Known For
Acting
Born
Jul 31, 1914
Died
Jan 27, 1983
Place of Birth
Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Credits
182 titles
Louis de Funès
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.
Known For
Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage)
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Self (archive footage)
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Louis de Funès champion du box office
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Self (archive footage)
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Self (archive footage)
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Self (archive footage)
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Self (archive footage)
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Louis de Funès Forever
Himself (archive footage)
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
Louis de Funès
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
Self (archive footage)
Louis de Funès Intime
Self - Archive
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Self (archive footage)
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Cabbage Soup
Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
The Miser
Harpagon
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Ludovic Cruchot
The Discord
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
The Wing or the Thigh?
Charles Duchemin
Numéro un
Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
Am laufenden Band
Self - Guest
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Victor Pivert
Midi trente
Self
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Salluste de Bazan
Cadet Rousselle
Self (archive footage)
Jo
Antoine Brisebard
V.I.P. Schaukel
Self
Perched on a Tree
Henri Roubier
The Gendarme Takes Off
Ludovic Cruchot
The One Man Band
Evan Evans
Hibernatus
Hubert de Tartas
The Gendarme Gets Married
Ludovic Cruchot
The Tattoo
Félicien Mézeray
The Little Bather
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
The Exchange Student
Charles Bosquier
Oscar
Bertrand Barnier
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Commissaire Juve
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Stanislas Lefort
The Restaurant
M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien