Louis de Funès

Acting · 2.8 popularity

Age

112

Movies

171

Born: July 31, 1914 – January 27, 1983
From: 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.

Works

171 films

Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!

19667.9

The Sucker

19657.4

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

19647.0

Fantomas

19646.8

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

19826.0

The Tattoo

19686.4

The Fighting Drummer

19527.0

The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob

19737.4

The Wing or the Thigh?

19767.2

The Little Bather

19686.6

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

19796.1

The Miser

19806.3

The Cabbage Soup

19816.4

Hibernatus

19696.7

Marriage Episodes

19545.4

The Gendarme Gets Married

19686.5

Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me

19555.9

Last Refuge

19475.3

Napoleon

19556.3

A Mouse with the Men

19645.8

My Brother from Senegal

19536.8

19717.2

Delusions of Grandeur

19717.4

Just Out

19498.0

Poison

19517.2

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

19676.7

The Gendarme Takes Off

19706.3

The Exchange Student

19676.8

Fantomas Unleashed

19656.7

Neither Seen Nor Recognized

19586.8

Six Hours to Lose

19476.2

The Gendarme in New York

19656.3

The Restaurant

19666.8

Squeak-squeak

19636.8

Louis de Funès Intime

20077.3

The Respectful Prostitute

19525.3

The Discord

19786.4

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

19625.7

Without Leaving an Address

19516.4

Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain

20227.1

Le Café liégeois

19636.0

Perched on a Tree

19715.3

Peek-a-boo

19545.0

Wolves Hunt at Night

19525.8

Les Dents longues

19535.8

Queen Margot

19547.1

The One Man Band

19706.0

Captain Fracasse

19615.5

La Traversée de Paris

19567.3

The Seven Deadly Sins

19526.0

The Sheep Has Five Legs

19545.8

Trip to America

19516.5

Carom Shots

19636.1

The Knight of the Night

19536.1

Antoine & Antoinette

19476.2

The Turkey

19517.1

The Passerby

19516.0

Let's Rob the Bank

19646.5

L'Âge d'or de la pub

20236.5

Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight

19585.9

Oscar

19677.3

How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning

19655.6

Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress

20197.7

The Gentleman from Epsom

19626.2

Champions Juniors

19516.7

L'art et la manière de rire

1953

La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président

20227.2

Mädchen ohne Grenzen

19558.0

The Overtaxed

19597.1

Dr. Knock

19517.4

Papa, Mama, the Maid and I

19545.7

Meeting with Joe: The Busybody

2011

Inside a Girls' Dormitory

19535.4

The Virtuous Scoundrel

19536.1

Dandelions by the Roots

19645.4

Slightly Ahead

19566.2

My Friend Sainfoin

19507.7

Adémaï at the border post

19507.0

People in Luck

19635.5

Lightly and Shortly Dressed

19535.4

We Will Go to Deauville

19625.8

Law of the Streets

19567.5

Some Like It... Cold

19605.6

The Straw Lover

19514.7

Millionaires for One Day

19496.0

Strange Desire of Mr. Bard

19546.3

The Secret of Helene Marimon

19544.2

Hello Smile!

19566.1

The American Beauty

19616.0

If Paris Were Told to Us

19565.9

De Gaulle, the Last King of France

20177.0

Les Rois de la comédie

20236.3

The Impure Ones

19544.2

No Exit

19545.9

Frou-Frou

19556.0

Innocents in Paris

19535.2

They Were Five

19525.6

Toto in Madrid

19596.5

No Vacation for Mr. Mayor

19517.5

The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne

19546.3

Service Entrance

19546.2

The Gamblers

19505.9

The Temptation of Barbizon

19465.8

The Tour of the Grand Dukes

19535.5

Farewell Mister Grock

19505.8

Run Away Mr. Perle

19526.0

Crazy in the Noodle

19576.1

In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!

19616.3

The Vendetta

19625.8

Louis de Funès Forever

20136.8

Mister Taxi

19526.4

Small Local Trains

19606.8

Captain Slipper

19536.4

The Crazy Jungle

19524.0

Bourvil, un homme vrai

20166.0

Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century

19606.4

Crime Does Not Pay

19625.5

Twelve Hours to Live

19506.2

I Love Only You

19495.6

The Hussars

19556.0

Babies Galore

19565.2

First Communion

19506.3

The Sleepwalker

19516.0

The Scheming Women

19545.6

April Fools' Day

19545.9

Du Guesclin

19495.4

Louis de Funès, le rire éternel

20236.0

The Strollers

19505.4

The Game of Love

19545.8

Trust Me!

19546.2

The Sparrows of Paris

19536.0

Mr. Leguignon Lampiste

19525.9

La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès

20207.1

Judgement of God

19525.4

The Impossible Mr. Pipelet

19556.0

Bibi Fricotin

19515.7

Life Together

19586.1

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

20036.1

Matrimonial Agency

19525.6

The Red Rose

19515.6

Mademoiselle Nitouche

19545.8

La Belle au bois dormant

19545.0

A Certain Mister

19505.3

The Flea in the Ear

19565.3

Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire

2014

Daddy's Gang

19565.8

Not Any Weekend for Our Love

19505.2

Companions of the Night

19536.3

Bed for Two

19507.0

Lawless Street

19505.4

I Was It Three Times

19524.8

My Pal the Gypsy

19594.5

Fugitive from Montreal

19506.5

The King of the Bla Bla Bla

19507.3

Louis de Funès champion du box office

20216.0

Mission in Tangier

19496.0

Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur

20216.0

Tourments

19545.9

Last Chance Castle

19475.0

My Wife Is Formidable

19514.5

Love Is Not a Sin

19526.8

Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model

19556.3

Men Think Only of That

19546.3

To Hell with Virtue

19536.3

Cruise for the Unknown One

19486.7

The Babes Make the Law

19556.3

Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son

2013

Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille

20155.5

Life Is a Game

19515.3

She and Me

19526.4

Il était une fois... Louis de Funès

20136.5