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| Birth name: Louis Germain de Funes de Galarza |
| Birth date: 31.07.1914 |
Louis de Funès de Galarza was born on July 31, 1914, in Courbevoie, France. His father, named Carlos Louis de Funès de Galarza, was a former lawyer of Seville, Spain, who became a diamond cutter. His mother, named Léonor Soto Reguera, was of Spanish and Portugese extraction.
Young Louis de Funès was fond of drawing and piano playing. He dropped out of school and worked various jobs, mostly as a jazz pianist at Pigalle, making his customers laugh every time he made a grimace. He studied acting for one year at the Simon acting school. There he made some useful contacts, including Daniel Gélin among others. During the occupation of Paris in the Second World War, he continued his piano studies at a music school, where he fell in love with a secretary, named Jeanne de Maupassant, a grand-niece of writer Guy de Maupassant. She had fallen in love with "the young man who played jazz like god"; they married in 1943, and had two sons born in 1944 and 1949. Funès continued playing piano at clubs, knowing there wasn't much call for a short, balding, skinny actor. His wife and Daniel Gelin encouraged him until he managed to overcome his rejection. He made his film debut in 1945, at the age of 31, and went on playing about one hundred film roles in the next twenty years.
Louis de Funès shot to international fame in the 1960's after his roles in such slapstick comedies as 'Le gendarme de St. Tropez' (The Gendarme of St. Tropez 1964) and the Fantômas (1964) trilogy. He brilliantly portrayed a funny French policeman, whose hilarious hyperactivity, uncontrolled anger, and sardonic laughter produced a highly comic effect. Funès was voted the most favorite actor in France in 1968, and remained very popular in Europe during the 1970's. He also continued to play on stage during his career as a film star, and was acclaimed for his stage works in classic French theatre. Funès was instrumental in making film adaptations of such theatre plays as 'Oscar continues' and the Moliere's 'Le Misere', among other plays.
Nicknamed "the man with the forty faces per minute", Louis de Funès played bit parts in over eighty films, before he got his first leading roles, eventually becoming the leading French comedian. He co-starred with the major French actors of the time, including Jean Marais and Mylène Demongeot in the Fantomas trilogy, and also Jean Gabin, Fernandel, Bourvil, Coluche, Annie Girardot, and Yves Montand. Funès's collaboration with director 'Gerard Oury' produced a memorable tandem of Funès-Bourvil. He also worked with Jean Girault in the famous 'Gendarmes' series. In a departure from the Gendarme image, Funès collaborated with Claude Zidi, who wrote for him a new character full of nuances and frankness in Aile ou la cuisse, L' (1976), which is arguably the best of his roles.
Funès played over 130 roles in film and over 100 roles on stage. From 1943-1983 Louis de Funès was married to Jeanne Barthelemy de Maupassant. Their son, named 'Olivier De Funes' , had a brief acting career before becoming a pilot with Air France, his other son, named Patric de Funes, became a medical doctor. Louis de Funès was also a rose grower, a variety of roses has been named the "Louis de Funès rose" after him. He died of a heart attack and complications of a stroke on January 27, 1983, in Nantes, France. He was laid to rest in the Cimetière du Cellier, and a monument of him was erected in the rose-garden of his wife's castle. |
Filmography |
# Gendarme et les gendarmettes, Le (1982) .... Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka Never Play Clever Again
# Soupe aux choux, La (1981) .... Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
# Avare, L' (1980) .... Harpagon
... aka The Miser (International: English title)
# Gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le (1979) .... Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (UK: video title)
# Zizanie, La (1978) .... Guillaume Daubray-Lacaze
... aka The Spat (USA)
