Louis de Funès
Acting
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.
Born: July 31, 1914
Place of Birth: Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Known For
My Friend Sainfoin
The honeymoon in Italy of Guillaume and Eugénie de Puycharmois escorted by friend Sainfoin, a second-hand driver. Sainfoin's humor displeases Eugenie. Guillaume takes the wheel in such a way that it is necessary to hire a "driver", Yolande. Jealous, Eugenie asks Sainfoin to conquer Yolande. In the working car, two happy couples drive through the Italian landscapes.
Le Grand Échiquier
Cinépanorama
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
During World War II, two French civilians and a downed British Bomber Crew set out from Paris to cross the demarcation line between Nazi-occupied Northern France and the South. From there they will be able to escape to England. First, they must avoid German troops – and the consequences of their own blunders.
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
An account of the last two centuries of the Anthropocene, the Age of Man. How human beings have progressed so much in such a short time through war and the selfish interests of a few, belligerent politicians and captains of industry, damaging the welfare of the majority of mankind, impoverishing the weakest, greedily devouring the limited resources of the Earth.
Les Rois de la comédie
At the end of the 1950s, four humor specialists simultaneously experienced recognition. Fernandel with “The Cow and the Prisoner”, Bourvil with “The Hunchback”, Jacques Tati with “My Uncle” and Louis de Funès with “Oscar” at the theater. On the big screen or on stage, each of these artists has a unique style of humor. They are the kings of French comedy. But how did they manage to become true box office champions? How did they experience their immense popularity? How do they still influence the comedy genre? And above all, are- are they funny in life? Where is the line between their character in the cinema and their real personality?
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Prosper Bourrache, who has the gift of the gab, is natural born street vendor. Due to a mistake he gets involved in the burglary of a shady banker's house. In fact, the whole operation is a setup. But Prosper will finally get away with it, have the crooked financier arrested and pinch his girlfriend away from him.
Delusions of Grandeur
Don Sallust is the minister of the King of Spain. Being disingenuous, hypocritical, greedy and collecting the taxes for himself, he is hated by the people he oppresses. Accused by The Queen, a beautiful princess Bavarian, of having an illegitimate child to one of her maids of honor, he was stripped of his duties and ordered to retire to a monastery.
Dr. Knock
Saint-Maurice, an ordinary peaceful village, lived healthily so much so that the local doctor's practice was scant. But that was before Dr. Parpalaid retired and was replaced by a charlatan by the name of Knock. A real genius this one, for he soon managed to persuade everyone that they were ill. And not only didn't they resent him but they even loved their physician, who made a fortune and brought prosperity to the village by turning it into a big hospital.
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by Slimane, an Arab rebel leader. The two dress up as rabbis as they try to elude not only assasins from Slimane's country, but also the police, who think Pivert is a murderer. Pivert ends up posing as Rabbi Jacob, a beloved figure who's returned to France for his first visit after 30 years in the United States. Adding to the confusion are Pivert's dentist-wife, who thinks her husband is leaving her for another woman, their daughter, who's about to get married, and a Parisian neighborhood filled with people eager to celebrate the return of Rabbi Jacob.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
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as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Himself (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Louis de Funès
as Self - Archive
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
as Self
as (archive footage)
as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
as Harpagon
as Ludovic Cruchot
as Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
as Charles Duchemin
as Self
as Self
as Self - Guest
as Victor Pivert
as Self
as Don Salluste de Bazan
as Self (archive footage)
as Antoine Brisebard
as Self
as Henri Roubier
as Ludovic Cruchot
as Evan Evans
as Hubert de Tartas
as Ludovic Cruchot
as Félicien Mézeray
as Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
as Charles Bosquier
as Bertrand Barnier
as Commissaire Juve
as Stanislas Lefort
as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
as Commissaire Juve
as Ludovic Cruchot
as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
as Léopold Saroyan
as Commissaire Juve
as Ludovic Cruchot
as Marcel
as Jacques, le cousin de Jérôme, dit « Jockey-Jack », petit truand
as Victor Garnier
as le monsieur en habit
as Léonard Monestier
as Norbert Charolais, Directeur Général du 321
as Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Le Gros Lot")
as Ludovic Lamberjacques
as Gaspard Ripeux
as Antoine Vaillant, l'escroc
as Barman
as Amoretti
as Paul Ernzer
as Police station secretary / Head of personnel
as Scapin
as Émile Durand
as Officier de la Gestapo
as Ange Galopin, creditor who wants to recover the money
as Mr. Védrines, publisher
as Ettore
as Professor Montiel
as Maurice Berger
as Maître Stéphane
as Blaireau
as Pierre Cousin
as Jambier, grocer
as Le père Graziani, faux religieux ; Prosper le faux garçon d'écurie ; le faux colonel Luc de La Frapinière
as Auguste Ferraillon
as Célestin Ratier, représentant des industries de l'enfance
as l'inspecteur principal Victor Eugène Merlerin
as 'Paulo les chiens'
as Bonoeil
as Self
as Antoine Allègre
as le bedeau Luigi
as M. Calomel, voisin à l'étage au-dessus
as l'oncle Robert
as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
as Jeannot la Bonne Affaire, le barman du "Lotus
as Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited)
as D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
as le garçon d'étage
as Mr. Calomel, neighbor on the floor above
as René, l'astrologue
as Michel Lebœuf, le commissaire de la brigade des mœurs
as Pilate
as Cesare Grimaldi, le père, artiste italien
as M. Boulingrin
as Le garde-champêtre
as Célosso, Spanish husband of the Russian Countess
as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
as Tumlatum
as Gardener Ravan
as Eddy Gorlier
as A housekeeper
as Un astrologue
as Mr Marcange, l'auteur de la pièce
as Le chef de train
as le projectionniste ambulant
as M. Chanteau
as Adrien Verduret
as Le docteur
as Paul Duvernois
as Le photographe Triboudot
as Mr. Rachoux, bank director
as Un Client qui joue aux cartes
as Célestin, le chauffeur de taxi
as Mr. Lorette
as Doctor
as Hotel director
as l'employé du laboratoire photo
as Emile, manvalet
as le garçon de café qui embrasse Juliette
as Weapon master
as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
as Nightclub customer
as le peintre de la place du Tertre
as L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent (uncredited)
as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
as Mr. Charles
as Un habitant du quartier
as Martin Gaston, the Frenchman (segment "La Paresse")
as Le Barman
as Albert, le régisseur
as Le skieur qui cherche une chambre d'hôtel
as André
as Le gérant
as The counselor
as l'employé d'Air France
as Thief
as The lock keeper
as Anatole, the suspicious husband
as Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
as Poet who eats glasses
as Le futur papa qui lit le journal
as Bruno, the psychiatrist
as Pêcheur
as Le père autoritaire
as Piotr Petrovitch Shvokhnev
as Hippolyte
as Mr. Vincent, hardware store (uncredited)
as Gino
as Soldier (uncredited)
as The waiter
as Thomas Boudeboeuf, journaliste à L'Avenir Sauveterrois
as Guide
as Constantin, domestique du baron
as Spectator (uncredited)
as L'avocat de Philippe
as (uncredited)
as Le chef d'orchestre
as Spanish General at the Cabaret
as L'astrologue
as The cook (uncredited)
as Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce
as The Driver
as Le client du bar qui reçoit Yolande dans ses bras ("scène avec N. Nattier et J. Marchat")
as Chauffeur of his excellency
as Le portier du cabaret "Le Paradis" (uncredited)