Michel Galabru
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Biography
Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 1922 – 4 January 2016) was a French actor. 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, J...
Known For
Filmography
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Open at Night
2017
as Michel Galabru
The World Petanque Tour
2013
as Louis Cabanel
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
2013
as Self (archive footage)
La Page blanche
2012
as Philippe
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self
Jules et Marcel
2011
as Jules Raimu
The Robbed Robber
2011
as André Gourgousse
The Great Restaurant II
2011
as The Unworthy Grandfather
Bref
2011
as Michel Galabru
Mumu
2010
as Gâtineau
Love Like Poison
2010
as Jean Falguères
The Baker's Wife
2010
as Aimable Castanier
Little Nicholas
2009
as Minister
Cineman
2009
as Le Docteur
Neuilly Yo Mama!
2009
as Sénateur
À deux c'est plus facile
2009
as Joseph Coudré
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Welcome to the Sticks
2008
as Julie's Great Uncle
Final Arrangements
2008
as Monsieur Froissard
The Maiden and the Wolves
2008
as Albert Garcin
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
as Le Pape Benoît XIII
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
2007
as Hubert Dunant
Coup de vache
2004
as Raymond Malassis
San Antonio
2004
as Achille
Michel Galabru au Marigny - On nous a menti !
2004
as Self
Silence of the Sea
2004
as André Larosière
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
as Self
Raining Cats and Frogs
2003
as L'éléphant (voice)
The Car Keys
2003
as Teacher
Actors
2000
as Executed actor
Léopold
2000
as Léopold Salvat
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Abraracourcix
Foul Play
1998
as Michel Galabru
Let There Be Light!
1998
as Dieu le méridional
Marceeel!!!
1998
as Marcel
Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde
1998
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Christmas at Bunny's
1997
as Le Père Noël
My Man
1996
as 3rd client
Chaudemanche, père et fils
1996
as Eugène Chaudemanche
Rainbow pour Rimbaud
1996
as Robert's father
La Poule aux œufs d'or
1995
as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse
L'École des femmes
1995
as Arnolphe
Le Mas Théotime
1995
as Clodieus
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue
1994
as Honorin, le maire
Polly West est de retour
1993
as Honorin, mayor
Belle Époque
1992
as Danglard
Sleeping Waters
1992
as Fouchard
Room Service
1992
as Fernand Castanier
Honorin et la Loreleï
1992
as Honorin, le maire
Coucou c'est nous !
1992
as Self
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
1991
as Mr Lemmel
The Cocottes
1991
as Honorin, le maire
Epiphany Sunday
1991
as Georges
Uranus
1990
as Monglat
The Silence Of Elsewhere
1990
as Henri
Feu sur le candidat
1990
as Robert Cavaillon
Deux flics à Belleville
1990
as Commissioner Santucci
Le Provincial
1990
as Ernest Cazavant
No Time for Justice
1990
as The investigating judge
Stars 90
1990
as Self
The French Revolution
1989
as Abbé Maury
La Folle Journée ou Le Mariage de Figaro
1989
as Bartholo
L'Invité surprise
1989
as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
Le commissaire épate le FBI
1989
as Commissaire Tarquinini
Sans défense
1989
as Jules Rampin
Una casa a Roma
1989
as Cardinale
The French Revolution
1989
as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)
Envoyez les violons
1988
as Dino Pizzoli
Sueurs froides
1988
as Jacques Chalmont
L'Argent
1988
as Daigremont
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
as Jean-Etienne Nasal
Poule et frites
1987
as Martinez
Grand Guignol
1987
as Charlie
Keep Your Right Up
1987
as Admiral
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
I Hate Actors
1986
as Bison
Kamikaze
1986
as Albert
The Joint Brothers
1986
as Le père de Momo
Follow My Gaze
1986
as L'instituteur
Subway
1985
as Le Commissaire Gesberg
Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez
1985
as Charles de Lespinasse
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
as Charrier
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
as Marraine
Slices of Life
1985
as Le paysan
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
1985
as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
1985
as Commissaire Dufresne
Partenaires
1984
as Charlie
Our Story
1984
as Emile Pecqueur
New Year's Eve At Bob's
1984
as Douglas
Salt on the Skin
1984
as Bideau
The Cheat
1984
as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
Adam et Ève
1984
as Léon Blachurpe
Les Fausses Confidences
1984
as M. Rémy
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger
1983
as Ponsard, publisher
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
1983
as André Martell
One Deadly Summer
1983
as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Le Braconnier de Dieu
1983
as Hilaire
It's Called Catastrophe
1983
as Fernand Dubuisson
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
1983
as J.B.M., Marquis of Malaveilla
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
The Graduates of the Last Row
1982
as Marcel, le directeur
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Victor Réglisson
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
1982
as Michel Frémont, union representative
Salut, j'arrive
1982
as Gaston, Minou's father
On s'en fout… nous on s'aime
1982
as 'Tonton' Aristote
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1982
as M. Jourdain
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Aujourd'hui la vie
1982
as Self
Le bahut va craquer
1981
as le proviseur
Choice of Arms
1981
as Commissioner Bonnardot
Is This Reasonable?
