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.
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Acting (169 movies)
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
Fantomas
1964
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
Hibernatus
1969
Oscar
1967
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
The Gendarme in New York
1965
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
Captain Fracasse
1961
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
The Discord
1978
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
The Miser
1980
The Exchange Student
1967
The Tattoo
1968
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
Perched on a Tree
1971
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
Joe: The Busybody
1971
The Sucker
1965
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
The Cabbage Soup
1981
The Sleepwalker
1951
The One Man Band
1970
Squeak-squeak
1963
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
Carom Shots
1963
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
Toto in Madrid
1959
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
People in Luck
1963
The Little Bather
1968
A Certain Mister
1950
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
The Restaurant
1966
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
La Traversée de Paris
1956
April Fools' Day
1954
My Brother from Senegal
1953
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
The Overtaxed
1959
Frou-Frou
1955
A Mouse with the Men
1964
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
She and Me
1952
Mister Taxi
1952
Peek-a-boo
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
Some Like It... Cold
1960
Last Refuge
1947
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
Bed for Two
1950
Bibi Fricotin
1951
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
Fugitive from Montreal
1950
Just Out
1949
Life Together
1958
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
The American Beauty
1961
Hello Smile!
1956
Babies Galore
1956
The Scheming Women
1954
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
Judgement of God
1952
The Passerby
1951
Life Is a Game
1951
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
The Fighting Drummer
1952
The Crazy Jungle
1952
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951
Small Local Trains
1960
The Hussars
1955
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
The Game of Love
1954
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021
Daddy's Gang
1956
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
Trust Me!
1954
Slightly Ahead
1956
Lawless Street
1950
The Vendetta
1962
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
The Babes Make the Law
1955
Directing (1 movie)
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| The Restaurant | 1966 | Writer |
| The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | 1979 | Screenplay |
| The Miser | 1980 | Screenplay |