# Aile ou la cuisse, L' (1976) .... Charles Duchemin
... aka The Wing and the Thigh (International: English title)
# Aventures de Rabbi Jacob, Les (1973) .... Victor Pivert/Rabbi Jacob
... aka Folli avventure di Rabbi Jacob, Le (Italy)
... aka The Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (International: English title)
... aka The Mad Adventures of 'Rabbi' Jacob (USA)
# Folie des grandeurs, La (1971) .... Don Salluste de Bazan
... aka Delirios de grandeza (Spain)
... aka Delusions of Grandeur
... aka Don Louis der Größenwahnsinnige (West Germany)
... aka Dummen Streiche der Reichen, Die (West Germany)
... aka Mania di grandezza (Italy)
... aka Sombres héros, Les (France)
# Jo (1971) .... Antoine Brisebard
... aka Joe: The Busy Body
... aka The Gazebo (International: English title)
# Sur un arbre perché (1971) .... Henri Roubier
... aka Perched on a Tree (International: English title)
# Gendarme en balade, Le (1970) .... Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka 6 gendarmi in fuga (Italy)
... aka The Gendarme Takes Off (International: English title)
# Homme orchestre, L' (1970) .... Evan Evans
... aka Beato tra le donne (Italy)
... aka The One Man Band (International: English title)
# Hibernatus (1969) .... Hubert de Tartas
... aka Louis de Funes e il nonno surgelato (Italy)
# Tatoué, Le (1968) .... Félicien Mézeray
... aka Nemici... per la pelle (Italy)
... aka The Tattooed One (International: English title)
# Gendarme se marie, Le (1968) .... Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka Calma ragazze oggi mi sposo (Italy)
... aka Oggi mi sposo (Italy)
... aka The Gendarme Gets Married (USA)
# Oscar (1967) .... Bertrand Barnier
# Fantômas contre Scotland Yard (1967) .... Le commissaire Juve
... aka Fantomas Against Scotland Yard
... aka Fantomas contro Scotland Yard (Italy)
# Grandes vacances, Les (1967) .... Charles Bosquier
... aka Grandi vacanze, Le (Italy)
... aka The Big Vacation (International: English title)
# Petit baigneur, Le (1967) .... Louis-Philippe Fourchaume
... aka Si salvi chi può (Italy)
... aka The Little Bather (International: English title)
... aka The Mad Adventures of the Bouncing Beauty
# Grande vadrouille, La (1966) .... Stanislas LeFort
... aka Don't Look Now - We're Being Shot at (USA)
... aka Don't Look Now, We've Been Shot at
# Grand restaurant, Le (1966) .... Monsieur Septime
... aka The Big Restaurant (International: English title)
... aka What's Cooking in Paris (USA)
# Fantômas se déchaîne (1965) .... Commissaire Juve
... aka Fantomas Strikes Back
... aka Fantomas minaccia il mondo (Italy)
... aka The Vengeance of Fantomas
# Gendarme à New York, Le (1965) .... Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka The Gendarme in New York (International: English title)
... aka Tre gendarmi a New York (Italy)
# Bons vivants, Les (1965) .... Léon Haudepin (segment "Bons vivants, Les")
... aka High Lifers (International: English title)
... aka How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning (USA)
... aka Keep the Red Light Burning (USA: TV title)
... aka Per favore chiudete le persiane (Italy)
... aka Un grand seigneur (France: new title)
# Corniaud, Le (1965) .... Leopold Saroyan
... aka Colpo grosso ma non troppo (Italy)
... aka The Sucker
# Fantômas (1964) .... Commissaire Juve
... aka Fantomas 70 (Italy)
# Gendarme de St. Tropez, Le (1964) .... Maréchal des logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
... aka Ragazza a Saint Tropez, Una (Italy)
... aka The Gendarme of St. Tropez
# Une souris chez les hommes (1964) .... Marcel
... aka A Mouse with the Men (International: English title)
... aka Un drôle de caïd (France)
# Des pissenlits par la racine (1964) .... Jockey Jack
... aka 7-9-18 da Parigi un cadavere per Rocky (Italy)
... aka Salad by the Roots (International: English title)
# Faites sauter la banque! (1964) .... Victor Garnier
... aka Rob the Bank (International: English title)
