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.
Top Rated Movies
Complete Filmography & Verdicts
| Year | Movie | Character | Rating | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | Super Hit | |
| 2012 | La page blanche | Philippe | Super Hit | |
| 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | Super Hit | |
| 2010 | The Baker's Wife | Aimable Castanier | Hit | |
| 2008 | Welcome to the Sticks | Julie's Great Uncle | Hit | |
| 2004 | Silence of the Sea | André Larosière | Hit | |
| 2003 | Raining Cats and Frogs | L'éléphant (voice) | Hit | |
| 2000 | Léopold | Léopold Salvat | Hit | |
| 1998 | Foul Play | Michel Galabru | Hit | |
| 1992 | Belle Époque | Danglard | Hit | |
| 1992 | Honorin et la Loreleï | Honorin, le maire | Super Hit | |
| 1990 | Uranus | Monglat | Hit | |
| 1989 | The French Revolution | Abbé Maury | Super Hit | |
| 1988 | L'Argent | Daigremont | Hit | |
| 1985 | Subway | Le Commissaire Gesberg | Hit | |
| 1984 | New Year's Eve At Bob's | Douglas | Average | |
| 1984 | Our Story | Emile Pecqueur | Average | |
| 1983 | Gramps Is in the Resistance | Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy » | Hit | |
| 1983 | En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger | Ponsard, publisher | Hit | |
| 1983 | One Deadly Summer | Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father | Hit | |
| 1982 | Le Bourgeois gentilhomme | M. Jourdain | Super Hit | |
| 1981 | Choice of Arms | Commissioner Bonnardot | Hit | |
| 1980 | The Under-Gifted | le commissaire | Average | |
| 1980 | Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold | Thibaut | Hit | |
| 1980 | The Miser | Maître Jacques | Average | |
| 1979 | Cop or Hood | Commissioner Grimaud | Average | |
| 1978 | Le Pion | Schulinspektor | Average | |
| 1978 | La Cage aux Folles | Simon Charrier | Hit | |
| 1978 | Question of Love | Le procureur | Average | |
| 1976 | La Grande Récré | Le Commissaire | Average | |
| 1976 | The Judge and the Assassin | Joseph Bouvier | Hit | |
| 1975 | Special Section | Le président Cournet | Hit | |
| 1974 | The Down-in-the-Hole Gang | Commissaire Lalatte | Average | |
| 1973 | Man in the Trunk | Baby | Average | |
| 1972 | The Annuity | Léon Galipeau | Hit | |
| 1971 | Joe: The Busybody | Tonelotti l'entrepreneur | Hit | |
| 1970 | The Gendarme Takes Off | Jérôme Gerber | Average | |
| 1968 | The Gendarme Gets Married | Jérôme Gerber | Hit | |
| 1968 | The Little Bather | Scipio | Hit | |
| 1966 | Brigade Anti Gangs | Larmeno | Hit | |
| 1966 | Angelique and the King | Bontemps | Hit | |
| 1965 | The Gendarme in New York | Jérôme Gerber | Average | |
| 1964 | Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez | Jérôme Gerber | Hit | |
| 1963 | My Wife's Husband | Maximin | Hit | |
| 1963 | Good King Dagobert | Pépin | Hit | |
| 1963 | The Trip to Biarritz | Touffanel | Hit | |
| 1962 | Adieu Philippine | Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited) | Hit | |
| 1962 | War of the Buttons | Bacaillé's father | Hit | |
| 1960 | Cyrano de Bergerac | Ragueneau | Super Hit | |
| 1954 | Letters from My Windmill | Anselme | Hit |