Person
Louis de Funès
Born 31 July 1914 Died 27 January 1983, aged 68 Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, France TMDB ↗
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.
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The numbers
34age in their first credit on record (1949)
33years on screen and counting
5credits in 1952, their busiest year
37dated credits on record
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Movie credits
Age: 68 The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982as Maréchal des Logis-chef Ludovic Cruchot
Age: 67 The Cabbage Soup
1981as Claude Ratinier (Le Glaude)
Age: 62 The Wing or the Thigh?
1976as Charles Duchemin
Age: 59 The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973as Victor Pivert
Age: 57 Delusions of Grandeur
1971as Don Salluste de Bazan
Age: 57 Jo
1971as Antoine Brisebard
Age: 55 Hibernatus
1969as Hubert de Tartas
Age: 54 The Gendarme Gets Married
1968as Ludovic Cruchot
Age: 53 The Exchange Student
1967as Charles Bosquier
Age: 53 Oscar
1967as Bertrand Barnier
Age: 52 Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967as Commissaire Juve
Age: 52 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At!
1966as Stanislas Lefort
Age: 52 The Restaurant
1966as M. Septime, patron d'un grand restaurant parisien
Age: 51 Fantomas Unleashed
1965as Commissaire Juve
Age: 51 The Gendarme in New York
1965as Ludovic Cruchot
Age: 51 How to Keep the Red Lamp Burning
1965as Léon Haudepin (sketch "Les Bons Vivants")
Age: 50 Fantomas
1964as Commissaire Juve
Age: 50 Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964as Ludovic Cruchot
Age: 49 A Mouse with the Men
1964as Marcel Ravelais
Age: 48 We Will Go to Deauville
1962as Ludovic Lamberjacques
Age: 46 Captain Fracasse
1961as Scapin
Age: 44 The Overtaxed
1959as Ettore
Age: 44 Toto in Madrid
1959as Professor Montiel
Age: 44 Life Together
1958as Maître Stéphane
Age: 42 Crazy in the Noodle
1957as Pierre Cousin
Age: 41 Law of the Streets
1956as 'Paulo les chiens'
Age: 41 If Paris Were Told to Us
1956as Antoine Allègre
Age: 41 The Hussars
1955as le bedeau Luigi
Age: 40 Frou-Frou
1955as le colonel Cousinet-Duval
Age: 40 Marriage Episodes
1954as M. Boulingrin
Age: 39 The Pirates of the Bois du Bologne
1954as Le commissaire de police qui ne dit mot
Age: 38 Run Away Mr. Perle
1952as Le fou qui pêche dans un lavabo
Age: 38 I Was It Three Times
1952as L'interprète-secrétaire du sultan de Hammanlif (uncredited)
Age: 38 Mister Taxi
1952as Le peintre de la place du Tertre
Age: 37 Love Is Not a Sin
1952as Mr. Cottin, the man with the dog, member of the U.R.A.F.
Age: 37 Matrimonial Agency
1952as Mr. Charles
Age: 34 Mission in Tangier
1949as Spanish General at the Cabaret