Acting
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.
Filmography
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Film · 2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Film · 2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Film · 2023
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
Film · 2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Film · 2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Film · 2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office
Film · 2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Film · 2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
Film · 2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Film · 2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Film · 2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Film · 2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Film · 2014
Louis de Funès Forever
Film · 2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Film · 2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Film · 2013
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
Series · 2012
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
Film · 2011
Louis de Funès Intime
Film · 2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Film · 2003
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Cabbage Soup
Film · 1981
The Miser
Film · 1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Film · 1979
The Discord
Film · 1978
The Wing or the Thigh?
Film · 1976
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Numéro un
Series · 1975
Am laufenden Band
Series · 1974
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Film · 1973
Le Grand Échiquier
Series · 1972
Midi trente
Series · 1972
Perched on a Tree
Film · 1971
Jo
Film · 1971
Delusions of Grandeur
Film · 1971
V.I.P. Schaukel
Series · 1971
Cadet Rousselle
Series · 1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
Film · 1970
The One Man Band
Film · 1970
Hibernatus
Film · 1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
Film · 1968
The Tattoo
Film · 1968
The Little Bather
Film · 1968
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
Film · 1967
Oscar
Film · 1967
The Exchange Student
Film · 1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
Film · 1966
The Restaurant
Film · 1966
Fantomas Unleashed
Film · 1965
The Gendarme in New York
Film · 1965
The Sucker
Film · 1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Film · 1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Film · 1965
Fantomas
Film · 1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Film · 1964
A Mouse with the Men
Film · 1964
Let's Rob the Bank
Film · 1964
Dandelions by the Roots
Film · 1964
Squeak-squeak
Film · 1963
Carom Shots
Film · 1963
People in Luck
Film · 1963
Le Café liégeois
Film · 1963
The Gentleman from Epsom
Film · 1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Film · 1962
We Will Go to Deauville
Film · 1962
The Vendetta
Film · 1962
Crime Does Not Pay
Film · 1962
Captain Fracasse
Film · 1961
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
Film · 1961
The American Beauty
Film · 1961
Some Like It... Cold
Film · 1960
Small Local Trains
Film · 1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Film · 1960
Toto in Madrid
Film · 1959
The Overtaxed
Film · 1959
My Pal the Gypsy
Film · 1959
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
Film · 1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Film · 1958
Life Together
Film · 1958
Crazy in the Noodle
Film · 1957
If Paris Were Told to Us
Film · 1956
La Traversée de Paris
Film · 1956
Babies Galore
Film · 1956
Hello Smile!
Film · 1956
Daddy's Gang
Film · 1956
Slightly Ahead
Film · 1956
The Flea in the Ear
Film · 1956
Law of the Streets
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Frou-Frou
Film · 1955
The Hussars
Film · 1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Film · 1955
The Babes Make the Law
Film · 1955
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
Film · 1955
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
Film · 1955
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
Film · 1955
Napoleon
Film · 1955
April Fools' Day
Film · 1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Film · 1954
Peek-a-boo
Film · 1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Film · 1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
Film · 1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Film · 1954
The Scheming Women
Film · 1954
The Game of Love
Film · 1954
Trust Me!
Film · 1954
The Impure Ones
Film · 1954
The Secret of Helene Marimon
Film · 1954
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Film · 1954
Men Think Only of That
Film · 1954
Tourments
Film · 1954
La Belle au bois dormant
Film · 1954
Marriage Episodes
Film · 1954
Service Entrance
Film · 1954
No Exit
Film · 1954
Queen Margot
Film · 1954
The Virtuous Scoundrel
Film · 1953
My Brother from Senegal
Film · 1953
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
Film · 1953
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
Film · 1953
To Hell with Virtue
Film · 1953
The Knight of the Night
Film · 1953
Captain Slipper
Film · 1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Film · 1953
Companions of the Night
Film · 1953
The Sparrows of Paris
Film · 1953
Innocents in Paris
Film · 1953
L'art et la manière de rire
Film · 1953
Les Dents longues
Film · 1953
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Film · 1952
She and Me
Film · 1952
Mister Taxi
Film · 1952
Judgement of God
Film · 1952
The Fighting Drummer
Film · 1952
The Crazy Jungle
Film · 1952
Love Is Not a Sin
Film · 1952
Run Away Mr. Perle
Film · 1952
The Respectful Prostitute
Film · 1952
Wolves Hunt at Night
Film · 1952
Matrimonial Agency
Film · 1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
Film · 1952
I Was It Three Times
Film · 1952
They Were Five
Film · 1952
The Sleepwalker
Film · 1951
Bibi Fricotin
Film · 1951
The Passerby
Film · 1951
Life Is a Game
Film · 1951
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
Film · 1951
My Wife Is Formidable
Film · 1951
The Turkey
Film · 1951
Without Leaving an Address
Film · 1951
Champions Juniors
Film · 1951
The Red Rose
Film · 1951
Dr. Knock
Film · 1951
The Straw Lover
Film · 1951
Poison
Film · 1951
Trip to America
Film · 1951
Twelve Hours to Live
Film · 1950
A Certain Mister
Film · 1950
My Friend Sainfoin
Film · 1950
Bed for Two
Film · 1950
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Film · 1950
Fugitive from Montreal
Film · 1950
Lawless Street
Film · 1950
The Gamblers
Film · 1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Film · 1950
The Strollers
Film · 1950
Farewell Mister Grock
Film · 1950
Adémaï at the border post
Film · 1950
First Communion
Film · 1950
Just Out
Film · 1949
Mission in Tangier
Film · 1949
I Love Only You
Film · 1949
Millionaires for One Day
Film · 1949
Du Guesclin
Film · 1949
Cruise for the Unknown One
Film · 1948
Last Refuge
Film · 1947
Antoine & Antoinette
Film · 1947
Six Hours to Lose
Film · 1947
Last Chance Castle
Film · 1947
The Temptation of Barbizon
Film · 1946