Michel Galabru

ActorDirector Oct 27 (died age 93) Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco] 1949–2023 (74 year career)

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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

Film

Welcome to the Sticks

Julie's Great Uncle

Film

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Jérôme Gerber

Film

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

Abraracourcix

Film

Little Nicholas

Minister

Film

Joe: The Busybody

Tonelotti l'entrepreneur

Film

Gramps Is in the Resistance

Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »

Film

The Gendarme Gets Married

Jérôme Gerber

Film

La Cage aux Folles

Simon Charrier

Filmography

Acting (257)

Movies (235)

Les Rois de la comédie

2023

as Self (archive footage)

7.5

Open at Night

2017

as Michel Galabru

6.1

The World Petanque Tour

2013

as Louis Cabanel

5.1

Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son

2013

as Self (archive footage)

La Page blanche

2012

as Philippe

10.0

Belmondo, itinéraire...

2011

as Self

7.7

The Great Restaurant II

2011

as The Unworthy Grandfather

5.8

The Robbed Robber

2011

as André Gourgousse

Jules et Marcel

2011

as Jules Raimu

Love Like Poison

as Jean Falguères

Mumu

as Gâtineau

The Baker's Wife

as Aimable Castanier

Little Nicholas

as Minister

Cineman

as Le Docteur

Neuilly Yo Mama!

as Sénateur

À deux c'est plus facile

2009

as Joseph Coudré

5.9

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)

2009

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Welcome to the Sticks

2008

as Julie's Great Uncle

6.7

Final Arrangements

2008

as Monsieur Froissard

5.5

The Maiden and the Wolves

2008

as Albert Garcin

6.0

Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross

2007

as Hubert Dunant

4.5

Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice

2007

as Le Pape Benoît XIII

Silence of the Sea

as André Larosière

San Antonio

as Achille

Coup de vache

as Raymond Malassis

Michel Galabru au Marigny - On nous a menti !

2004

as Self

Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire

as Self

The Car Keys

as Teacher

Raining Cats and Frogs

2003

as L'éléphant (voice)

Actors

as Executed actor

Léopold

as Léopold Salvat

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

as Abraracourcix

Foul Play

as Michel Galabru

Marceeel!!!

as Marcel

Let There Be Light!

1998

as Dieu le méridional

5.8

Christmas at Bunny's

1997

as Le Père Noël

My Man

1996

as 3rd client

5.7

Chaudemanche, père et fils

1996

as Eugène Chaudemanche

Rainbow pour Rimbaud

1996

as Robert's father

3.3

La Poule aux œufs d'or

1995

as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse

6.0

Le Mas Théotime

1995

as Clodieus

L'École des femmes

1995

as Arnolphe

Honorin et l'enfant prodigue

1994

as Honorin, le maire

4.5

Polly West est de retour

1993

as Honorin, mayor

Belle Époque

as Danglard

Sleeping Waters

as Fouchard

Room Service

as Fernand Castanier

Honorin et la Loreleï

1992

as Honorin, le maire

9.0

Les Disparus de Saint-Agil

1991

as Mr Lemmel

Epiphany Sunday

as Georges

The Cocottes

as Honorin, le maire

The Silence Of Elsewhere

1990

as Henri

Uranus

as Monglat

Le Provincial

as Ernest Cazavant

Deux flics à Belleville

1990

as Commissioner Santucci

No Time for Justice

1990

as The investigating judge

Feu sur le candidat

1990

as Robert Cavaillon

3.0

The French Revolution

1989

as Abbé Maury

7.5

L'Invité surprise

1989

as Le commissaire Le Bourreux

3.5

Sans défense

1989

as Jules Rampin

2.3

Le commissaire épate le FBI

1989

as Commissaire Tarquinini

1.5

Una casa a Roma

1989

as Cardinale

La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)

as Bartholo

L'Argent

as Daigremont

Envoyez les violons

as Dino Pizzoli

The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque

1987

as Jean-Etienne Nasal

Grand Guignol

as Charlie

Keep Your Right Up

as Admiral

Poule et frites

as Martinez

The Joint Brothers

as Le père de Momo

Kamikaze

as Albert

Follow My Gaze

as L'instituteur

I Hate Actors

as Bison

Subway

as Le Commissaire Gesberg

6.5

Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez

1985

as Charles de Lespinasse

4.7

Slices of Life

1985

as Le paysan

5.2

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

as Marraine

La Cage aux Folles 3

as Charrier

Monsieur de Pourceaugnac

1985

as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac

Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons

1985

as Commissaire Dufresne

Our Story

as Emile Pecqueur

The Cheat

as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane

4.2

Les Fausses Confidences

1984

as M. Rémy

3.8

New Year's Eve At Bob's

as Douglas

Salt on the Skin

as Bideau

Partenaires

as Charlie

Adam et Ève

1984

as Léon Blachurpe

4.5

It's Called Catastrophe

1983

as Fernand Dubuisson

3.8

Gramps Is in the Resistance

1983

as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »

6.9

One Deadly Summer

1983

as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father

6.9

En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger

1983

as Ponsard, publisher

7.0

Le Braconnier de Dieu

1983

as Hilaire

4.4

Vous habitez chez vos parents ?

1983

as André Martell

3.0

C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans

1983

as J.B.M., Marquis of Malaveilla

2.0

Salut, j'arrive

1982

as Gaston, Minou's father

4.0

The Graduates of the Last Row

1982

as Marcel, le directeur

4.0

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

1982

as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber

6.0

Le Bourgeois gentilhomme

1982

as M. Jourdain

7.6

On s'en fout… nous on s'aime

1982

as 'Tonton' Aristote

1.0

Is There a Frenchman in the House?

1982

as Victor Réglisson

5.0

Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !

1982

as Michel Frémont, union representative

4.8

The Ones That Got Away

1981

as Emile Loubignac

4.2

The Impostures of Scapin

1981

as Géronte

6.2

Choice of Arms

1981

as Commissioner Bonnardot

Signé Furax

as Black

Is This Reasonable?

as Émile Dugoineau, usher

6.2

Si ma gueule vous plaît...

1981

as Fabien de Lingeau, CEO

2.0

Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers

1981

as le colonel Desjument

4.2

Le bahut va craquer

1981

as le proviseur

3.5

Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur

1980

as Tartuffe

The Under-Gifted

1980

as le commissaire

6.5

Le Guignolo

1980

as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre

6.1

The Miser

1980

as Maître Jacques

6.3

Une merveilleuse journée

1980

as Pinède

5.0

Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold

as Thibaut

Le Vol d'Icare

as Morcol

A Week's Vacation

as Mancheron

I'm Photogenic

as Commendator Del Giudice

5.3

It All Depends on Girls

1980

as Lucien

4.0

La Cage aux Folles II

as Simon Charrier

Heart to Heart

as le cousin Gabriel

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

as Jérôme Gerber

Ciao, You Guys

as Ecological Farmer

The City of Silences

as Nathan Farijacque

Cop or Hood

as Commissioner Grimaud

6.3

The Winner

1979

as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier

4.6

Duets on Sofa

1979

as Bernard, the lawyer

4.7

Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !

1979

as Don Fernand

2.0

The Bit Between the Teeth

as Charles Dréant

Horoscope

as Plancheteau

Le Pion

as Schulinspektor

La Cage aux Folles

as Simon Charrier

Surprise Sock

as L'obsédé de la télévision

4.0

Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived

as Le Capitaine

Question of Love

as Le procureur

The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés

as Nestor Burma

The Cat

as Francisci

Group Portrait with a Lady

1977

as Walter Pelzer

4.7

Le Chandelier

1977

as Maître André

The Centipede Is Tap Dancing

1977

as M. de Beaugenay

4.8

Genre masculin

1977

as Pierre

The Groper

as Eugène Lajoux

La Grande Récré

as Le Commissaire

The Braggart

as Lieutenant Gilles Castelet

4.0

Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's

1976

as Julien Mercier

5.2

The Judge and the Assassin

as Joseph Bouvier

The Red Ibis

as Raymond

Monsieur Balboss

as Commissioner Balboss

Mad Race to Cote d'Azur

1975

as Leonardos, Greek billionaire

3.4

Special Section

1975

as Le président Cournet

7.1

Cigalon

1975

as Cigalon

The Dangerous Mission

1975

as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis

4.0

The Fuhrer Runs Amok

1974

as Monsieur Achtung

3.4

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

1974

as Commissaire Lalatte

Bedmania

as Charles

Les vacanciers

as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl

3.4

C'est jeune et ça sait tout !

