Louis de Funès
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Louis de Funès, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Movies (40)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
as Self (archive footage)
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
as Self (archive footage)
2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
as Self (archive footage)
2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai
as Self (archive footage)
2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
as Self (archive footage)
2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Louis de Funès Forever
as Himself (archive footage)
2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Louis de Funès Intime
as Self - Archive
2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
as Self (archive footage)
2003
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
1982
The Cabbage Soup
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
1981
The Miser
as Harpagon
1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Ludovic Cruchot
1979
The Discord
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
1978
The Wing or the Thigh?
as Charles Duchemin
1976
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
as Victor Pivert
1973
Delusions of Grandeur
as Don Salluste de Bazan
1971
Joe: The Busybody
as Antoine Brisebard
1971
Perched on a Tree
as Henri Roubier
1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Ludovic Cruchot
1970
The One Man Band
as Evan Evans
1970
Hibernatus
as Hubert de Tartas
1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Ludovic Cruchot
1968
The Tattoo
as Félicien Mézeray
1968
The Little Bather
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
1968
The Exchange Student
as Charles Bosquier
1967
Oscar
as Bertrand Barnier
1967
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
as Commissaire Juve
1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
as Stanislas Lefort
1966
The Restaurant
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
1966
Fantomas Unleashed
as Commissaire Juve
1965
TV Shows (10)
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
as Louis de Funès
2012
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
Numéro un
as Self
1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975
Am laufenden Band
as Self - Guest
1974
Midi trente
as Self
1972
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972
Cadet Rousselle
as Self (archive footage)
1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
as Self
1971