
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Born
1922-10-27
Place of Birth
Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
Michel Galabru
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, 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.
Source: Article "Michel Galabru" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA.
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Known For
Acting History
2023
Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
2022Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)
2017Open at Night as Michel Galabru
2013The World Petanque Tour as Louis Cabanel
2013Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son as Self (archive footage)
2012La page blanche as Philippe
2011The Robbed Robber as André Gourgousse
2011Bref as Michel Galabru
2011Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self
2011The Great Restaurant II as The Unworthy Grandfather
2011Jules et Marcel as Jules Raimu
2010The Baker's Wife as Aimable Castanier
2010Love Like Poison as Jean Falguères
2010Mumu as Gâtineau
2009À deux c'est plus facile as Joseph Coudré
2009Cineman as Le Docteur
2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
2009Little Nicholas as Minister
2009Neuilly Yo Mama! as Sénateur
2008Final Arrangements as Monsieur Froissard
2008Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker as Self
2008Welcome to the Sticks as Julie's Great Uncle
2008The Maiden and the Wolves as Albert Garcin
2007Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice as Le Pape Benoît XIII
2007Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross as Hubert Dunant
2004Coup de vache as Raymond Malassis
2004Michel Galabru au Marigny - On nous a menti ! as Self
2004Silence of the Sea as André Larosière
2004San Antonio as Achille
2003The Car Keys as Teacher
2003Raining Cats and Frogs as L'éléphant (voice)
2003Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire as Self
2000Léopold as Léopold Salvat
2000Actors as Executed actor
1999Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar as Abraracourcix
1998Foul Play as Michel Galabru
1998Le plus grand cabaret du monde as Self
1998Vivement dimanche as Self
1998Let There Be Light! as Dieu le méridional
1998Marceeel!!! as Marcel
1997Christmas at Bunny's as Le Père Noël
1996Rainbow pour Rimbaud as Robert's father
1996Chaudemanche, père et fils as Eugène Chaudemanche
1996My Man as 3rd client
1995L'École des femmes as Arnolphe
1995Le mas Théotime as Clodieus
1995La poule aux oeufs d'or as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse
1994Honorin et l'enfant prodigue as Honorin, le maire
1993Polly West est de retour as Honorin, mayor
1992Belle Époque as Danglard
1992Sleeping Waters as Fouchard
1992Coucou c'est nous ! as Self
1992Room Service as Fernand Castanier
1992Honorin et la Loreleï as Honorin, le maire
1991Les Disparus de Saint-Agil as Mr Lemmel
1991Epiphany Sunday as Georges
1991The Cocottes as Honorin, le maire
1990Deux flics à Belleville as Commissioner Santucci
1990Uranus as Monglat
1990Stars 90 as Self
1990Feu sur le candidat as Robert Cavaillon
1990Le Provincial as Ernest Cazavant
1990No Time for Justice as The investigating judge
1990The Silence Of Elsewhere as Henri
1989The French Revolution as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)
1989La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro) as Bartholo
1989L'Invité surprise as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
1989Sans défense as Jules Rampin
1989The French Revolution as Abbé Maury
1989Una casa a Roma as Cardinale
1989Le commissaire épate le FBI as Commissaire Tarquinini
1988L'Argent as Daigremont
1988Envoyez les violons as Dino Pizzoli
1988Sueurs froides as Jacques Chalmont
1987Keep Your Right Up as Admiral
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self
1987Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1987Matin Bonheur as Self
1987Grand Guignol as Charlie
1987The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque as Jean-Etienne Nasal
1987Poule et frites as Martinez
1986Kamikaze as Albert
1986The Joint Brothers as Le père de Momo
1986I Hate Actors as Bison
1986Follow My Gaze as L'instituteur
1985La Cage aux Folles 3 as Charrier
1985Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons as Commissaire Dufresne
1985Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez as Charles de Lespinasse
1985Subway as Le Commissaire Gesberg
1985Monsieur de Pourceaugnac as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
1985Slices of Life as Le paysan
1985The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Marraine
1984Partenaires as Charlie
1984New Year's Eve At Bob's as Douglas
1984Les Fausses Confidences as M. Rémy
1984The Cheat as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
1984Adam et Ève as Léon Blachurpe
1984Our Story as Emile Pecqueur
1984Salt on the Skin as Bideau
1983Gramps Is in the Resistance as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
1983Vous habitez chez vos parents ? as André Martell
1983It's Called Catastrophe as Fernand Dubuisson
1983C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans as J.B.M., Marquis of Malaveilla
1983En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger as Ponsard, publisher
1983One Deadly Summer as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
1983Le Braconnier de Dieu as Hilaire
1982The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
1982The Graduates of the Last Row as Marcel, le directeur
1982On s'en fout… nous on s'aime as 'Tonton' Aristote
1982Is There a Frenchman in the House? as Victor Réglisson
1982Salut, j'arrive as Gaston, Minou's father
1982Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! as Michel Frémont, union representative
1982Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as M. Jourdain
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1981Si ma gueule vous plaît... as Fabien de Lingeau, CEO
1981Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers as le colonel Desjument
1981Choice of Arms as Commissioner Bonnardot
1981Le bahut va craquer as le proviseur
1981Signé Furax as Black
