About
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...
Known for
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!Movie • 1966
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi JacobMovie • 1973
The Gendarme and the GendarmettesMovie • 1982
Le Gendarme de Saint-TropezMovie • 1964
The Gendarme Gets MarriedMovie • 1968
The Wing or the Thigh?Movie • 1976
FantomasMovie • 1964
The MiserMovie • 1980
The RestaurantMovie • 1966
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer SpaceMovie • 1979
Fantomas UnleashedMovie • 1965
The SuckerMovie • 1965
JoMovie • 1971
Neither Seen Nor RecognizedMovie • 1958
The Gendarme Takes OffMovie • 1970
HibernatusMovie • 1969
La Traversée de ParisMovie • 1956
Fantomas vs. Scotland YardMovie • 1967
The Cabbage SoupMovie • 1981
The DiscordMovie • 1978
Delusions of GrandeurMovie • 1971
The Gendarme in New YorkMovie • 1965
The Little BatherMovie • 1968
The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsMovie • 1962