# Pouic-Pouic (1963) .... Léonard Monestier
# Carambolages (1963) .... Norbert Charolais
... aka Carom Shots (International: English title)
# Veinards, Les (1963) .... Antoine Beaurepaire (segment "Un gros lot")
... aka People in Luck (International: English title)
... aka The Lucky (International: English title)
# Nous irons à Deauville (1962) .... Le vacancier
... aka We Will Go to Deauville (International: English title)
# Un clair de lune à Maubeuge (1962) (uncredited)
... aka Moonlight in Maubeuge (International: English title)
# Gentleman d'Epsom, Le (1962) .... Gaspard Ripeux
... aka Duke of the Derby
... aka Grands seigneurs: le gentleman d'Epsom, Les
... aka Re delle corse, Il (Italy)
... aka The Gentleman from Epsom
# Diable et les dix commandements, Le (1962) .... Vaillant (episode "Bien d'autrui ne prendras")
... aka Devil and the Ten Commandments (UK)
... aka Diable et les 10 commandements, Le (France: poster title)
... aka Tentazioni quotidiane, Le (Italy)
... aka The Devil and the Ten Commandments (USA)
# Crime ne paie pas, Le (1962) (uncredited) .... Bartender
... aka Crime Does Not Pay (USA)
... aka Delitto non paga, Il (Italy)
... aka Gentle Art of Murder (UK)
# Dans l'eau qui fait des bulles (1961) .... Paul Ernzer
... aka Garde-champêtre mène l'enquête, Le (France)
# Belle Américaine, La (1961) .... Les frères Viralot, le secrétaire du commissariat et le chef du personnel
... aka The American Beauty
... aka What a Chassis
# Capitaine Fracasse, Le (1961) .... Scapin
... aka Capitán Fracassa, El (Spain)
... aka Capitan Fracassa (Italy)
... aka Captain Fracasse (International: English title)
# Vendetta, La (1961) .... Amoretti
... aka The Vendetta (International: English title)
# Tortillards, Les (1960) .... Émile Durand
# Candide ou l'optimisme au XXe siècle (1960) .... Le gestapiste/Gestapo man
... aka Candide (USA)
# Certains l'aiment... froide (1960) .... Ange Galopin
... aka Raleurs font leur beurre, Les (France: reissue title)
# Mon pote le gitan (1959) .... Védrines
# Tartassati, I (1959) .... Ettore
... aka Fripouillard et Cie (France)
... aka The Overtaxed (International: English title)
# Totò, Eva e il pennello proibito (1959) .... Prof. Francisco Montiel
... aka Culpa fue de Eva, La (Spain)
... aka Totò a Madrid
... aka Toto in Madrid (International: English title)
... aka Un coup fumant (France)
# Taxi, Roulotte et Corrida (1958) .... Maurice Berger
# Vie à deux, La (1958) .... Me Stéphane, le notaire
... aka Life As a Couple
... aka Life Together (UK)
# Ni vu, ni connu (1958) .... Blaireau
... aka Affaire Blaireau, L' (France)
... aka Neither Seen Nor Recognized (International: English title)
... aka Vive Monsieur Blaireau
# Comme un cheveu sur la soupe (1957) (as Louis de Funes) .... Pierre Cousin
... aka Crazy in the Noodle (USA)
# Traversée de Paris, La (1956) .... Jambier, l'épicier
... aka Four Bags Full (USA)
... aka Pigs Across Paris (UK)
... aka Traversata di Parigi, La (Italy)
# "Famille Anodin, La" (1956) TV Series
# Bébés à gogo (1956) .... Ratier
... aka Babes a GoGo (International: English title)
# Bande à papa, La (1956) .... L'inspecteur Victor Eugène Merlerin
# Loi des rues, La (1956) .... Paulo
... aka Law of the Streets (USA)
# Si Paris nous était conté (1956) .... Antoine Allègre
... aka If Paris Were Told to Us (International: English title)
# Papa, maman, ma femme et moi... (1956) .... Monsieur Calomel
... aka Papa, Mama, My Wife and Me (UK)
... aka Papa, Mama, My Woman and Me (International: English title)
# Courte tête (1956) .... Prosper/Père Grazziani/Colonel Luc de la Frapinière/Le premier garçon de Turbolaria
... aka Photo Finish (USA: TV title)
# Mädchen ohne Grenzen (1955)
... aka A Girl Without Boundaries (International: English title)
# Hussards, Les (1955) .... Luigi, le Sacristain
... aka Cavalrymen (International: English title)
# Frou-Frou (1955) .... Colonel Cousinet-Duval
... aka The Toy Wife