1981Is This Reasonable? as Émile Dugoineau, usher
1981The Ones That Got Away as Emile Loubignac
1981The Impostures of Scapin as Géronte
1980La Cage aux Folles II as Simon Charrier
1980le vol d'Icare as Morcol
1980Une merveilleuse journée as Pinède
1980Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur as Tartuffe
1980A Week's Vacation as Mancheron
1980The Under-Gifted as le commissaire
1980Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold as Thibaut
1980Le Guignolo as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
1980I'm Photogenic as Commendator Del Giudice
1980The Miser as Maître Jacques
1980It All Depends on Girls as Lucien
1979Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! as Don Fernand
1979The Winner as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier
1979The City of Silences as Nathan Farijacque
1979Duets on Sofa as Bernard, the lawyer
1979The Bit Between the Teeth as Charles Dréant
1979Ciao, You Guys as Ecological Farmer
1979Cop or Hood as Commissioner Grimaud
1979The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space as Jérôme Gerber
1979Heart to Heart as le cousin Gabriel
1978Le Pion as Schulinspektor
1978La Cage aux Folles as Simon Charrier
1978Question of Love as Le procureur
1978Horoscope as Plancheteau
1978Surprise Sock as L'obsédé de la télévision
1978Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived as Le Capitaine
1977Le Chandelier as Maître André
1977The Cat as Francisci
1977The Centipede Is Tap Dancing as M. de Beaugenay
1977Genre masculin as Pierre
1977The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés as Nestor Burma
1977Group Portrait with a Lady as Walter Pelzer
1976La Grande Récré as Le Commissaire
1976The Groper as Eugène Lajoux
1976The Braggart as Lieutenant Gilles Castelet
1976Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's as Julien Mercier
1976The Judge and the Assassin as Joseph Bouvier
1975Cigalon as Cigalon
1975Monsieur Balboss as Commissioner Balboss
1975Mad Race to Cote d'Azur as Leonardos, Greek billionaire
1975The Red Ibis as Raymond
1975Special Section as Le président Cournet
1975The Dangerous Mission as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis
1975Numéro un as Self
1975Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975Midi Première as Self
1974No Pockets in a Shroud as Thomas
1974C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! as M. Lambris
1974Spécial cinéma as Self
1974There's a Bone in the Mill as Emile
1974Two Big Girls in Pyjamas as Canavese
1974The Fuhrer Runs Amok as Monsieur Achtung
1974Par ici la monnaie as Bishop
1974Bedmania as Charles
1974Les vacanciers as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
1974The Down-in-the-Hole Gang as Commissaire Lalatte
1973La Dernière Bourrée à Paris as Jules Payrac
1973Man in the Trunk as Baby
1973The Big Store as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
1973Le Concierge as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
1973L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) as Maître Lamothe
1973Big Deal as The commissioner
1973Some Too Quiet Gentlemen as Peloux
1972Les joyeux lurons as Le chanoine Bossuet
1972She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Cardinal
1972The Egg as Gaston Berthoullet
1972Midi trente as Self
1972The Annuity as Léon Galipeau
1972Le Grand Échiquier as Self
1971La Grande Maffia as Father #1
1971Joe: The Busybody as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
1970The Gendarme Takes Off as Jérôme Gerber
1970Et qu'ça saute ! as Gutiérrez
1969La Honte de la famille as Maspie le Grand
1969Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus as The Inspector
1969Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille as Maître Le Gouen
1969Aux frais de la princesse as Dagobert
1969The Fighting Cock as Albert
1969Les gros malins as Vicar
1969L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus as Eugène, policeman
1968The Gendarme Gets Married as Jérôme Gerber
1968The Most Beautiful Month as Besson
1968The Men in the Family as Brigadier
1968A Strange Kind of Colonel as Colonel
1968The Little Bather as Scipio
1967Vacances pour Jessica as Bill
1966Monsieur le Président Directeur Général as Abel T. Léonard
1966Les enquiquineurs as Le garde-champêtre
1966Brigade Anti Gangs as Larmeno
1966The Postman Goes to War as Claparède
1966Your Money or Your Life as Maître Laprise, notary
1966Angelique and the King as Bontemps
1966The Sleeping Sentinel as Florin
1965The Gendarme in New York as Jérôme Gerber
1965Me and the Forty Year Old Man as Bricaud
1965The Real Bargain as Colmar
1965Les baratineurs as Entrepreneur
1964Les Gorilles as The newbie traffic warden
1964Les pieds nickelés as Ribouldingue
1964Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Jérôme Gerber
1964Clémentine chérie as FBI engineer
1963My Wife's Husband as Maximin
1963La bande à Bobo as Bourrache
1963Good King Dagobert as Pépin
1963The Trip to Biarritz as Touffanel
1962La salamandre d'or as Alchemist
1962L'Auberge de l'ange gardien as Le général Dourakine
1962We Will Go to Deauville as Mr. Mercier
1962Tartarin de Tarascon as Barbassou
1962Adieu Philippine as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
1962Parades as Giles
1962War of the Buttons as Bacaillé's father
1962The Cross and the Banner as Bob
1962Lafayette as Innkeeper
1961The Marriage of Figaro as Bartholo
1961The New Aristrocrats as Father Menuzzi
1961Famous Love Affairs as Champagne, le domestique du roi
1961Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
1961One Night at the Beach as le commissaire
1960Cyrano de Bergerac as Ragueneau
1960The Delinquents as Fred
1960A Game for Six Lovers as César
1959The Three Musketeers as M. Bonacieux
1959The Dreadful as Pelou
1959Riff Raff Girls as Bit part
1959The Indestructible as Augustin Robustal
1958Follow Me Young Man as Aristide Oranos
1955Three of the Canebière as Pénible
1954Letters from My Windmill as Anselme
1952Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1949Last Hour, Special Edition as Mr. Mercier, hotel receptionist (uncredited
1949La Bataille du feu as Firefighter









