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.
171 movies · 11 shows
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023·6.5
Louis de Funès, le rire éternel
2023·6.0
Les Rois de la comédie
2023·6.3
Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
2022·7.1
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
2022·7.2
Louis de Funès, Créature/Créateur
2021·6.0
Louis de Funès champion du box office
2021·6.0
La Folle Aventure de Louis de Funès
2020·7.1
Breakpoint: A Counter History of Progress
2019·7.7
De Gaulle, the Last King of France
2017·7.0
Bourvil, un homme vrai
2016·6.0
Le Tournage du Corniaud… Tout sauf un long fleuve tranquille
2015·5.5
Louis de Funès, 100 ans de Rire
2014·0.0
Louis de Funès Forever
2013·6.8
Il était une fois... Louis de Funès
2013·6.5
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013·0.0
Meeting with Joe: The Busybody
2011·0.0
Louis de Funès Intime
2007·7.3
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003·6.1
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982·6.0
The Cabbage Soup
1981·6.4
The Miser
1980·6.3
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979·6.1
The Discord
1978·6.4
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976·7.2
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973·7.4
Delusions of Grandeur
1971·7.4
Jo
1971·7.2
Perched on a Tree
1971·5.3
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970·6.3
The One Man Band
1970·6.0
Hibernatus
1969·6.7
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968·6.5
The Tattoo
1968·6.4
The Little Bather
1968·6.6
The Exchange Student
1967·6.8
Oscar
1967·7.3
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967·6.7
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966·7.9
The Restaurant
1966·6.8
Fantomas Unleashed
1965·6.7
The Gendarme in New York
1965·6.3
How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965·5.6
The Sucker
1965·7.4
Fantomas
1964·6.8
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964·7.0
A Mouse with the Men
1964·5.8
Dandelions by the Roots
1964·5.4
Let's Rob the Bank
1964·6.5
Le Café liégeois
1963·6.0
Squeak-squeak
1963·6.8
Carom Shots
1963·6.1
People in Luck
1963·5.5
We Will Go to Deauville
1962·5.8
The Gentleman from Epsom
1962·6.2
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962·5.7
Crime Does Not Pay
1962·5.5
The Vendetta
1962·5.8
In The Water... Which Makes Bubbles!
1961·6.3
The American Beauty
1961·6.0
Captain Fracasse
1961·5.5
Small Local Trains
1960·6.8
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
1960·6.4
Some Like It... Cold
1960·5.6
My Pal the Gypsy
1959·4.5
The Overtaxed
1959·7.1
Toto in Madrid
1959·6.5
Taxi, Trailer and Bullfight
1958·5.9
Life Together
1958·6.1
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
1958·6.8
Crazy in the Noodle
1957·6.1
La Traversée de Paris
1956·7.3
Slightly Ahead
1956·6.2
The Flea in the Ear
1956·5.3
Babies Galore
1956·5.2
Daddy's Gang
1956·5.8
Law of the Streets
1956·7.5
Hello Smile!
1956·6.1
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956·5.9
Mädchen ohne Grenzen
1955·8.0
The Hussars
1955·6.0
Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me
1955·5.9
The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
1955·6.0
Frou-Frou
1955·6.0
The Babes Make the Law
1955·6.3
Napoleon
1955·6.3
Ingrid - The Story of a Fashion Model
1955·6.3
No Exit
1954·5.9
Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
1954·5.7
Queen Margot
1954·7.1
Peek-a-boo
1954·5.0
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954·5.8
Marriage Episodes
1954·5.4
Service Entrance
1954·6.2
April Fools' Day
1954·5.9
Men Think Only of That
1954·6.3
The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954·6.3
Trust Me!
1954·6.2
The Secret of Helene Marimon
1954·4.2
Tourments
1954·5.9
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954·5.8
La Belle au bois dormant
1954·5.0
The Scheming Women
1954·5.6
The Impure Ones
1954·4.2
The Game of Love
1954·5.8
Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
1954·6.3
The Knight of the Night
1953·6.1
My Brother from Senegal
1953·6.8
Lightly and Shortly Dressed
1953·5.4
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953·5.4
Captain Slipper
1953·6.4
Companions of the Night
1953·6.3
Innocents in Paris
1953·5.2
To Hell with Virtue
1953·6.3
The Sparrows of Paris
1953·6.0
The Tour of the Grand Dukes
1953·5.5
Les Dents longues
1953·5.8
The Virtuous Scoundrel
1953·6.1
L'art et la manière de rire
1953·0.0
She and Me
1952·6.4
The Fighting Drummer
1952·7.0
Run Away Mr. Perle
1952·6.0
I Was It Three Times
1952·4.8
The Crazy Jungle
1952·4.0
The Respectful Prostitute
1952·5.3
Mister Taxi
1952·6.4
Judgement of God
1952·5.4
Love Is Not a Sin
1952·6.8
Matrimonial Agency
1952·5.6
Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
1952·5.9
The Seven Deadly Sins
1952·6.0
Wolves Hunt at Night
1952·5.8
They Were Five
1952·5.6
My Wife Is Formidable
1951·4.5
Poison
1951·7.2
The Turkey
1951·7.1
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
1951·7.5
Trip to America
1951·6.5
Life Is a Game
1951·5.3
The Passerby
1951·6.0
The Sleepwalker
1951·6.0
Dr. Knock
1951·7.4
The Red Rose
1951·5.6
Without Leaving an Address
1951·6.4
The Straw Lover
1951·4.7
Bibi Fricotin
1951·5.7
Champions Juniors
1951·6.7
The Gamblers
1950·5.9
Lawless Street
1950·5.4
The Strollers
1950·5.4
Fugitive from Montreal
1950·6.5
The King of the Bla Bla Bla
1950·7.3
Twelve Hours to Live
1950·6.2
First Communion
1950·6.3
Adémaï at the border post
1950·7.0
Bed for Two
1950·7.0
A Certain Mister
1950·5.3
My Friend Sainfoin
1950·7.7
Not Any Weekend for Our Love
1950·5.2
Farewell Mister Grock
1950·5.8
Millionaires for One Day
1949·6.0
Just Out
1949·8.0
I Love Only You
1949·5.6
Mission in Tangier
1949·6.0
Du Guesclin
1949·5.4
Cruise for the Unknown One
1948·6.7
Antoine & Antoinette
1947·6.2
Last Refuge
1947·5.3
Last Chance Castle
1947·5.0
Six Hours to Lose
1947·6.2
The Temptation of Barbizon
1946·5.8