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
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
as Self
Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self (archive footage)
Am laufenden Band
1974
as Self - Guest
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
2012
as Louis de Funès
Movies (170)
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Stanislas Lefort
Oscar
1967
as Bertrand Barnier
Jo
1971
as Antoine Brisebard
Fantomas
1964
as Commissaire Juve
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Victor Pivert
Hello Smile!
1956
as Bonoeil
Napoleon
1955
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Ludovic Cruchot
Poison
1951
as André
The Sucker
1965
as Léopold Saroyan
The Exchange Student
1967
as Charles Bosquier
The Gamblers
1950
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Champions Juniors
1951
as Le père autoritaire
Hibernatus
1969
as Hubert de Tartas
The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
The Little Bather
1968
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Ludovic Cruchot
Matrimonial Agency
1952
as Mr. Charles
The Tattoo
1968
as Félicien Mézeray
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
as Commissaire Juve
The Impure Ones
1954
as Le chef de train
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
as Commissaire Juve
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Ludovic Cruchot
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Charles Duchemin
Last Refuge
1947
as The Driver
The Restaurant
1966
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
The Turkey
1951
as Le gérant
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Ludovic Cruchot
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
as Don Salluste de Bazan
The Hussars
1955
as le bedeau Luigi
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Ludovic Cruchot
Fugitive from Montreal
1950
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
as Blaireau
No Exit
1954
as le garçon d'étage
Perched on a Tree
1971
as Henri Roubier
Dr. Knock
1951
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
The One Man Band
1970
as Evan Evans
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
La Traversée de Paris
1956
as Jambier, grocer
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
as Self (archive footage)
The Miser
1980
as Harpagon
Les Dents longues
1953
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Toto in Madrid
1959
as Professor Montiel
People in Luck
1963
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
Queen Margot
1954
as René, l'astrologue
The Discord
1978
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
A Mouse with the Men
1964
as Marcel Ravelais
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954
as Gardener Ravan
Captain Fracasse
1961
as Scapin
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as Antoine Allègre
The Overtaxed
1959
as Ettore
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
as Victor Garnier
The Vendetta
1962
as Amoretti
Without Leaving an Address
1951
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
as Pierre Cousin
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
as Le Barman
The American Beauty
1961
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Carom Shots
1963
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
as Paul Ernzer
The Scheming Women
1954
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
as Hotel director
Service Entrance
1954
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Law of the Streets
1956
as 'Paulo les chiens'
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
as Pilate
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
as Maurice Berger
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
She and Me
1952
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Small Local Trains
1960
as Émile Durand
Squeak-squeak
1963
as Léonard Monestier
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Barman
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
as Gaspard Ripeux
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as M. Chanteau
The Babes Make the Law
1955
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
Trip to America
1951
as l'employé d'Air France
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Life Together
1958
as Maître Stéphane
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
Bibi Fricotin
1951
as Pêcheur
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Mission in Tangier
1949
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Emile, manvalet
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
Men Think Only of That
1954
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
Adémaï at the border post
1950
as Soldier (uncredited)
The Knight of the Night
1953
as Adrien Verduret
Judgement of God
1952
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
Companions of the Night
1953
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
The Passerby
1951
as The lock keeper
A Certain Mister
1950
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
Love Is Not a Sin
1952
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
as A housekeeper
Life Is a Game
1951
as Thief
Six Hours to Lose
1947
as Chauffeur of his excellency
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
Frou-Frou
1955
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
Trust Me!
1954
as Tumlatum
Slightly Ahead
1956
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
as Un habitant du quartier
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
as Self - Archive
The Game of Love
1954
as le projectionniste ambulant
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
as Guide
The Red Rose
1951
as Poet who eats glasses
The Respectful Prostitute
1952
as Nightclub customer
Lawless Street
1950
as Hippolyte
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
as Le photographe Triboudot
Just Out
1949
as (uncredited)
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
- Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) — as Stanislas Lefort
- Oscar (1967) — as Bertrand Barnier
- Jo (1971) — as Antoine Brisebard
- Fantomas (1964) — as Commissaire Juve
- The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) — as Victor Pivert
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