Louis de Funès
Acting • Born 1914-07-31 – Died 1983-01-27
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.
Filmography
181 credits
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Movie • 1973
Victor Pivert
The Wing or the Thigh?
Movie • 1976
Charles Duchemin
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Movie • 1979
Ludovic Cruchot
Fantomas Unleashed
Movie • 1965
Commissaire Juve
Fantomas
Movie • 1964
Commissaire Juve
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Movie • 1967
Commissaire Juve
Hibernatus
Movie • 1969
Hubert de Tartas
Oscar
Movie • 1967
Bertrand Barnier
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Movie • 1964
Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme in New York
Movie • 1965
Ludovic Cruchot
The Gendarme Gets Married
Movie • 1968
Ludovic Cruchot
Captain Fracasse
Movie • 1961
Scapin
Les Rois de la comédie
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Discord
Movie • 1978
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
Twelve Hours to Live
Movie • 1950
The Miser
Movie • 1980
Harpagon
The Exchange Student
Movie • 1967
Charles Bosquier
The Tattoo
Movie • 1968
Félicien Mézeray
The Gendarme Takes Off
Movie • 1970
Ludovic Cruchot
Perched on a Tree
Movie • 1971
Henri Roubier
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Movie • 1982
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Movie • 1966
Stanislas Lefort
Joe: The Busybody
Movie • 1971
Antoine Brisebard
The Sucker
Movie • 1965
Léopold Saroyan
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Movie • 2021
The Cabbage Soup
Movie • 1981
Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
The Sleepwalker
Movie • 1951
Anatole, the suspicious husband
The One Man Band
Movie • 1970
Evan Evans
Squeak-squeak
Movie • 1963
Léonard Monestier
Delusions of Grandeur
Movie • 1971
Don Salluste de Bazan
Carom Shots
Movie • 1963
Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
Movie • 1958
Maurice Berger
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Movie • 1958
Blaireau
The Gentleman from Epsom
Movie • 1962
Gaspard Ripeux
Toto in Madrid
Movie • 1959
Professor Montiel
Crazy in the Noodle
Movie • 1957
Pierre Cousin
People in Luck
Movie • 1963
Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
The Little Bather
Movie • 1968
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
A Certain Mister
Movie • 1950
Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Movie • 1953
Emile, manvalet
If Paris Were Told to Us
Movie • 1956
Antoine Allègre
The Restaurant
Movie • 1966
M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Louis de Funès Intime
Movie • 2007
Self - Archive
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
La Traversée de Paris
Movie • 1956
Jambier, grocer
April Fools' Day
Movie • 1954
Le garde-champêtre
My Brother from Senegal
Movie • 1953
Le docteur
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Movie • 1952
Un habitant du quartier
The Overtaxed
Movie • 1959
Ettore
Frou-Frou
Movie • 1955
le colonel Cousinet-Duval
A Mouse with the Men
Movie • 1964
Marcel Ravelais
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Movie • 1954
Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Movie • 1962
Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Movie • 1961
Paul Ernzer
She and Me
Movie • 1952
le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
Mister Taxi
Movie • 1952
le peintre de la place du Tertre
Peek-a-boo
Movie • 1954
Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Movie • 1954
Pilate
Let's Rob the Bank
Movie • 1964
Victor Garnier
Some Like It... Cold
Movie • 1960
Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
Last Refuge
Movie • 1947
The Driver
Cruise for the Unknown One
Movie • 1948
The cook (uncredited)
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Movie • 1954
M. Chanteau
My Friend Sainfoin
Movie • 1950
Guide
Bed for Two
Movie • 1950
The waiter
Bibi Fricotin
Movie • 1951
Pêcheur
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Movie • 1950
Gino
Fugitive from Montreal
Movie • 1950
Just Out
Movie • 1949
(uncredited)
Life Together
Movie • 1958
Maître Stéphane
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Movie • 1954
A housekeeper
The American Beauty
Movie • 1961
Police station secretary / Head of personnel
Hello Smile!
Movie • 1956
Bonoeil
Babies Galore
Movie • 1956
Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
The Scheming Women
Movie • 1954
Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Movie • 1953
Paul Duvernois
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Movie • 1965
Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Judgement of God
Movie • 1952
L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
The Passerby
Movie • 1951
The lock keeper
Life Is a Game
Movie • 1951
Thief
Dandelions by the Roots
Movie • 1964
Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
We Will Go to Deauville
Movie • 1962
Ludovic Lamberjacques
The Fighting Drummer
Movie • 1952
Weapon master
The Crazy Jungle
Movie • 1952
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
Movie • 1951
The counselor
Small Local Trains
Movie • 1960
Émile Durand
The Hussars
Movie • 1955
le bedeau Luigi
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Movie • 1960
Officier de la Gestapo
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Movie • 1955
l'oncle Robert
The Game of Love
Movie • 1954
le projectionniste ambulant
Louis de Funès champion du box office
Movie • 2021
Daddy's Gang
Movie • 1956
l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
Movie • 1953
Hotel director
Trust Me!
