Louis de Funès
Acting
Born: Jul 31, 1914 — Died: Jan 27, 1983
From: Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Credits: 30 titles
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 …
Filmography
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louis de Funès, le rire éternel | Self (archive footage) | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | 2023 | 6.3 |
| Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur | 2021 | 6.0 | |
| The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes | Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot | 1982 | 6.019 |
| The Cabbage Soup | Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude) | 1981 | 6.377 |
| The Miser | Harpagon | 1980 | 6.332 |
| The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space | Ludovic Cruchot | 1979 | 6.062 |
| The Discord | Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze | 1978 | 6.388 |
| The Wing or the Thigh? | Charles Duchemin | 1976 | 7.209 |
| The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob | Victor Pivert | 1973 | 7.389 |
| Perched on a Tree | Henri Roubier | 1971 | 5.323 |
| Joe: The Busybody | Antoine Brisebard | 1971 | 7.222 |
| The Gendarme Takes Off | Ludovic Cruchot | 1970 | 6.344 |
| The One Man Band | Evan Evans | 1970 | 6.038 |
| Hibernatus | Hubert de Tartas | 1969 | 6.718 |
| The Gendarme Gets Married | Ludovic Cruchot | 1968 | 6.513 |
| The Tattoo | Félicien Mézeray | 1968 | 6.416 |
| Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard | Commissaire Juve | 1967 | 6.724 |
| Oscar | Bertrand Barnier | 1967 | 7.315 |
| The Exchange Student | Charles Bosquier | 1967 | 6.848 |
| Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! | Stanislas Lefort | 1966 | 7.921 |
| Fantomas Unleashed | Commissaire Juve | 1965 | 6.741 |
| The Gendarme in New York | Ludovic Cruchot | 1965 | 6.308 |
| The Sucker | Léopold Saroyan | 1965 | 7.374 |
| Fantomas | Commissaire Juve | 1964 | 6.819 |
| Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Ludovic Cruchot | 1964 | 7.046 |
| Squeak-squeak | Léonard Monestier | 1963 | 6.795 |
| Captain Fracasse | Scapin | 1961 | 5.403 |
| The Sleepwalker | Anatole, the suspicious husband | 1951 | 6.0 |
| Twelve Hours to Live | 1950 | 6.154 | |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1914 |
| From | Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France |