# Impossible Monsieur Pipelet, L' (1955) .... Oncle Robert
... aka The Impossible Mr. Pipelet (International: English title)
# Pépées font la loi, Les (1955) .... Jeannot La Bonne Affaire
# Napoléon (1955) (uncredited) .... Laurent Passementier
... aka Napoleone (Italy)
... aka Napoleone Bonaparte (Italy)
# Impures, Les (1955) (uncredited) .... Le chef de train
... aka Human Cargo (USA)
... aka The Impure Ones (International: English title)
# Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells (1955) .... Modeschöpfer D'Arrigio
... aka Ingrid - Die Geschichte eines Fotomodells (International: English title)
# Bonjour sourire (1955) .... Bonoeil
# Papa, maman, la bonne et moi... (1954) .... Monsieur Calomel
... aka Papa, Mama, the Maid and I (USA)
# Reine Margot, La (1954) (uncredited) .... René
... aka A Woman of Evil (UK)
... aka Queen Margot (International: English title)
... aka Regina Margot, La (Italy)
# Escalier de service (1954) .... Cesare Grimaldi
... aka Service Entrance (International: English title)
# Ah! Les belles bacchantes (1954) .... Michel Leboeuf, le détective
... aka Femmes de Paris
... aka Peek-a-boo (USA)
# Mouton à cinq pattes, Le (1954) .... Pilate
... aka The Sheep Has Five Legs (USA)
# Corsaires du Bois de Boulogne, Les (1954) .... Le commissaire
... aka The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne (International: English title)
# Poisson d'avril (1954) (as de Funès) .... Le garde-champêtre
... aka April Fish (International: English title: literal title)
# Hommes ne pensent qu'à ça, Les (1954) .... Le mari
... aka Men Think Only of That (International: English title)
# Secret d'Hélène Marimon, Le (1954) .... Ravan
... aka Segreto di Elena, Il (Italy)
... aka The Secret of Helene Marimon (International: English title)
... aka Tradimento di Elena Marimon, Il (Italy)
# Tourments (1954/I) .... Eddy Gorlier
... aka Agonies (International: English title)
# Mam'zelle Nitouche (1954) .... Un maréchal des logis
... aka Oh No, Mam'zelle (UK)
... aka Santarellina (Italy)
# Intrigantes, Les (1954) .... Marcange
... aka The Plotters
# Fraternité (1954) (TV)
# Chevalier de la nuit, Le (1954) .... Le tailleur
... aka Knight of the Night (USA: literal English title)
# Blé en herbe, Le (1954) .... Le forain
... aka The Game of Love (USA)
# Huis clos (1954) (uncredited)
... aka No Exit
# Scènes de ménage (1954) .... Boulingrin
# Mon frangin du Sénégal (1953) .... Le docteur
# Légère et court vêtue (1953) .... Paul Duvernois
# Dortoir des grandes (1953) .... Le photographe
... aka Girls' Dormitory
... aka Inside a Girls' Dormitory (USA)
# Compagnes de la nuit, Les (1953) .... Un client attablé
... aka Companions of the Night (USA)
# Capitaine Pantoufle (1953) (as De Funès) .... M. Rachoux, le directeur de la banque
... aka Captain Pantoufle (International: English title)
# Innocents in Paris (1953) (as Louis De Funes) .... Monsieur Celestin
# Au diable la vertu (1953) (as De Funès) .... Lorette, le greffier
# Vie d'un honnête homme, La (1953) .... Emile, le valet de chambre
... aka The Virtuous Scoundrel
# Étrange désir de Monsieur Bard, L' (1953) .... M. Chanteau
... aka Strange Desire of Mr. Bard (International: English title)
# Faites-moi confiance (1953) .... Tumlatum
# Rire, Le (1953)
... aka The Laugh (International: English title)
# Tournée des grands Ducs, La (1953)
# Fugue de Monsieur Perle, La (1952) (as De Funès) .... Un fou
... aka Run Away Mr. Perle (International: English title)
# Putain respectueuse, La (1952) .... Un client du night-club
... aka P... respectueuse, La (France)
... aka The Respectful Prostitute
# Monsieur Taxi (1952) .... Le peintre qui voit rouge
# Jugement de Dieu, Le (1952) (uncredited)
... aka Judgment of God (International: English title)
# Amour n'est pas un péché, L' (1952)
# Agence matrimoniale (1952/I) .... M. Charles
... aka Matrimonial Agency (International: English title)
# Monsieur Leguignon, lampiste (1952)
... aka Mr. Leguignon Lampiste (International: English title)
