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Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza (French
pronunciation: [lwi də fy.nɛs];[1] 31 July 1914 – 27
January 1983) was a popular French actor and one of the giants of
French comedy alongside
Bourvil
 Bourvil and Fernandel. His acting style is remembered for its high energy performance, wide range of facial expressions and exclamations, and exaggerated impatience, haughtiness and selfishness. A considerable part of his best known acting was directed by Jean Girault, and with whom he wrote and directed the French classic L'Avare  L'Avare (1980), in which de Funès also starred. He was (and often still is) a household name in several European countries (Greece, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Poland, Bulgaria, GDR  GDR Germany, Spain, Turkey, Albania, Romania, USSR, Iran  Iran and Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia in particular) for many years, yet remained almost unknown in the Anglosphere. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1974, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which was nominated for a Golden Globe. According to a 1968 poll, he was France's favourite actor – having played over 130 roles in film and over 100 on stage.[2] Contents 1 Biography 2 Theatrical career 3 Film career 4 Style 5 Later years and death 6 De Funès' legacy 7 Filmography 8 References 9 External links Biography[edit]
Louis de Funès
Louis de Funès
In 1945, thanks to his contact with Daniel Gélin, de Funès made his
film debut at the age of 31 with a bit part in Jean Stelli's La
Tentation de Barbizon.[3] He appears on screen for less than 40
seconds in the role of the porter of the cabaret Le Paradis, welcoming
the character played by Jérôme Chambon in the entrance hall and
pointing him to the double doors leading to the main room, saying:
"C'est par ici, Monsieur" ("This way please, Sir"). Chambon declines
the invitation, pushing the door himself instead of pulling it open.
De Funès then says: "Ben, il a son compte celui-là, aujourd'hui!"
("Well that one's had enough, today!").[4]
He went on to perform in 130 film roles over the next 20 years,
playing minor roles in over 80 films before being offered his first
leading roles. During this period, de Funès developed a daily routine
of professional activities: in the morning he did dubbing for
recognized artists such as Totò, an Italian comic of the time; during
the afternoon he worked in film; and in the evening, he performed as a
theatre actor.
From 1945 to 1955, he appeared in 50 films, usually as an extra or
walk-on. In 1954, he went on to star in such films as Ah! Les belles
bacchantes and Le Mouton à cinq pattes. A break came in 1956, when he
appeared as the black-market pork butcher Jambier (another small role)
in Claude Autant-Lara's well-known World War II comedy, La Traversée
de Paris. He achieved stardom in 1963 with Jean Girault's film,
Pouic-Pouic. This successful film guaranteed de Funès top billing in
all of his subsequent films. At the age of 49, de Funès unexpectedly
became a major star of international renown with the success of Le
gendarme de Saint-Tropez. After their first successful collaboration,
director
Jean Girault perceived de Funès as the ideal actor to play
the part of the scheming, opportunistic and sycophant gendarme; the
first film therefore lead to a series of six.
Another collaboration with director
Gérard Oury
Louis de Funès
Eventually he became France's leading comic actor. Between 1964 and
1979, he topped France's box-office of the year's most successful
movies seven times.
He co-starred with many of the major French actors of his time,
including
Jean Marais
The tomb of Louis de Funès In his later years, he suffered from a heart condition after having
suffered a heart attack caused by straining himself too much with his
stage antics.
