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Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 1922 – 4 January 2016) was a French actor.[1]
Michel Galabru | |
|---|---|
 Galabru in 1999 | |
| Born | 27 October 1922 |
| Died | 4 January 2016 (aged 93) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949–2016 |
Career
editGalabru 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
editIn 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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