Louis de Funès
Acting
Born July 31, 1914 · 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.
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
2020
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014
Louis de Funès Forever
2013
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
Louis de Funès Intime
2007
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
The Cabbage Soup
1981
The Miser
1980
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
The Discord
1978
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
Delusions of Grandeur
1971
Joe: The Busybody
1971
Perched on a Tree
1971
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
The One Man Band
1970
Hibernatus
1969
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
The Tattoo
1968
The Little Bather
1968
The Exchange Student
1967
Oscar
1967
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966
The Restaurant
1966
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
The Gendarme in New York
1965
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965
The Sucker
1965
Fantomas
1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
A Mouse with the Men
1964
Dandelions by the Roots
1964
Let's Rob the Bank
1964
Le Café liégeois
1963
Squeak-squeak
1963
Carom Shots
1963
People in Luck
1963
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
Crime Does Not Pay
1962
The Vendetta
1962
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961
The American Beauty
1961
Captain Fracasse
1961
Small Local Trains
1960
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960
Some Like It... Cold
1960
My Pal the Gypsy
1959
The Overtaxed
1959
Toto in Madrid
1959
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958
Life Together
1958
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
La Traversée de Paris
1956
Slightly Ahead
1956
The Flea in the Ear
1956
Babies Galore
1956
Daddy's Gang
1956
Law of the Streets
1956
Hello Smile!
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955
The Hussars
1955
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955
Frou-Frou
1955
The Babes Make the Law
1955
Napoleon
1955
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955
No Exit
1954
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954
Queen Margot
1954
Peek-a-boo
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
Marriage Episodes
1954
Service Entrance
1954
April Fools' Day
1954
Men Think Only of That
1954
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954
Trust Me!
1954
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954
Tourments
1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
La Belle au bois dormant
1954
The Scheming Women
1954
The Impure Ones
1954
The Game of Love
1954
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954
The Knight of the Night
1953
My Brother from Senegal
1953
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
Captain Slipper
1953
Companions of the Night
1953
Innocents in Paris
1953
To Hell with Virtue
1953
The Sparrows of Paris
1953
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953
Les Dents longues
1953
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953
L'art et la manière de rire
1953
She and Me
1952
The Fighting Drummer
1952
Run Away Mr. Perle
1952
I Was It Three Times
1952
The Crazy Jungle
1952
The Respectful Prostitute
1952
Mister Taxi
1952
Judgement of God
1952
Love Is Not a Sin
1952
Matrimonial Agency
1952
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952
They Were Five
1952
My Wife Is Formidable
1951
Poison
1951
The Turkey
1951
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951
Trip to America
1951
Life Is a Game
1951
The Passerby
1951
The Sleepwalker
1951
Dr. Knock
1951
The Red Rose
1951
Without Leaving an Address
1951
The Straw Lover
1951
Bibi Fricotin
1951
Champions Juniors
1951
The Gamblers
1950
Lawless Street
1950
The Strollers
1950
Fugitive from Montreal
1950
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950
Twelve Hours to Live
1950
Adémaï at the border post
1950
Bed for Two
1950
A Certain Mister
1950
My Friend Sainfoin
1950
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950
Farewell Mister Grock
1950
Millionaires for One Day
1949
Just Out
1949
I Love Only You
1949
Mission in Tangier
1949
Du Guesclin
1949
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948
Antoine & Antoinette
1947
Last Refuge
1947
Last Chance Castle
1947
Six Hours to Lose
1947
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946