as M. Lambris

Par ici la monnaie

as Bishop

Two Big Girls in Pyjamas

1974

as Canavese

2.8

No Pockets in a Shroud

1974

as Thomas

5.2

There's a Bone in the Mill

1974

as Emile

3.9

Some Too Quiet Gentlemen

1973

as Peloux

5.5

The Big Store

1973

as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie

Man in the Trunk

as Baby

Le Concierge

as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires

4.6

Big Deal

1973

as The commissioner

2.7

La Dernière Bourrée à Paris

1973

as Jules Payrac

1.0

L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)

1973

as Maître Lamothe

2.0

The Egg

1972

as Gaston Berthoullet

The Annuity

as Léon Galipeau

Les joyeux lurons

as Le chanoine Bossuet

2.8

She No Longer Talks, She Shoots

1972

as Cardinal

5.2

Joe: The Busybody

1971

as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur

7.2

La Grande Maffia

1971

as Father #1

3.0

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970

as Jérôme Gerber

6.3

Et qu'ça saute !

1970

as Gutiérrez

Les gros malins

1969

as Vicar

1.0

Aux frais de la princesse

1969

as Dagobert

1.0

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

1969

as Eugène, policeman

Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille

as Maître Le Gouen

The Fighting Cock

as Albert

La Honte de la famille

1969

as Maspie le Grand

2.0

Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus

1969

as The Inspector

3.5

A Strange Kind of Colonel

as Colonel

The Little Bather

as Scipio

The Gendarme Gets Married

1968

as Jérôme Gerber

6.5

The Most Beautiful Month

1968

as Besson

4.0

The Men in the Family

1968

as Brigadier

5.0

Vacances pour Jessica

1967

as Bill

Angelique and the King

1966

as Bontemps

6.5

Les enquiquineurs

1966

as Le garde-champêtre

3.0

The Sleeping Sentinel

1966

as Florin

4.7

Monsieur le Président Directeur Général

1966

as Abel T. Léonard

3.0

Your Money or Your Life

1966

as Maître Laprise, notary

5.9

Brigade Anti Gangs

1966

as Larmeno

6.5

The Postman Goes to War

1966

as Claparède

4.6

The Gendarme in New York

as Jérôme Gerber

Les baratineurs

as Entrepreneur

The Real Bargain

as Colmar

Me and the Forty Year Old Man

1965

as Bricaud

5.0

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

as Jérôme Gerber

Les pieds nickelés

as Ribouldingue

Clémentine chérie

as FBI engineer

Les Gorilles

as The newbie traffic warden

The Trip to Biarritz

as Touffanel

La bande à Bobo

as Bourrache

Good King Dagobert

as Pépin

My Wife's Husband

as Maximin

Adieu Philippine

as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)

Lafayette

as Innkeeper

War of the Buttons

as Bacaillé's father

L'Auberge de l'ange gardien

1962

as Le général Dourakine

La salamandre d'or

1962

as Alchemist

Tartarin de Tarascon

1962

as Barbassou

4.8

Parades

1962

as Giles

We Will Go to Deauville

1962

as Mr. Mercier

5.6

The Cross and the Banner

1962

as Bob

Famous Love Affairs

1961

as Champagne, le domestique du roi

3.7

Fumée, histoire et fantaisie

1961

One Night at the Beach

1961

as le commissaire

4.7

The Marriage of Figaro

as Bartholo

The New Aristrocrats

as Father Menuzzi

A Game for Six Lovers

as César

Cyrano de Bergerac

as Ragueneau

The Delinquents

as Fred

The Three Musketeers

as M. Bonacieux

The Dreadful

as Pelou

The Indestructible

as Augustin Robustal

Riff Raff Girls

as Bit part

Follow Me Young Man

as Aristide Oranos

Three of the Canebière

1955

as Pénible

3.3

Letters from My Windmill

1954

as Anselme

6.8

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

6.0

Television (22)

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Our dear neighbors

as Raymond

Bref

as Michel Galabru

Scènes de ménages

as Norbert - Ancien collègue de Raymond

6.2

Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker

2008

as Self

Vivement dimanche

1998

as Self

3.0

Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde

as Self

Coucou c'est nous !

as Self

Stars 90

as Self

The French Revolution

1989

as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)

Sueurs froides

as Jacques Chalmont

L'Argent

as Daigremont

Sacrée Soirée

as Self

Nulle part ailleurs

as Self

Matin Bonheur

as Self

Champs-Elysées

as Self

Midi Première

as Self

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

as Self

Numéro un

as Self

Spécial cinéma

as Self

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self

Midi trente

as Self

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

La Poule aux œufs d'or

1995

Director

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