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Louis de Funès (1914–1983)

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Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza was born on July 31, 1914, in Courbevoie, France. His father, named Carlos Luis de Funes de Galarza, was a former lawyer of Seville, Spain, who became a diamond cutter. His mother, named Leonor Soto Reguera, was of Spanish and Portugese extraction. Young Louis de Funès was fond of drawing and piano playing... See full bio »

Born:

Louis Germain de Funès de Galarza
in Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Died:

(age 68) in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, France
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1982 Le gendarme et les gendarmettes
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1981 La soupe aux choux
Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
 
1980 The Miser
Harpagon
 
1979 Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1978 The Spat
Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
 
1976 The Wing and the Thigh
Charles Duchemin
 
1973 The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob
Victor Pivert
 
1971 Delusions of Grandeur
Don Salluste de Bazan
 
1971 The Gazebo
Antoine Brisebard
 
1971 Perched on a Tree
Henri Roubier
 
1970 The Gendarme Takes Off
Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1970 L'homme orchestre
M. Édouard - dit 'Evan Evans' (as Louis de Funes)
 
1969 Hibernatus
Hubert de Tartas
 
1968 The Gendarme Gets Married
Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1968 The Tattooed One
Félicien Mézeray
 
1968 The Little Bather
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
 
1967 The Exchange Student
Charles Bosquier
 
1967 Oscar
Bertrand Barnier
 
1967 Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
Le commissaire Juve
 
1966 La Grande Vadrouille
Stanislas Lefort
 
1966 What's Cooking in Paris
Monsieur Septime
 
1965 Fantômas se déchaîne
Commissaire Juve
 
1965 The Gendarme in New York
Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1965 How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
Léon Haudepin (segment "Bons vivants, Les")
 
1965 The Sucker
Leopold Saroyan
 
1964 Fantômas
Commissaire Juve
 
1964 Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
 
1964 A Mouse with the Men
Marcel
 
1964 Des pissenlits par la racine
Jockey Jack
 
1964 Rob the Bank
Victor Garnier
 
1963 Pouic-Pouic
Léonard Monestier
 
1963 Carom Shots
Norbert Charolais
 
1963 People in Luck
Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Un gros lot")
 
1962 We Will Go to Deauville
Ludovic Lamberjacques (as Louis De Funès)
 
1962 Moonlight in Maubeuge
Unconfirmed (uncredited)
 
1962 Le gentleman d'Epsom
Gaspard Ripeux
 
1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Vaillant (segment "Bien d'autrui ne prendras")
 
1962 Crime Does Not Pay
Le barman du 'Blue Bar' (segment "L'homme de l'avenue")
 
1962 The Vendetta
Amoretti
 
1961 Dans l'eau... qui fait des bulles!...
Paul Ernzer
 
1961 La belle Américaine
Les frères Viralot, le secrétaire du commissariat et le chef du personnel
 
1961 Captain Fracasse
Scapin
 
1960 Les tortillards
Émile Durand
 
1960 Candide
Le gestapiste/Gestapo man
 
1960 Certains l'aiment... froide
Ange Galopin
 
1959 Mon pote le gitan
Védrines
 
1959 The Overtaxed
Ettore
 
1959 Toto in Madrid
Prof. Francisco Montiel
 
1958 Taxi, roulotte et corrida
Maurice Berger
 
1958 La vie à deux
Me Stéphane, le notaire
 
1958 Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Blaireau
 
1957 Crazy in the Noodle
Pierre Cousin (as Louis de Funes)
 
1956 Four Bags Full
Jambier, l'épicier
 
1956 Courte tête
Prosper/Père Grazziani/Colonel Luc de la Frapinière/Le premier garçon de Turbolaria
 
1956 La puce à l'oreille (TV movie)
Auguste Ferraillon
 
1956 La famille Anodin (TV series)
 
1956 Babes a GoGo
Célestin Ratier - représentant des industries de l'enfance
 
1956 Law of the Streets
Paulo
 
1956 La bande à papa
L'inspecteur Victor Eugène Merlerin
 
1956 Bonjour sourire!
Bonoeil
 
1956 If Paris Were Told to Us
Antoine Allègre
 
1955 A Girl Without Boundaries
 
1955 Cavalrymen
Luigi - le sacristain
 
1955 The Impossible Mr. Pipelet
Oncle Robert
 
1955 Frou-Frou
Colonel Cousinet-Duval
 
1955 Papa, Mama, My Woman and Me
Monsieur Calomel
 
1955 The Long Teeth
Un typo
 
1955 Napoléon
Bit (uncredited)
 
1955 Les pépées font la loi
Jeannot La Bonne Affaire
 
1955 Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells
D'Arrigio - Modeschöpfer
 
