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 day the most bankable actor in French cinema history. He enjoys widespread international recognition: in addition to his immense fame in the French-speaking world, he remains a household name throughout most of continental Europe including the former Eastern Bloc, the former Soviet Union, as well as Iran, Turkey, and Israel. Despite this international popularity, Louis de Funès remains an obscure figure in the English-speaking world. He was exposed to a wider audience only once in the United States, in 1973, with the release of The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob, which is best remembered for its Rabbi Jacob dance scene and was nominated for a Golden Globe Award.
De Funès has two museums dedicated to his life and acting: one in the Château de Clermont, near Nantes, where he resided, as well as another in the town of Saint-Raphaël, Southern France.
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| 1 | The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979) | Director / Writer | 8 | |
| 2 | The Wing or the Thigh? (1976) | Charles Duchemin | 6 | |
| 3 | The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob (1973) | Victor Pivert | 7.5 | |
| 4 | Delusions of Grandeur (1971) | Don Salluste de Bazan | 8 | |
| 5 | Perched on a Tree (1971) | Henri Roubier | - | - |
| 6 | The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) | Ludovic Cruchot | - | - |
| 7 | Hibernatus (1969) | Hubert de Tartas | 7 | |
| 8 | The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) | Ludovic Cruchot | 8 | |
| 9 | The Tattoo (1968) | Félicien Mézeray | - | - |
| 10 | The Little Bather (1968) | Louis-Philippe Fourchaume | 7 | |
| 11 | The Exchange Student (1967) | Charles Bosquier | - | - |
| 12 | Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard (1967) | Commissaire Juve | 7 | |
| 13 | Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966) | Stanislas Lefort | 7 | |
| 14 | Fantomas Unleashed (1965) | Commissaire Juve | 7 | |
| 15 | The Sucker (1965) | Léopold Saroyan | 7 | |
| 16 | Fantomas (1964) | Commissaire Juve | 7.5 | |
| 17 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) | Ludovic Cruchot | 7 | |
| 18 | Let's Rob the Bank (1964) | Victor Garnier | - | - |
| 19 | Squeak-squeak (1963) | Léonard Monestier | 6 | |
| 20 | La Traversée de Paris (1956) | Jambier, grocer | 6.3 | |
| 21 | Napoleon (1955) | Soldier Laurent Passementier (uncredited) | - | - |
| 22 | The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954) | Pilate | 3 | |
| 23 | The Impure Ones (1954) | Le chef de train | 4 | |
| 24 | April Fools' Day (1954) | Le garde-champĂŞtre | - | - |
| 25 | Without Leaving an Address (1951) | Le futur papa qui lit le journal | 5 | |
| 26 | Antoine & Antoinette (1947) | Émile, le garçon épicier et un invité à la noce | 5 |