Louis de Funès
1945–1964 Year Title Role Director Notes 1945 La Tentation de Barbizon Le portier du paradis Jean Stelli Uncredited 1947 Six heures à perdre the driver Alex Joffé and Jean Lévitte Le Château de la dernière chance Bar Patron Hugging Yolande Jean-Paul Paulin Uncredited Dernier refuge the driver Alex Joffé Antoine et Antoinette Un garçon épicier / Un invité à la noce Jacques Becker Uncredited 1948 Croisière pour l'inconnu Le cuisinier Pierre Montazel Uncredited 1949 Du Guesclin L'astrologue / Aymérigot Marches / un seigneur / un mendiant Bernard de Latour Mission à Tanger Le colonel espagnol André Hunebelle Je n'aime que toi the orchestra's pianist Pierre Montazel Vient de paraître Jacques Houssin Uncredited Millionnaires d'un jour Philippe's solicitor André Hunebelle 1950 Au revoir M. Grock a spectator Pierre Billon Uncredited Pas de week-end pour notre amour Constantin, domestique du baron Pierre Montazel Mon ami Sainfoin the guide Paul-Adrien Schaye Un certain monsieur Thomas Boudeboeuf Yves Ciampi Rendez-vous avec la chance the waiter Emil-Edwin Reinert Adémaï au poteau-frontière Soldier Paul Colline Uncredited Father's Dilemma Un prete Alessandro Blasetti His Last Twelve Hours Nicolas Luigi Zampa Uncredited Quai de Grenelle Monsieur Vincent - le quincailler Emil E. Reinert Uncredited Le roi du bla bla bla Gino Maurice Labro Fugitive from Montreal Jean Devaivre La rue sans loi Hippolyte Marcel Gibaud Les joueurs Piotr Petrovitch Spotniev Claude Barma TV Movie 1951 Bibi Fricotin Le pêcheur Marcel Blistène Folie douce Jean-Paul Paulin L'amant de paille Bruno Gilles Grangier ...Sans laisser d'adresse a father-to-be in the hospital Jean-Paul Le Chanois La rose rouge Manito Marcello Pagliero Dr. Knock Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes Guy Lefranc Uncredited Boniface somnambule Anatole Maurice Labro La passante the lockmaster Henri Calef La vie est un jeu Un voleur Raymond Leboursier Ils étaient cinq Albert Jack Pinoteau Le Voyage en Amérique un employee of Air France Henri Lavorel Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire the adviser Maurice Labro Le Dindon the manager Claude Barma La poison André Chevillard Sacha Guitry Ma femme est formidable a skier André Hunebelle Un amour de parapluie Jean Laviron Short, Uncredited Champions Juniors Pierre Blondy Short, Uncredited Boîte à vendre Claude André Lalande Short, Uncredited 1952 Les loups chassent la nuit Waiter Bernard Borderie Uncredited The Seven Deadly Sins Martin Gaston, le Français Yves Allégret (segment "Paresse, La / Sloth") Monsieur Leguignon Lampiste Un habitant du quartier Maurice Labro Agence matrimoniale Charles Jean-Paul Le Chanois Love Is Not a Sin Monsieur Cottin Claude Cariven Le jugement de Dieu an employee Raymond Bernard Uncredited Je l'ai été trois fois the sultan's interpreter Sacha Guitry Monsieur Taxi Le peintre qui voit rouge André Hunebelle La Putain respectueuse the night club visitor Charles Brabant She and Me the waiter Guy Lefranc La Fugue de Monsieur Perle Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo Pierre Gaspard-Huit Le Huitième Art et la Manière Le mari fan de radio Maurice Regamey Short La jungle en folie Claude André Lalande 1953 Le rire Himself Maurice Regamey Tambour battant Le maître d'armes Georges Combret La Vie d'un honnête homme Émile Sacha Guitry Les Dents longues an employee Daniel Gélin Au diable la vertu Monsieur Lorette Jean Laviron The Tour of the Grand Dukes Le directeur de l'hôtel André Pellenc The Sparrows of Paris Doctor Maurice Cloche Les Compagnes de la nuit Client Ralph Habib Uncredited Innocents in Paris Célestin Gordon Parry Capitaine Pantoufle Monsieur Rachoux Guy Lefranc Dortoir des grandes Monsieur Triboudot Henri Decoin Légère et court vêtue Paul Duvernois Jean Laviron Mon frangin du Sénégal Doctor Guy Lacourt Le Chevalier de la nuit Adrien Péréduray Robert Darène 1954 Huis clos Jacqueline Audry L'Étrange Désir de monsieur Bard Monsieur Chanteau Géza von Radványi Le Blé en herbe Le forain Claude Autant-Lara Les Intrigantes Monsieur Marcange Henri Decoin Mam'zelle Nitouche Un maréchal des logis Yves Allégret Tourments Eddy Gorlier Jacques Daniel-Norman Le Secret d'Hélène Marimon Le jardinier Ravan Henri Calef Faites-moi confiance Tumlatum Gilles Grangier Les corsaires du Bois de Boulogne Le commissaire Norbert Carbonnaux Les hommes ne pensent qu'à ça Monsieur Célosso Yves Robert The Sheep Has Five Legs Pilate Henri Verneuil Poisson d'avril Le garde-champêtre Gilles Grangier Escalier de service Cesare Grimaldi Carlo Rim Scènes de ménage Monsieur Boulingrin André Berthomieu Ah! Les belles bacchantes Michel Lebœuf Jean Loubignac Les Impures Le chef de train Pierre Chevalier Uncredited La Reine Margot René Bianchi Jean Dréville Uncredited Papa, maman, ma femme et moi Monsieur Calomel Jean-Paul Le Chanois 1955 Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells D'Arrigio Géza von Radványi Les pépées font la loi Jeannot la Bonne Affaire Raoul André Napoléon Soldier Laurent Passementier Sacha Guitry Uncredited Frou-Frou Colonel Cousinet-Duval Augusto Genina L'impossible Monsieur Pipelet Uncle Robert André Hunebelle Les Hussards Luigi Alex Joffé Mädchen ohne Grenzen Géza von Radványi 1956