Movie • 1954
Tumlatum
Slightly Ahead
Movie • 1956
Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
Lawless Street
Movie • 1950
Hippolyte
The Vendetta
Movie • 1962
Amoretti
My Wife Is Formidable
Movie • 1951
Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
The Babes Make the Law
Movie • 1955
Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
The Impure Ones
Movie • 1954
Le chef de train
Love Is Not a Sin
Movie • 1952
Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Mission in Tangier
Movie • 1949
Spanish General at the Cabaret
The Flea in the Ear
Movie • 1956
Auguste Ferraillon
Run Away Mr. Perle
Movie • 1952
Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
The Respectful Prostitute
Movie • 1952
Nightclub customer
Wolves Hunt at Night
Movie • 1952
Le Barman
To Hell with Virtue
Movie • 1953
Mr. Lorette
Crime Does Not Pay
Movie • 1962
Barman
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Movie • 2023
Self (archive footage)
The Knight of the Night
Movie • 1953
Adrien Verduret
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
Movie • 1955
D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
Captain Slipper
Movie • 1953
Mr. Rachoux, bank director
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
Movie • 1955
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Movie • 1953
Le photographe Triboudot
The Secret of Helene Marimon
Movie • 1954
Gardener Ravan
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Movie • 1954
Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Movie • 2022
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Movie • 2014
The Gamblers
Movie • 1950
Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
Antoine & Antoinette
Movie • 1947
Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
Matrimonial Agency
Movie • 1952
Mr. Charles
Companions of the Night
Movie • 1953
Un Client qui joue aux cartes
Men Think Only of That
Movie • 1954
Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
I Love Only You
Movie • 1949
Le chef d'orchestre
Louis de Funès Forever
Movie • 2013
Himself (archive footage)
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Movie • 1955
M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
The Sparrows of Paris
Movie • 1953
Doctor
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Movie • 2003
Self (archive footage)
Tourments
Movie • 1954
Eddy Gorlier
Six Hours to Lose
Movie • 1947
Chauffeur of his excellency
The Turkey
Movie • 1951
Le gérant
Without Leaving an Address
Movie • 1951
Le futur papa qui lit le journal
La Belle au bois dormant
Movie • 1954
Un astrologue
My Pal the Gypsy
Movie • 1959
Mr. Védrines, publisher
Innocents in Paris
Movie • 1953
Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Movie • 1950
Constantin, domestique du baron
L'art et la manière de rire
Movie • 1953
Marriage Episodes
Movie • 1954
M. Boulingrin
Champions Juniors
Movie • 1951
Le père autoritaire
The Red Rose
Movie • 1951
Poet who eats glasses
Napoleon
Movie • 1955
Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
The Strollers
Movie • 1950
Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
Millionaires for One Day
Movie • 1949
L'avocat de Philippe
The Seven Deadly Sins
Movie • 1952
Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
Les Dents longues
Movie • 1953
l'employé du laboratoire photo
The Temptation of Barbizon
Movie • 1946
Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
No Exit
Movie • 1954
le garçon d'étage
I Was It Three Times
Movie • 1952
L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
Dr. Knock
Movie • 1951
Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
Service Entrance
Movie • 1954
Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
Farewell Mister Grock
Movie • 1950
Spectator (uncredited)
Last Chance Castle
Movie • 1947
Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
Du Guesclin
Movie • 1949
L'astrologue
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Movie • 2013
Law of the Streets
Movie • 1956
'Paulo les chiens'
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Movie • 2019
Self (archive footage)
Adémaï at the border post
Movie • 1950
Soldier (uncredited)
The Straw Lover
Movie • 1951
Bruno, the psychiatrist
Poison
Movie • 1951
André
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Movie • 2016
Self (archive footage)
They Were Five
Movie • 1952
Albert, le régisseur
Le Café liégeois
Movie • 1963
le monsieur en habit
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Movie • 2020
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Movie • 2017
Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Movie • 2015
Self (archive footage)
Trip to America
Movie • 1951
l'employé d'Air France
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Movie • 2013
Self (archive footage)
Queen Margot
Movie • 1954
René, l'astrologue
Le Grand Échiquier
TV • 1972
Self
Am laufenden Band
TV • 1974
Self - Guest
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
TV • 2012
Louis de Funès
V.I.P. Schaukel
TV • 1971
Self
Cadet Rousselle
TV • 1971
Self (archive footage)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TV • 1975
Self
Numéro un
TV • 1975
Self
Cinépanorama
TV • 1956
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
Self
Champs-Elysées
TV • 1982
(archive footage)
Midi trente
TV • 1972
Self
Sacrée Soirée
TV • 1987
Self (archive footage)