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, 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.
181 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 181
Champs-Elysées
1982
Sacrée soirée
1987
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
Numéro un
1975
Midi trente
1972
Cinépanorama
1956
V.I.P. Schaukel
1971
Cadet Rousselle
1971
The Exchange Student
1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
Am laufenden Band
1974
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
Fantomas
1964
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
The Restaurant
1966
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
The Cabbage Soup
1981
Hibernatus
1969
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
The Tattoo
1968
The Sucker
1965
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
The Gendarme in New York
1965
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
Napoleon
1955
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
The Little Bather
1968
Jo
1971
The Miser
1980
Oscar
1967
A Mouse with the Men
1964
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
The One Man Band
1970
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
La Traversée de Paris
1956
The Discord
1978
Squeak-squeak
1963
Toto in Madrid
1959
Perched on a Tree
1971
Carom Shots
1963
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
The Overtaxed
1959
Captain Fracasse
1961
The Scheming Women
1954
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
Slightly Ahead
1956
Du Guesclin
1949
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
Innocents in Paris
1953
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
Queen Margot
1954
Matrimonial Agency
1952
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
Les Dents longues
1953
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
Louis de Funès Forever
2013
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
The Turkey
1951
The Red Rose
1951
The Respectful Prostitute
1952
Dr. Knock
1951
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
Antoine & Antoinette
1947
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
The American Beauty
1961
Law of the Streets
1956
Peek-a-boo
1954
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
Life Is a Game
1951
Small Local Trains
1960
April Fools' Day
1954
Frou-Frou
1955
The Hussars
1955
Mission in Tangier
1949
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
The Impure Ones
1954
People in Luck
1963
I Was It Three Times
1952
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
2012
Service Entrance
1954
No Exit
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
Hello Smile!
1956
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
Poison
1951
The Sleepwalker
1951
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
Without Leaving an Address
1951
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
Life Together
1958
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
She and Me
1952
The Knight of the Night
1953
Mister Taxi
1952
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
Lawless Street
1950
The Straw Lover
1951
Fugitive from Montreal
1950
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
First Communion
1950
The Game of Love
1954
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
Men Think Only of That
1954
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
Trust Me!
1954
My Brother from Senegal
1953
Some Like It... Cold
1960
I Love Only You
1949
Tourments
1954
Millionaires for One Day
1949
The Sparrows of Paris
1953
Captain Slipper
1953
Judgement of God
1952
Love Is Not a Sin
1952
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951
Bed for Two
1950
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
2020
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
The Passerby
1951
Run Away Mr. Perle
1952
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
They Were Five
1952
Babies Galore
1956
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023
Just Out
1949
Farewell Mister Grock
1950
Companions of the Night
1953
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954
Trip to America
1951
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
Daddy's Gang
1956
The Flea in the Ear
1956
To Hell with Virtue
1953
A Certain Mister
1950
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955
Six Hours to Lose
1947
Le Café liégeois
1963
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
Marriage Episodes
1954
The Babes Make the Law
1955
The Vendetta
1962
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954
La Belle au bois dormant
1954
Last Chance Castle
1947
Last Refuge
1947
The Strollers
1950
The Fighting Drummer
1952
Champions Juniors
1951
The Gamblers
1950
Adémaï at the border post
1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950
Bibi Fricotin
1951
L'art et la manière de rire
1953
The Crazy Jungle
1952
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021