Louis de Funès
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-07-31
- Died:
- 1983-01-27
- Place of birth:
- Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
Les Rois de la comédie
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
Louis de Funès champion du box office
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
Bourvil, un homme vrai
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
Louis de Funès Forever
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
Louis de Funès, inoubliable
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
Louis de Funès Intime
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
Sacrée soirée
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Champs-Elysées
The Cabbage Soup
The Miser
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
The Discord
The Wing or the Thigh?
Numéro un
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Am laufenden Band
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
Midi trente
Le Grand Échiquier
Delusions of Grandeur
Cadet Rousselle
Jo
V.I.P. Schaukel
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
Le Café liégeois
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!
Cinépanorama
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
Queen Margot
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
La Belle au bois dormant
The Scheming Women
The Impure Ones
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
Companions of the Night
Innocents in Paris
To Hell with Virtue
The Sparrows of Paris
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
Les Dents longues
The Virtuous Scoundrel
L'art et la manière de rire
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
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
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
First Communion
Adémaï at the border post
Bed for Two
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