# Sept péchés capitaux, Les (1952) .... Martin Gaston, le Français (segment "Paresse, La/Sloth")
... aka The Seven Deadly Sins (UK) (USA)
... aka Sette peccati capitali, I (Italy)
... aka Sette peccati, I (Italy)
# Loups chassent la nuit, Les (1952) (uncredited) .... Barman
... aka Ragazza di Trieste, La (Italy)
... aka Wolves Hunt at Night (International: English title)
# Ils étaient cinq (1952) .... Le régisseur Albert
# Dents longues, Les (1952) .... Un typo
... aka The Long Teeth (International: English title)
# Elle et moi (1952) .... Le garçon de café
... aka She and Me (International: English title)
# Huitième art et la manière, Le (1952)
# Je l'ai été trois fois (1952) (uncredited) .... L'interprète
... aka I Did It Three Times (International: English title)
# Moineaux de Paris (1952)
... aka Moineaux of Paris (International: English title)
# Ma femme est formidable (1951) .... Le touriste skieur
... aka My Wife Is Formidable (International: English title)
# Poison, La (1951) .... André
... aka Poison (USA)
# Dindon, Le (1951) .... Le gérant
... aka The Turkey (International: English title)
# Pas de vacances pour Monsieur le Maire (1951) .... Le conseiller
... aka No Vacation for Mr. Mayor (International: English title)
# Boniface somnambule (1951) .... Anatole, le mari soupçonneux
... aka The Sleepwalker (UK)
# Folie douce (1951)
# Vie est un jeu, La (1951)
# Bibi Fricotin (1951) .... Le pêcheur
# Knock (1951) (uncredited) .... Le malade qui a perdu 100 grammes
... aka Dr. Knock
# È più facile che un cammello... (1951) (uncredited) .... Nicolas
... aka His Last Twelve Hours (USA)
... aka Pour l'amour du ciel (France)
# Rose rouge, La (1951) .... Le poète
... aka The Red Rose (International: English title)
# ...Sans laisser d'adresse (1951) (as De Funès) .... Un futur papa
# Roi du bla bla bla, Le (1951) .... Gino
... aka Farfeulus, Les (France)
... aka The King of the Bla Bla Bla (International: English title)
# Amant de paille, L' (1951) .... Bruno, le psychiatre
... aka The Straw Lover (International: English title)
# Boîte à vendre (1951)
# Champions Juniors (1951)
# Joueurs, Les (1951)
# Un amour de parapluie (1951)
# Rue sans loi, La (1950) (as De Funès) .... Hippolyte
... aka Street Without a King (International: English title)
# Prima comunione (1950) .... Un prete
... aka Father's Dilemma (USA)
... aka Sa majesté Monsieur Dupont (France)
# Adémaï au poteau-frontière (1950)
... aka Adémaï au poste frontière (France)
# Rendez-vous avec la chance (1950) .... Le garçon
... aka Bed for Two (USA)
... aka Rendezvous with Luck (International: English title)
# Mon ami Sainfoin (1950) .... Le guide
... aka My Friend Sainfoin (International: English title)
# Au revoir M. Grock (1950)
... aka Clear the Ring
... aka Manege frei (West Germany)
# Millionnaires d'un jour (1949) .... L'avocat de Philippe
... aka A Simple Case of Money (USA)
# Vient de paraître (1949)
... aka Just Out (International: English title)
# Mission à Tanger (1949) .... Le colonel espagnol
... aka Mission in Tangier (International: English title)
# Je n'aime que toi (1949) .... Le chef d'orchestre
... aka I Like Only You (International: English title)
# Du Guesclin (1949) .... L'astrologue
# Pas de week-end pour notre amour (1949) .... Constantin
... aka Not Any Weekend for Our Love (International: English title)
# Un certain monsieur (1949) .... Thomas Boudebeuf
... aka A Certain Mister (International: English title)
# Croisière pour l'inconnu (1948)
... aka Cruise for the Unknown One (International: English title)
# Antoine et Antoinette (1947) (uncredited) .... Un garçon épicier/Un invité à la noce
... aka Antoine and Antoinette
# Dernier refuge (1947)
... aka Last Refuge (International: English title)
# Six heures à perdre (1947) (as de Funès) .... Le chauffeur
... aka Six Hours to Lose (International: English title)
# Tentation de Barbizon, La (1946) .... Le portier du paradis
... aka The Temptation of Barbizon (International: English title) |
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