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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.
Louis de Funès, born Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza, was a popular French actor of Spanish origin and one of the giants of French comedy alongside André Bourvil and Fernandel.
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti.
A bigoted Frenchman finds himself forced to impersonate a popular rabbi while on the run from a group of assassins - and the police. Director: Gérard Oury | Stars: Louis de Funès, Miou-Miou, Suzy Delair, Marcel Dalio. Votes: 14,781 | Gross: $0.95M. "A film with a message" done right.
The film's popularity instantly made Louis de Funès one of the most popular actors in France and was followed by five sequels. Hot on the heels of this success, another followed with de Funès' memorable appearance as the inept Inspecteur Juve alongside Jean Marais's green-skinned criminal mastermind in André Hunebelle's Fantômas (1964).
Louis de Funès. Louis Germain David de Funès de Galarza ( prantsuse [lwi də fy.nɛs]; 31. juuli 1914 Courbevoie, Hauts-de-Seine, Prantsusmaa – 27. jaanuar 1983 Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, Prantsusmaa) oli prantsuse komöödiafilminäitleja. Tema vanemad olid pärit Hispaaniast Sevillast, kuid emigreerusid 1904. aastal Prantsusmaale.
