8.0
8.0
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
as Guide
Louis de Funès
Acting
Born:July 31, 1914
Died:January 27, 1983(aged 68)
Birthplace:Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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CommunityBiography
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 (157 movies)
7.9
7.9
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
as Stanislas Lefort, conductor at the Paris Opera
7.7
7.7
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
7.5
7.5
Tourments
1954
as Eddy Gorlier
7.5
7.5
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
as Gino
7.4
7.4
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
as Don Salluste de Bazan
7.4
7.4
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Victor Pivert
7.4
7.4
Dr. Knock
1951
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
7.4
7.4
The Sucker
1965
as Léopold Saroyan
7.3
7.3
Oscar
1967
as Bertrand Barnier
7.3
7.3
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
as Self - Archive
7.3
7.3
La Traversée de Paris
1956
as Jambier, grocer
7.2
7.2
Joe: The Busybody
1971
as Antoine Brisebard
7.2
7.2
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Charles Duchemin
7.2
7.2
Poison
1951
as André
7.1
7.1
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
as Self (archive footage)
7.1
7.1
The Overtaxed
1959
as Ettore
7.0
7.0
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Ludovic Cruchot
7.0
7.0
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
2020
as Self (archive footage)
7.0
7.0
Law of the Streets
1956
as 'Paulo les chiens'
6.9
6.9
Queen Margot
1954
as René, l'astrologue
6.9
6.9
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
as Blaireau
6.8
6.8
The Exchange Student
1967
as Charles Bosquier
6.8
6.8
Fantomas
1964
as Commissaire Juve
6.8
6.8
Louis de Funès Forever
2013
as Himself (archive footage)
6.8
6.8
The Restaurant
1966
Writer
6.8
6.8
Small Local Trains
1960
as Émile Durand
6.8
6.8
Squeak-squeak
1963
as Léonard Monestier
6.7
6.7
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
as Commissaire Juve
6.7
6.7
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
as Commissioner Juve
6.7
6.7
Hibernatus
1969
as Hubert de Tartas
6.7
6.7
The Turkey
1951
as Le gérant
6.6
6.6
The Little Bather
1968
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
6.5
6.5
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
as Victor Garnier
6.5
6.5
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013
6.5
6.5
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Ludovic Cruchot
6.4
6.4
Toto in Madrid
1959
as Professor Montiel
6.4
6.4
The Tattoo
1968
as Félicien Mézeray
6.4
6.4
The Discord
1978
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
6.4
6.4
The Cabbage Soup
1981
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
6.3
6.3
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Ludovic Cruchot
6.3
6.3
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Ludovic Cruchot
6.3
6.3
My Brother from Senegal
1953
as Le docteur
6.3
6.3
The Miser
1980
Director
6.2
6.2
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
as Gaspard Ripeux
6.2
6.2
She and Me
1952
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
6.2
6.2
Mister Taxi
1952
as le peintre de la place du Tertre
6.1
6.1
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
as Paul Ernzer
6.1
6.1
The Hussars
1955
as le bedeau Luigi
6.1
6.1
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self (archive footage)
6.1
6.1
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
as Officier de la Gestapo
6.1
6.1
Carom Shots
1963
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
6.1
6.1
Slightly Ahead
1956
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
6.1
6.1
Antoine & Antoinette
1947
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
6.1
6.1
The One Man Band
1970
as Evan Evans
6.1
6.1
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
Screenplay
6.0
6.0
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Chief Warrant Officer Ludovic Cruchot
6.0
6.0
Fugitive from Montreal
1950
6.0
6.0
Trip to America
1951
as l'employé d'Air France
6.0
6.0
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021
6.0
6.0
Le Café liégeois
1963
as le monsieur en habit
6.0
6.0
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
6.0
6.0
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
as Pierre Cousin
6.0
6.0
Captain Slipper
1953
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
6.0
6.0
The American Beauty
1961
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
6.0
6.0
Bed for Two
1950
as The waiter
6.0
6.0
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955
6.0
6.0
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
as Self (archive footage)
6.0
6.0
Men Think Only of That
1954
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
6.0
6.0
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951
as The counselor
6.0
6.0
The Fighting Drummer
1952
as Weapon master
6.0
6.0
La Belle au bois dormant
1954
as Un astrologue
6.0
6.0
Adémaï at the border post
1950
as Soldier (uncredited)
6.0
6.0
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023
as Self (archive footage)
5.9
5.9
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
as Emile, manvalet
5.9
5.9
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
as Maurice Berger
5.9
5.9
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
as M. Chanteau
5.9
5.9
Hello Smile!