1954 Huis clos (uncredited)
 
1954 Papa, Mama, the Maid and I
Monsieur Calomel
 
1954 Queen Margot
René, l'astrologue (uncredited)
 
1954 Human Cargo
Le chef de train (uncredited)
 
1954 Peek-a-boo
Michel Leboeuf, le détective
 
1954 Scènes de ménage
Boulingrin
 
1954 Service Entrance
Cesare Grimaldi
 
1954 Poisson d'avril
Le garde-champêtre (as de Funès)
 
1954 The Sheep Has Five Legs
Pilate (as Louis de Funes)
 
1954 Men Think Only of That
Célosso - le mari espagnol de la comtesse russe
 
1954 The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
Le commissaire
 
1954 Faites-moi confiance
Tumlatum
 
1954 The Secret of Helene Marimon
Le jardinier Ravan
 
1954 Agonies
Eddy Gorlier
 
1954 Mam'zelle Nitouche
Un maréchal des logis
 
1954 Les intrigantes
Marcange
 
1954 Fraternité (TV movie)
 
1954 The Game of Love
Le forain
 
1954 Strange Desire of Mr. Bard
M. Chanteau
 
1953 Le chevalier de la nuit
Le tailleur
 
1953 Mon frangin du Sénégal
Le docteur (as De Funes)
 
1953 Légère et court vêtue
Paul Duvernois
 
1953 Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Le photographe Triboudot
 
1953 Captain Pantoufle
M. Rachoux, le directeur de la banque (as De Funès)
 
1953 Innocents in Paris
Monsieur Celestin (as Louis De Funes)
 
1953 Companions of the Night
Un client attablé (uncredited)
 
1953 Moineaux of Paris
 
1953 La tournée des grands Ducs
Le directeur de l'hôtel
 
1953 Au diable la vertu
Lorette, le greffier (as De Funès)
 
1953 La vie d'un honnête homme
Emile, le valet de chambre
 
1953 The Laugh (short)
 
1952 Run Away Mr. Perle
Un fou (as De Funès)
 
1952 She and Me
Le garçon de café
 
1952 La p... respectueuse
Un client du night-club (as De Funes)
 
1952 Monsieur Taxi
Le peintre qui voit rouge
 
1952 Je l'ai été trois fois
L'interprète du sultan (uncredited)
 
1952 Judgment of God
L'homme qui se fait arracher une dent chez le barbier et un envoyé du bourgmestre (uncredited)
 
1952 L'amour n'est pas un péché
Cottin - l'homme au chien
 
1952/I Matrimonial Agency
M. Charles (as De Funès)
 
1952 Mr. Leguignon Lampiste
Un habitant du quartier (as Louis de Funes)
 
1952 The Seven Deadly Sins
Martin Gaston, le Français (segment "Paresse, La/Sloth")
 
1952 Wolves Hunt at Night
Le barman qui sert un Porto (uncredited)
 
1952 Le huitième art et la manière (short)
Le mari fan de radio
 
1951 My Wife Is Formidable
Le touriste skieur
 
1951 La Poison
André
 
1951 The Turkey
Le gérant
 
1951 No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
Le conseiller
 
1951 Trip to America
L'employé d'Air France
 
1951 Ils étaient cinq
Albert, le régisseur
 
1951 Folie douce
 
1951 La vie est un jeu
 
1951 The Passerby
L'éclusier
 
1951 Bibi Fricotin
Le pêcheur
 
1951 Boniface somnambule
Anatole, le mari soupçonneux
 
1951 Knock
Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes (uncredited)
 
1951 The Red Rose
Manito - le poète (as L. de Funès)
 
1951 ...Sans laisser d'adresse
Un futur papa (as De Funès)
 
