniste ambulant
Trust Me!
as Tumlatum
The Impure Ones
as Le chef de train
The Secret of Helene Marimon
as Gardener Ravan
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Men Think Only of That
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Tourments
as Eddy Gorlier
La Belle au bois dormant
as Un astrologue
Marriage Episodes
as M. Boulingrin
Service Entrance
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
No Exit
as le garçon d'étage
Queen Margot
as René, l'astrologue
The Virtuous Scoundrel
as Emile, manvalet
My Brother from Senegal
as Le docteur
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
as Paul Duvernois
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
as Hotel director
To Hell with Virtue
as Mr. Lorette
The Knight of the Night
as Adrien Verduret
Captain Slipper
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
as Le photographe Triboudot
Companions of the Night
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
The Sparrows of Paris
as Doctor
Innocents in Paris
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Les Dents longues
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
as Un habitant du quartier
She and Me
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Mister Taxi
as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
Judgement of God
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
The Fighting Drummer
as Weapon master
Love Is Not a Sin
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Run Away Mr. Perle
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
The Respectful Prostitute
as Nightclub customer
Wolves Hunt at Night
as Le Barman
Matrimonial Agency
as Mr. Charles
The Seven Deadly Sins
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
I Was It Three Times
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
They Were Five
as Albert, le régisseur
The Sleepwalker
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
Bibi Fricotin
as Pêcheur
The Passerby
as The lock keeper
Life Is a Game
as Thief
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
as The counselor
My Wife Is Formidable
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
The Turkey
as Le gérant
Without Leaving an Address
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Champions Juniors
as Le père autoritaire
The Red Rose
as Poet who eats glasses
Dr. Knock
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
The Straw Lover
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
Poison
as André
Trip to America
as l'employé d'Air France
A Certain Mister
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
My Friend Sainfoin
as Guide
Bed for Two
as The waiter
Lawless Street
as Hippolyte
The Gamblers
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
as Constantin, domestique du baron
The Strollers
as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
Farewell Mister Grock
as Spectator (uncredited)
Adémaï at the border post
as Soldier (uncredited)
First Communion
as Un prete (Uncredited)
Just Out
as (uncredited)
Mission in Tangier
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
I Love Only You
as Le chef d'orchestre
Millionaires for One Day
as L'avocat de Philippe
Du Guesclin
as L'astrologue
Cruise for the Unknown One
as The cook (uncredited)
Last Refuge
as The Driver
Antoine & Antoinette
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Six Hours to Lose
as Chauffeur of his excellency
Last Chance Castle
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
The Temptation of Barbizon
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)