1981
as Émile Dugoineau, usher
Signé Furax
1981
as Black
The Ones That Got Away
1981
as Emile Loubignac
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
as le colonel Desjument
The Impostures of Scapin
1981
as Géronte
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981
as Fabien de Lingeau, CEO
The Miser
1980
as Maître Jacques
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
as Simon Charrier
Le Guignolo
1980
as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
The Under-Gifted
1980
as M. Grasset, commissaire de police
A Week's Vacation
1980
as Mancheron
I'm Photogenic
1980
as Commendator Del Giudice
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
1980
as Thibaut
It All Depends on Girls
1980
as Lucien
Une merveilleuse journée
1980
as Pinède
Le Vol d'Icare
1980
as Morcol
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur
1980
as Tartuffe
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Jérôme Gerber
Duets on Sofa
1979
as Bernard, the lawyer
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
1979
as Don Fernand
Heart to Heart
1979
as le cousin Gabriel
The Bit Between the Teeth
1979
as Charles Dréant
Ciao, You Guys
1979
as Ecological Farmer
Cop or Hood
1979
as Commissioner Grimaud
The Winner
1979
as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier
The City of Silences
1979
as Nathan Farijacque
Le Pion
1978
as Schulinspektor
Horoscope
1978
as Plancheteau
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Simon Charrier
Surprise Sock
1978
as L'obsédé de la télévision
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
1978
as Le Capitaine
Question of Love
1978
as Le procureur
Le Chandelier
1977
as Maître André
Group Portrait with a Lady
1977
as Walter Pelzer
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977
as Nestor Burma
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
1977
as M. de Beaugenay
Genre masculin
1977
as Pierre
The Cat
1977
as Francisci
The Judge and the Assassin
1976
as Joseph Bouvier
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
1976
as Julien Mercier
The Braggart
1976
as Lieutenant Gilles Castelet
La Grande Récré
1976
as Le Commissaire
The Groper
1976
as Eugène Lajoux
The Red Ibis
1975
as Raymond
Special Section
1975
as Le président Cournet
Monsieur Balboss
1975
as Commissioner Balboss
Cigalon
1975
as Cigalon
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
1975
as Leonardos, Greek Billionaire
The Dangerous Mission
1975
as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Par ici la monnaie
1974
as Bishop
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Commissaire Lalatte
No Pockets in a Shroud
1974
as Thomas
The Fuhrer Runs Amok
1974
as Monsieur Achtung
C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
1974
as M. Lambris
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
1974
as Canavese
Les vacanciers
1974
as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
Bedmania
1974
as Charles
There's a Bone in the Mill
1974
as Emile
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
The Big Store
1973
as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
Man in the Trunk
1973
as Baby
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973
as Peloux
Big Deal
1973
as The commissioner
Le Concierge
1973
as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973
as Jules Payrac
L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)
1973
as Maître Lamothe
The Annuity
1972
as Léon Galipeau
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as Cardinal
The Egg
1972
as Gaston Berthoullet
Les joyeux lurons
1972
as Le chanoine Bossuet
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Jo
1971
as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
La Grande Maffia
1971
as Father #1
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Jérôme Gerber
Et qu'ça saute !
1970
as Gutiérrez
Les gros malins
1969
as Vicar
Aux frais de la princesse
1969
as Dagobert
The Fighting Cock
1969
as Albert
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
1969
as Maître Le Gouen
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
1969
as The Inspector
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Eugène, policeman
La Honte de la famille
1969
as Maspie le Grand
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Jérôme Gerber
The Little Bather
1968
as Scipio
The Men in the Family
1968
as Brigadier
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Colonel
The Most Beautiful Month
1968
as Besson
Vacances pour Jessica
1967
as Bill
Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Maître Laprise, Notary
Angelique and the King
1966
as Bontemps
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
1966
as Abel T. Léonard
Brigade Anti Gangs
1966
as Larmeno
The Sleeping Sentinel
1966
as Florin
The Postman Goes to War
1966
as Claparède
Les enquiquineurs
1966
as Le garde-champêtre
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Jérôme Gerber
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
1965
as Bricaud
The Real Bargain
1965
as Colmar
Les baratineurs
1965
as Entrepreneur
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Jérôme Gerber
Les Pieds nickelés
1964
as Ribouldingue
Les Gorilles
1964
as The newbie traffic warden
Clémentine chérie
1964
as FBI engineer
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Maximin
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
as Touffanel
La bande à Bobo
1963
as Bourrache
Good King Dagobert
1963
as Pépin
War of the Buttons
1962
as Bacaillé's father
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Mr. Mercier
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Barbassou
The Cross and the Banner
1962
as Bob
La salamandre d'or
1962
as Alchemist
Lafayette
1962
as Innkeeper
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
1962
as Le général Dourakine
Adieu Philippine
1962
as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Parades
1962
as Giles
The Marriage of Figaro
1961
as Bartholo
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as Champagne, le domestique du roi
One Night at the Beach
1961
as le commissaire
The New Aristrocrats
1961
as Father Menuzzi
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
1961
A Game for Six Lovers
1960
as César
Cyrano de Bergerac
1960
as Ragueneau
The Delinquents
1960
as Fred
Riff Raff Girls
1959
as Bit part
The Indestructible
1959
as Augustin Robustal
The Dreadful
1959
as Pelou
The Three Musketeers
1959
as M. Bonacieux
Follow Me Young Man
1958
as Aristide Oranos
Three of the Canebière
1955
as Pénible
Letters from My Windmill
1954
as Anselme
Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1952
La Bataille du feu
1949
as Firefighter
Last Hour, Special Edition
1949
as Mr. Mercier, hotel receptionist (uncredited)