1956
as Bonoeil
5.9
5.9
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
5.8
5.8
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
5.8
5.8
To Hell with Virtue
1953
as Mr. Lorette
5.8
5.8
April Fools' Day
1954
as Le garde-champêtre
5.8
5.8
Mission in Tangier
1949
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
5.8
5.8
The Sparrows of Paris
1953
as Doctor
5.8
5.8
The Game of Love
1954
as le projectionniste ambulant
5.7
5.7
Life Together
1958
as Maître Stéphane
5.7
5.7
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as Antoine Allègre
5.7
5.7
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
as Le Barman
5.7
5.7
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
as Un habitant du quartier
5.7
5.7
Les Compagnes de la nuit
1953
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
5.7
5.7
Frou-Frou
1955
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
5.7
5.7
Service Entrance
1954
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
5.7
5.7
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)
5.7
5.7
Love Is Not a Sin
1952
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
5.6
5.6
No Exit
1954
as le garçon d'étage
5.6
5.6
Millionaires for One Day
1949
as L'avocat de Philippe
5.6
5.6
The Sleepwalker
1951
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
5.6
5.6
A Mouse with the Men
1964
as Marcel
5.6
5.6
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
as A housekeeper
5.6
5.6
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
5.6
5.6
The Knight of the Night
1953
as Adrien Verduret
5.6
5.6
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
as Pilate
5.5
5.5
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
as Léon Haudepin, general insurance agent (segment "Les Bons Vivants")
5.5
5.5
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
5.5
5.5
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
5.5
5.5
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
as l'oncle Robert
5.5
5.5
Some Like It... Cold
1960
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
5.5
5.5
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
as Self (archive footage)
5.5
5.5
People in Luck
1963
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
5.5
5.5
Champions Juniors
1951
as Le père autoritaire
5.4
5.4
Trust Me!
1954
as Tumlatum
5.4
5.4
Captain Fracasse
1961
as Scapin
5.4
5.4
Les Dents longues
1953
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
5.4
5.4
The Vendetta
1962
as Amoretti
5.4
5.4
The Gamblers
1950
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
5.4
5.4
Daddy's Gang
1956
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
5.4
5.4
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
as Jockey Jack
5.3
5.3
Perched on a Tree
1971
as Henri Roubier
5.3
5.3
The Flea in the Ear
1956
as Auguste Ferraillon
5.3
5.3
Run Away Mr. Perle
1952
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
5.3
5.3
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
5.2
5.2
They Were Five
1952
as Albert, le régisseur
5.2
5.2
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
as Paul Duvernois
5.2
5.2
Six Hours to Lose
1947
as Chauffeur of his excellency
5.1
5.1
The Red Rose
1951
as Poet who eats glasses
5.1
5.1
Babies Galore
1956
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
5.1
5.1
Matrimonial Agency
1952
as Mr. Charles
5.1
5.1
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
as Le photographe Triboudot
5.1
5.1
Du Guesclin
1949
as L'astrologue
5.1
5.1
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
as Barman
5.1
5.1
Lawless Street
1950
as Hippolyte
5.1
5.1
The Respectful Prostitute
1952
as Nightclub customer
5.0
5.0
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
5.0
5.0
I Love Only You
1949
as Le chef d'orchestre
5.0
5.0
Bibi Fricotin
1951
as Fisherman
5.0
5.0
Marriage Episodes
1954
as M. Boulingrin
5.0
5.0
The Scheming Women
1954
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
4.9
4.9
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
as Hotel director
4.9
4.9
Peek-a-boo
1954
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
4.8
4.8
Innocents in Paris
1953
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
4.7
4.7
The Passerby
1951
as The lock keeper
4.5
4.5
Life Is a Game
1951
as Thief
4.5
4.5
Last Refuge
1947
as The Driver
4.4
4.4
I Was It Three Times
1952
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
4.3
4.3
Last Chance Castle
1947
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
4.2
4.2
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950
as Constantin, domestique du baron
4.0
4.0
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
4.0
4.0
The Crazy Jungle
1952
3.8
3.8
Les impures
1954
as Le chef de train
3.7
3.7
A Certain Mister
1950
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
3.6
3.6
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
3.5
3.5
The Straw Lover
1951
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
2.8
2.8
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954
as Gardener Ravan
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)
L'art et la manière de rire
1953
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