Michel Galabru
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Michel Galabru | |
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![]() Galabru in 1999 | |
Born | |
Died | 4 January 2016 Paris, France | (aged 93)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1949–2016 |
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 1922 – 4 January 2016) was a French actor.[1]
Career
[edit]Galabru appeared in more than 250 films and worked with directors such as Bertrand Blier, Costa-Gavras, Luc Besson (for Subway), and Jean-Luc Godard.
He is also well known for his collaborations with Louis de Funès in Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Le gendarme se marie, Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le gendarme en balade, Le gendarme à New York, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes, Le petit baigneur, L'avare, Jo (film) and Nous irons a Deauville (with Michel Serrault).
He worked with the actors Ugo Tognazzi and Michel Serrault in La Cage aux Folles, La Cage aux Folles II, and La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding; and Le viager.
Selected filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1948 | La bataille du feu | Extra - A firefighter | Uncredited |
1949 | Dernière heure, édition spéciale | M. Mercier, le réceptionniste de l'hôtel | Uncredited |
1952 | My Wife, My Cow and Me | ||
1954 | Les Lettres de mon moulin | Baptistin | |
1956 | Trois de la Canebière | Dans le rôle de Pénible | |
1958 | Suivez-moi jeune homme | Aristide Oranos | |
1959 | The Indestructible | Augustin Robustal | |
1959 | Du rififi chez les femmes | The Belgian firefighter | |
1960 | Les Mordus | Fred | |
1961 | Un soir sur la plage | Le commissaire | |
1961 | La Fayette | The hostel warden | |
1962 | War of the Buttons | Bacaillé's father | |
1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | Monsieur Mercier, the boss | |
1964 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Jérôme Gerber | |
1965 | Angelique and the King | Bontemps | |
1965 | Gendarme in New York | Jérôme Gerber | |
1966 | Brigade antigangs | Larmeno | |
1967 | The Little Bather | Scipion | |
1968 | Le gendarme se marie | Jérôme Gerber | |
1970 | Le gendarme en balade | Jérôme Gerber | |
1971 | Jo | Monsieur Tonelotti | |
1972 | Le Viager | Léon Gallipeau | |
1972 | Les joyeux lurons | Bossuet | |
1973 | La dernière bourrée à Paris | Jules Payrac | |
1973 | Le Grand Bazar | Émile | |
1973 | The Judge and the Assassin | Joseph Bouvier | |
1973 | Group Portrait with a Lady | Walter Pelzer | |
1974 | Les Vacanciers | Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl | |
1974 | Y'a un os dans la moulinette | Émile | |
1974 | Section spéciale | President Cournet | |
1974 | No Pockets in a Shroud | Thomas | |
1976 | Le Trouble-fesses | Eugène Lajoux | |
1976 | The Porter from Maxim's | Julien | |
1977 | The Cat | Inspector Francisci | |
1977 | Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé | The captain | |
1977 | L'Amour en herbe | Morel | |
1978 | La Cage aux folles | Simon Charrier | |
1979 | Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres | Jérôme Gerber | |
1979 | Le Guignolo | Achille Sureau | |
1979 | Cop or Hood | Commissioner Grimaud | |
1980 | La Cage aux Folles II | Simon Charrier | |
1980 | L'Avare | Maître Jacques | |
1980 | Les sous-doués | The Police Commissioner | |
1980 | I'm Photogenic | Del Giudice, the producer | |
1981 | Le bahut va craquer | The Principal | |
1982 | Le gendarme et les gendarmettes | Jérôme Gerber | |
1983 | One Deadly Summer | Gabriel, Eliane's father | |
1983 | Papy fait de la résistance | Jean-Robert Bourdelle, aka "Papy" | |
1983 | Le braconnier de Dieu | Hilaire | |
1984 | Adam et Ève | Léon Blachurpe, le producteur | |
1984 | Notre histoire | Emile Pecqueur | |
1984 | La triche | Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane | |
1984 | Les fausses confidences | M. Rémy | |
1984 | Réveillon chez Bob | Douglas | |
1984 | Partenaires | Charlie | |
1984 | Le gendarme et l'empereur | Alphonse Gerber | |
1984 | Du sel sur la peau | Bideau | |
1985 | The Telephone Always Rings Twice | Marraine | |
1985 | Tranches de vie | The farmer | |
1985 | Subway | Le Commissaire Gesberg | |
1985 | Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | Monsieur de Pourceaugnac | |
1985 | Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez | Charles de Lespinasse | |
1985 | Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons | Commissaire Dufresne | |
1985 | La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding | Simon Charrier | |
1986 | Suivez mon regard | L'instituteur | |
1986 | Je hais les acteurs | Bison | |
1986 | The Joint Brothers | Le père de Momo | |
1986 | Kamikaze | Albert | |
1986 | L'enfant de colère | Camille | |
1987 | Grand Guignol | Charlie | |
1987 | Poule et frites | Martinez | |
1987 | Keep Your Right Up | The Admiral | |
1988 | Envoyez les violons | Dino Pizzoli | |
1989 | La Révolution française | Maury, the clergyman | (segment "Années Lumière, Les") |
1989 | Sans défense | Jules Rampin | |
1989 | L'invité surprise | Le Boureux | |
1989 | La folle journée ou Le mariage de Figaro | Bartholo | |
1990 | Le silence d'ailleurs | Henri | |
1990 | Le dénommé (Oublie que tu es un homme) | Le juge d'instruction | |
1990 | Le provincial | Ernest Cazavant | |
1990 | Feu sur le candidat | Robert Cavaillon | |
1990 | Uranus | Monglat | |
1991 | Le jour des rois | Georges | |
1992 | Room Service | Fernand Castanier | |
1992 | Les eaux dormantes | Fouchard | |
1992 | Belle Époque | Danglard | |
1996 | My Man | A client of Marie | |
1996 | Rainbow pour Rimbaud | Le père | |
1998 | Que la lumière soit | Southern God | |
1998 | Foul Play | Michel Galabru | |
1999 | Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar | Abraracourcix, the chieftain | |
1999 | Les infortunes de la beauté | Un homme sondé | Uncredited |
2000 | Les Acteurs | The killed actor | |
2003 | Raining Cats and Frogs | Roger | Voice |
2003 | The Car Keys | L'instituteur | |
2004 | Nuit noire | Le père | |
2004 | San Antonio | Achille | |
2004 | Le Silence de la Mer | André Larosière | TV movie |
2005 | The Magic Roundabout | Zabadie | Voice, Uncredited |
2006 | Antonio Vivaldi, un prince à Venise | Le Pape Benoît XIII | |
2008 | Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis | Julie's grand uncle | |
2008 | La Jeune Fille et les Loups | Albert Garcin | |
2008 | Bouquet final | M. Froissard | |
2009 | Neuilly sa mère! | The senator | |
2009 | Le Petit Nicolas | The National Secretary of Education | |
2009 | Cinéman | Le docteur | |
2010 | Mumu | Gatineau | |
2010 | Love Like Poison | Jean Falguères | |
2012 | La Mémoire dans la chair | Don Pablo | |
2013 | Les invincibles | Louis Cabanel | |
2016 | Open at Night | Himself | Posthumous release |
Awards
[edit]In 1977, Galabru received a César for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joseph Bouvier in Bertrand Tavernier's The Judge and the Assassin.
References
[edit]- ^ "French actor Michel Galabru passes away aged 93". RFI. 4 January 2016. Retrieved 8 January 2016.
External links
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- French National Academy of Dramatic Arts alumni
- Best Actor César Award winners
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