Si
Paris
Bonjour sourire Monsieur Bonoeil Claude Sautet La Bande à papa L'inspecteur Victor Eugène Merlerin Guy Lefranc La Loi des rues Paulo - les Chiens Ralph Habib Bébés à gogo Monsieur Célestin Ratier Paul Mesnier Courte tête Prosper / Père Grazziani / Colonel Luc de la Frapinière / Le premier garçon de Turbolaria Norbert Carbonnaux La Traversée de Paris Jambier Claude Autant-Lara 1957 Comme un cheveu sur la soupe Pierre Cousin Maurice Regamey 1958 Ni vu, ni connu Léon Blaireau Yves Robert La Vie à deux Maître Stéphane, le notaire Clément Duhour Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida Maurice Berger André Hunebelle 1959
Totò
I Tartassati Hector "Ettore" Curto Stefano Vanzina Mon pote le gitan Monsieur Védrines François Gir 1960 Certains l'aiment froide Ange Galopin Jean Bastia Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle Gestapo officer Norbert Carbonnaux Les Tortillards Emile Durand Jean Bastia 1961 Captain Fracasse Scapin Pierre Gaspard-Huit La Belle Américaine Viralot Robert Dhéry Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles Paul Ernzer Maurice Delbez 1962 Les Sept péchés capitaux (several) La Vendetta Valentino Amoretti Jean Chérasse Le Crime ne paie pas Le barman du 'Blue Bar' Gérard Oury (segment "L'homme de l'avenue") Le Diable et les Dix Commandements Antoine Vaillant Julien Duvivier (segment "Bien d'autrui ne prendras") Le Gentleman d'Epsom Gaspard Ripeux Gilles Grangier Un clair de lune à Maubeuge Jean Chérasse Uncredited Nous Irons A Deauville Ludovic Lambersac Francis Rigaud 1963
Les Veinards
Antoine Beaurepaire
Philippe de Broca
Carambolages Norbert Charolais Marcel Bluwal Pouic-Pouic Léonard Monestier Jean Girault 1964 Let's Rob the Bank Victor Garnier Jean Girault Des pissenlits par la racine Jack Georges Lautner Une souris chez les hommes Marcel Ravelais Jacques Poitrenaud 1964–1982 Year Title Role Director Co-starring Notes 1964 Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault Fantômas Commissioner Juve André Hunebelle Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot 1965 Le Corniaud Léopold Saroyan Gérard Oury Bourvil Les Bons Vivants Léon Haudepin Gilles Grangier and Georges Lautner Mireille Darc (segment "Bons vivants, Les") Le gendarme à New York Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault Fantômas se déchaîne Commissioner Juve André Hunebelle Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot 1966 Le Grand Restaurant Monsieur Septime Jacques Besnard La Grande Vadrouille Stanislas Lefort Gérard Oury Bourvil, Terry-Thomas 1967 Fantômas contre Scotland Yard Commissioner Juve André Hunebelle Jean Marais, Mylène Demongeot Oscar Bertrand Barnier Édouard Molinaro Les grandes vacances Charles Bosquier Jean Girault 1968 Le Petit Baigneur Louis-Philippe Fourchaume Robert Dhéry Le tatoué Félicien Mézeray Denys de La Patellière Jean Gabin Le gendarme se marie Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault 1969 Hibernatus Hubert Barrère de Tartas Édouard Molinaro 1970 L'homme orchestre Monsieur Edouard Serge Korber Le gendarme en balade Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault 1971 Sur un arbre perché Henri Roubier Serge Korber Geraldine Chaplin Jo Antoine Brisebard Jean Girault La folie des grandeurs Don Salluste de Bazan Gérard Oury Yves Montand 1973 Les aventures de Rabbi Jacob Victor Pivert 1976 L'aile ou la cuisse Charles Duchemin Claude Zidi Coluche 1978 La Zizanie Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze Annie Girardot 1979 Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault 1980
L'avare
Harpagon
Louis de Funès
1981 La Soupe aux choux Claude Ratinier Jean Girault 1982 Le gendarme et les gendarmettes Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot Jean Girault et Tony Aboyantz (final film role) References[edit] This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (September 2014) (Learn how and when to remove this template message) ^ http://www.forvo.com/word/louis_de_fun%C3%A8s/
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Louis de Funès
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Ingrid Bergman
2001–present
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