1951 The King of the Bla Bla Bla
Gino
 
1951 The Straw Lover
Bruno, le psychiatre
 
1951 Boîte à vendre (short)
 
1951 Champions Juniors (short)
 
1951 Un amour de parapluie (short)
 
1950 Les joueurs (TV movie)
 
1950 Street Without a King
Hippolyte (as De Funès)
 
1950 The Strollers
Monsieur Vincent - le quincailler (uncredited)
 
1950 His Last Twelve Hours
Nicolas (uncredited)
 
1950 Father's Dilemma
Un prete
 
1950 Adémaï au poteau-frontière
 
1950 Bed for Two
Le garçon
 
1950 A Certain Mister
Thomas Boudebeuf
 
1950 My Friend Sainfoin
Le guide
 
1950 Not Any Weekend for Our Love
Constantin - le domestique du baron de Valirman (as De Funes)
 
1950 Au revoir M. Grock
 
1949 A Simple Case of Money
L'avocat de Philippe
 
1949 Just Out
 
1949 I Like Only You
Le chef d'orchestre
 
1949 Mission in Tangier
Le colonel espagnol (as De Funès)
 
1949 Du Guesclin
L'astrologue/Aymérigot Marches/un seigneur/un mendiant
 
1948 Cruise for the Unknown One
 
1947 Antoine et Antoinette
Un garçon épicier/Un invité à la noce (uncredited)
 
1947 Last Refuge
 
1947 Six Hours to Lose
Le chauffeur (as de Funès)
 
1946 The Temptation of Barbizon
Le portier du paradis (uncredited)
 
Show ShowWriter (6 titles)
1981 La soupe aux choux
 
1980 The Miser
 
1979 Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres (adaptation)
 
1969 Hibernatus (adaptation & dialogue)
 
1967 Oscar (adaptation)
 
1966 What's Cooking in Paris (adaptation)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1980 The Miser
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1954 Peek-a-boo (performer: "Sou le soleil")
 
Show ShowThanks (3 titles)
2010 Special Collector's Edition (TV series) (in memory of - 1 episode)
– Jo, un cadáver revoltoso (2010) (in memory of)
 
2009 Kaamelott (TV series) (dedicatee - 1 episode)
– Dies Iræ (2009) (dedicatee)
 
1983 Papy fait de la résistance (dedicatee)
 
Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1976-1980 Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 2 March 1980 (1980) … Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1979 (1979) … Himself
– Episode dated 19 March 1978 (1978) … Himself
– Episode dated 17 October 1976 (1976) … Himself
 
1980 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself - Honorary César
– 5ème nuit des Césars (1980) … Himself - Honorary César
 
1979 Am laufenden Band (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 1979 (1979) … Himself
 
1978 Numéro 1 (TV series)
Himself
– Michel Sardou Jean Claude Brialy: Deux cinglés du spectacle (1978) … Himself
 
1978 Apropos Film (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 1978 (1978) … Himself
 
1978 V.I.P.-Schaukel (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #8.2 (1978) … Himself
 
1972 Le grand échiquier (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 20 September 1972 (1972) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1972) … Himself
 
1970 Paris aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.1 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Gala d'union des artistes (TV movie)
Himself
 
1963-1969 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 36ème gala de l'union des artistes (1969) … Himself
– 33ème gala de l'union des artistes (1963) … Himself
 
1966 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 May 1966 (1966) … Himself
 
1965 Grand écran (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1964 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 December 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (16 titles)
2013 La troupe d'un soir (TV movie)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2010-2012 Special Collector's Edition (TV series)
 
2011 Rendez-vous avec Jo (video documentary short)
Himself
 
2009 Vivement dimanche (TV series)
 
2009 Il était une fois... (TV series documentary)
 
2008 Wetten, dass..? (TV series)
 
2007 Les grands du rire (TV series)
 
2007 On a tous grandi avec Louis de Funès (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2006 Publicité et cinéma: Une histoire de famille (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
2006 La joie de faire rire (video documentary short)
Victor Pivert
 
2003 Louis De Funès, la comédie humaine (TV special documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1992 Funny Business
 
1984 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
 
1981 Margret Dünser, auf der Suche nach den Besonderen (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1980 Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (TV documentary)
Himself
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

TV commercial for Martini (1966)

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Alternate Names:

Louis De Funes | Louis De Funès | De Funes | De Funès | de Funès | Louis de Funes | L. de Funès

Height:

5' 4½" (1.64 m)
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After studying at the Lycée Condorcet in Paris, he worked as a bar pianist. See more »

Star Sign:

Leo