Louis de Funès

Louis de Funès (68)

1914-07-31 - 1983-01-27 | Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

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.

On Movies

  • The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
  • The Cabbage Soup
  • The Miser
  • The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
  • The Discord
  • The Wing or the Thigh?
  • The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
  • Delusions of Grandeur
  • Joe: The Busybody
  • Perched on a Tree
  • The Gendarme Takes Off
  • The One Man Band
  • Hibernatus
  • The Gendarme Gets Married
  • The Tattoo
  • The Little Bather
  • The Exchange Student
  • Oscar
  • Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
  • Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
  • The Restaurant
  • Fantomas Unleashed
  • The Gendarme in New York
  • How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
  • The Sucker
  • Fantomas
  • Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
  • A Mouse with the Men
  • Dandelions by the Roots
  • Let's Rob the Bank
  • Squeak-squeak
  • Carom Shots
  • People in Luck
  • We Will Go to Deauville
  • The Gentleman from Epsom
  • The Devil and the Ten Commandments
  • Crime Does Not Pay
  • The Vendetta
  • In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
  • The American Beauty
  • Captain Fracasse
  • Small Local Trains
  • Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
  • Some Like It... Cold
  • My Pal the Gypsy
  • The Overtaxed
  • Toto in Madrid
  • Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
  • Life Together
  • Neither Seen Nor Recognized
  • Crazy in the Noodle
  • La Traversée de Paris
  • Slightly Ahead
  • The Flea in the Ear
  • Babies Galore
  • Daddy's Gang
  • Law of the Streets
  • Hello Smile!
  • If Paris Were Told to Us
  • Mädchen ohne Grenzen
  • The Hussars
  • Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
  • The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
  • Frou-Frou
  • The Babes Make the Law
  • Napoleon
  • Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
  • No Exit
  • Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
  • Peek-a-boo
  • The Sheep Has Five Legs
  • Marriage Episodes
  • Service Entrance
  • April Fools' Day
  • Men Think Only of That
  • The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
  • Trust Me!
  • The Secret of Helene Marimon
  • Tourments
  • Mademoiselle Nitouche
  • Les impures
  • The Game of Love
  • Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
  • The Knight of the Night
  • My Brother from Senegal
  • Lightly and Shortly Dressed
  • Inside a Girls' Dormitory
  • Captain Slipper
  • Les Compagnes de la nuit
  • Innocents in Paris
  • To Hell with Virtue
  • The Sparrows of Paris
  • The Tour of the Grand Dukes
  • Les Dents longues
  • The Virtuous Scoundrel
  • She and Me
  • The Fighting Drummer
  • Run Away Mr. Perle
  • I Was It Three Times
  • The Crazy Jungle
  • The Respectful Prostitute
  • Mister Taxi
  • Judgement of God
  • Love Is Not a Sin
  • Matrimonial Agency
  • Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
  • The Seven Deadly Sins
  • Wolves Hunt at Night
  • They Were Five
  • My Wife Is Formidable
  • Poison
  • The Turkey
  • Trip to America
  • Life Is a Game
  • The Passerby
  • The Sleepwalker
  • Dr. Knock
  • The Red Rose
  • Without Leaving an Address
  • The Straw Lover
  • Bibi Fricotin
  • Champions Juniors
  • The Gamblers
  • Lawless Street
  • The Strollers
  • Fugitive from Montreal
  • The King of the Bla Bla Bla
  • Twelve Hours to Live
  • Adémaï at the border post
  • A Certain Mister
  • My Friend Sainfoin
  • Not Any Weekend for Our Love
  • Farewell Mister Grock
  • Millionaires for One Day
  • Just Out
  • I Love Only You
  • Mission in Tangier
  • Du Guesclin
  • Cruise for the Unknown One
  • Antoine & Antoinette
  • Last Refuge
  • Last Chance Castle
  • Six Hours to Lose
  • The Temptation of Barbizon

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