Louis de Funès
Age: N/A | From: Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Aliases: Louis de Funes , Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza , L. de Funès , Луи де Фюнес , Λουί ντε Φυνές , ლუი დე ფიუნესი , لویی دوفونس
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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Movie Involvements: 43
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Am laufenden Band
(1974) Self - Guest
Midi trente
(1972) Self
Le Grand Échiquier
(1972) Self
Numéro un
(1975) Self
Cadet Rousselle
(1971) Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Inoubliable
(2012) Louis de Funès
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
(2019) Self (archive footage)
The Seven Deadly Sins
(1952) Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "Sloth")Acting
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2021 | N/A | |
| N/A | ||
| 2020 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2019 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2016 | Self | |
| 2015 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2014 | N/A | |
| 2013 | Himself (archive footage) | |
| N/A | ||
| 2012 | Louis de Funès | |
| 2007 | Self - Archive | |
| 2003 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1987 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 1982 | Ludovic Cruchot | |
| Self | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 1981 | Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude) | |
| 1980 | Harpagon | |
| 1979 | Ludovic Cruchot | |
| 1978 | Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze | |
| 1976 | Charles Duchemin | |
| 1975 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Self - Guest | |
| 1973 | Victor Pivert | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1971 | Don Salluste de Bazan | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Antoine Brisebard | ||
| Self | ||
| Henri Roubier | ||
| 1970 | Ludovic Cruchot | |
| Evan Evans | ||
| 1969 | Hubert de Tartas | |
| 1968 | Ludovic Cruchot | |
| Félicien Mézeray | ||
| Louis-Philippe Fourchaume | ||
| 1967 | Charles Bosquier | |
| Bertrand Barnier | ||
| Commissioner Juve | ||
| 1966 | Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera | |
| M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien | ||
| 1965 | Commissaire Juve | |
| Ludovic Cruchot | ||
| Léon Haudepin, general insurance agent (segment "Les Bons Vivants") | ||
| Léopold Saroyan | ||
| 1964 | Commissaire Juve | |
| Ludovic Cruchot | ||
| Marcel | ||
| Jockey Jack | ||
| Victor Garnier | ||
| 1963 | le monsieur en habit | |
| Léonard Monestier | ||
| Norbert Charolais, General Director of 321 | ||
| Antoine Beaurepaire (« Le Gros Lot ») | ||
| 1962 | Ludovic Lamberjacques | |
| Gaspard Ripeux | ||
| Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc | ||
| Barman | ||
| Amoretti | ||
| 1961 | Paul Ernzer | |
| Police station secretary / Head of personnel | ||
| Scapin | ||
| 1960 | Émile Durand | |
| Officier de la Gestapo | ||
| Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money | ||
| 1959 | Mr. Védrines, publisher | |
| Ettore | ||
| Professor Montiel | ||
| 1958 | Maurice Berger | |
| Maître Stéphane | ||
| Blaireau | ||
| 1957 | Pierre Cousin | |
| 1956 | Jambier, grocer | |
| Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière | ||
| Auguste Ferraillon | ||
| Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance | ||
| l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin | ||
| "Paulo les chiens" | ||
| Bonoeil | ||
| Self | ||
| Antoine Allègre | ||
| 1955 | N/A | |
| le bedeau Luigi | ||
| M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus | ||
| l'oncle Robert | ||
| le colonel Cousinet-Duval | ||
| Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus | ||
| Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited) | ||
| D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer | ||
| 1954 | le garçon d'étage | |
| Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above | ||
| Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs | ||
| Pilate | ||
| M. Boulingrin | ||
| Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien | ||
| Le garde-champêtre | ||
| Célosso - le mari espagnol de la comtesse russe | ||
| Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot | ||
| Tumlatum | ||
| Gardener Ravan | ||
| Eddy Gorlier | ||
| A housekeeper | ||
| Un astrologue | ||
| Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce | ||
| Le chef de train | ||
| le projectionniste ambulant | ||
| M. Chanteau | ||
| 1953 | Adrien Verduret | |
| Le docteur | ||
| Paul Duvernois | ||
| Le photographe Triboudot | ||
| M. Rachoux, le directeur de la banque | ||
| Un Client qui joue aux cartes | ||
| Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi | ||
| Mr. Lorette | ||
| Doctor | ||
| Hotel director | ||
| l'employé du laboratoire photo | ||
| Emile, manvalet | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1952 | le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette | |
| Weapon master | ||
| Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo | ||
| L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Nightclub customer | ||
| le peintre de la place du Tertre | ||
| L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited) | ||
| Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F. | ||
| Mr. Charles | ||
| Un habitant du quartier | ||
| Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "Sloth") | ||
| Le Barman | ||
| Albert, le régisseur | ||
| 1951 | Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel | |
| André | ||
| Le gérant | ||
| The counselor | ||
| l'employé d'Air France | ||
| Anatole, le mari soupçonneux | ||
| Thief | ||
| The lock keeper | ||
| Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited) | ||
| Poet who eats glasses | ||
| Le futur papa qui lit le journal | ||
| Bruno, the psychiatrist | ||
| Fisherman | ||
| Le père autoritaire | ||
| 1950 | Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev | |
| Hippolyte | ||
| Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited) | ||
| N/A | ||
| Gino | ||
| N/A | ||
| Soldier (uncredited) | ||
| The waiter | ||
| Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois | ||
| Guide | ||
| Constantin, domestique du baron | ||
| Spectator (uncredited) | ||
| 1949 | L'avocat de Philippe | |
| (uncredited) | ||
| Le chef d'orchestre | ||
| Spanish General at the Cabaret | ||
| L'astrologue | ||
| 1948 | The cook (uncredited) | |
| 1947 | Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce | |
| The Driver | ||
| Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat") | ||
| Chauffeur of his excellency | ||
| 1946 | Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited) | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Author | |
| 1980 | Screenplay | |
| 1979 | Screenplay | |
| 1967 | Adaptation | |
| 1966 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |