Michel Galabru
Acting1922Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
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.
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Known For
Welcome to the Sticks
Julie's Great Uncle
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
Abraracourcix
Little Nicholas
Minister
Neuilly Yo Mama!
Sénateur
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
Jérôme Gerber
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
Jérôme Gerber
The Gendarme Gets Married
Jérôme Gerber
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
Acting History
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
TVas Self (archive footage)
2017
Open at Night
as Michel Galabru
2013
The World Petanque Tour
as Louis Cabanel
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son
as Self (archive footage)
2012
La page blanche
as Philippe
Bref
TVas Michel Galabru• 1 eps
2011
Belmondo, itinéraire...
as Self
The Great Restaurant II
as The Unworthy Grandfather
Jules et Marcel
as Jules Raimu
The Robbed Robber
as André Gourgousse
2010
2009
Little Nicholas
as Minister
Cineman
as Le Docteur
Neuilly Yo Mama!
as Sénateur
À deux c'est plus facile
as Joseph Coudré
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2008
The Maiden and the Wolves
as Albert Garcin
Final Arrangements
as Monsieur Froissard
Welcome to the Sticks
as Julie's Great Uncle
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
TVas Self
2007
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
as Hubert Dunant
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
as Le Pape Benoît XIII
2004
2003
The Car Keys
as Teacher
Raining Cats and Frogs
as L'éléphant (voice)
1999
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar
as Abraracourcix
Vivement dimanche
TVas Self• 3 eps
1998
Foul Play
as Michel Galabru
Let There Be Light!
as Dieu le méridional
Marceeel!!!
as Marcel
Le plus grand cabaret du monde
TVas Self
1997
Christmas at Bunny's
as Le Père Noël
1996
My Man
as 3rd client
Rainbow pour Rimbaud
as Robert's father
Chaudemanche, père et fils
as Eugène Chaudemanche
1995
L'École des femmes
as Arnolphe
La poule aux oeufs d'or
as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse
Le mas Théotime
as Clodieus
La poule aux oeufs d'or
Director
1994
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue
as Honorin, le maire
1993
Polly West est de retour
as Honorin, mayor
1992
Belle Époque
as Danglard
Room Service
as Fernand Castanier
Honorin et la Loreleï
as Honorin, le maire
Sleeping Waters
as Fouchard
Coucou c'est nous !
TVas Self• 1 eps
1991
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil
as Mr Lemmel
Epiphany Sunday
as Georges
The Cocottes
as Honorin, le maire
Stars 90
TVas Self• 1 eps
1990
Uranus
as Monglat
Le Provincial
as Ernest Cazavant
No Time for Justice
as The investigating judge
Feu sur le candidat
as Robert Cavaillon
The Silence Of Elsewhere
as Henri
Deux flics à Belleville
as Commissioner Santucci
1989
The French Revolution
as Abbé Maury
L'Invité surprise
as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro)
as Bartholo
Sans défense
as Jules Rampin
Le commissaire épate le FBI
as Commissaire Tarquinini
Una casa a Roma
as Cardinale
The French Revolution
TVas Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)• 2 eps
Spécial cinéma
TVas Self• 1 eps
1988
Envoyez les violons
as Dino Pizzoli
Le Grand Échiquier
TVas Self• 1 eps
Nulle part ailleurs
TVas Self• 1 eps
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self• 4 eps
Sueurs froides
TVas Jacques Chalmont
1987
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
as Jean-Etienne Nasal
Keep Your Right Up
as Admiral
Grand Guignol
as Charlie
Poule et frites
as Martinez
1986
Kamikaze
as Albert
The Joint Brothers
as Le père de Momo
I Hate Actors
as Bison
Follow My Gaze
as L'instituteur
1985
Subway
as Le Commissaire Gesberg
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
as Marraine
Slices of Life
as Le paysan
Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez
as Charles de Lespinasse
La Cage aux Folles 3
as Charrier
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons
as Commissaire Dufresne
1984
New Year's Eve At Bob's
as Douglas
Our Story
as Emile Pecqueur
Partenaires
as Charlie
The Cheat
as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
Salt on the Skin
as Bideau
Adam et Ève
as Léon Blachurpe
Les Fausses Confidences
as M. Rémy
1983
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans
as J.B.M., Marquis of Malaveilla
Gramps Is in the Resistance
as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
One Deadly Summer
as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Vous habitez chez vos parents ?
as André Martell
Le Braconnier de Dieu
as Hilaire
It's Called Catastrophe
as Fernand Dubuisson
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger
as Ponsard, publisher
1982
Salut, j'arrive
as Gaston, Minou's father
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
as M. Jourdain
The Graduates of the Last Row
as Marcel, le directeur
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
as Victor Réglisson
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire !
as Michel Frémont, union representative
On s'en fout… nous on s'aime
as 'Tonton' Aristote
Champs-Elysées
TVas Self• 12 eps
1981
The Ones That Got Away
as Emile Loubignac
Signé Furax
as Black
Is This Reasonable?
as Émile Dugoineau, usher
Le bahut va craquer
as le proviseur
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
as le colonel Desjument
The Impostures of Scapin
as Géronte
Si ma gueule vous plaît...
as Fabien de Lingeau, CEO
Choice of Arms
as Commissioner Bonnardot
1980
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur
as Tartuffe
The Miser
as Maître Jacques
I'm Photogenic
as Commendator Del Giudice
Le Guignolo
as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
A Week's Vacation
as Mancheron
The Under-Gifted
as le commissaire
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
as Thibaut
La Cage aux Folles II
as Simon Charrier
It All Depends on Girls
as Lucien
Une merveilleuse journée
as Pinède
le vol d'Icare
as Morcol
1979
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jérôme Gerber
Cop or Hood
as Commissioner Grimaud
The Bit Between the Teeth
as Charles Dréant
Duets on Sofa
as Bernard, the lawyer
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise !
as Don Fernand
Heart to Heart
as le cousin Gabriel
The City of Silences
as Nathan Farijacque
The Winner
as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier
Ciao, You Guys
as Ecological Farmer
1978
Surprise Sock
as L'obsédé de la télévision
Horoscope
as Plancheteau
Le Pion
as Schulinspektor
La Cage aux Folles
as Simon Charrier
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
as Le Capitaine
Question of Love
as Le procureur
1977
The Cat
as Francisci
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
as Nestor Burma
Group Portrait with a Lady
as Walter Pelzer
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing
as M. de Beaugenay
Genre masculin
as Pierre
Le Chandelier
as Maître André
Midi Première
TVas Self• 2 eps
1976
The Groper
as Eugène Lajoux
The Judge and the Assassin
as Joseph Bouvier
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's
as Julien Mercier
La Grande Récré
as Le Commissaire
The Braggart
as Lieutenant Gilles Castelet
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
TVas Self• 7 eps
1975
The Red Ibis
as Raymond
Special Section
as Le président Cournet
Monsieur Balboss
as Commissioner Balboss
The Dangerous Mission
as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
as Leonardos, Greek billionaire
Cigalon
as Cigalon
Numéro un
TVas Self• 2 eps
1974
No Pockets in a Shroud
as Thomas
There's a Bone in the Mill
as Emile
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Commissaire Lalatte
The Fuhrer Runs Amok
as Monsieur Achtung
C'est jeune et ça sait tout !
as M. Lambris
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas
as Canavese
Les vacanciers
as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
Bedmania
as Charles
Par ici la monnaie
as Bishop
1973
Man in the Trunk
as Baby
L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères)
as Maître Lamothe
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
as Peloux
The Big Store
as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
Big Deal
as The commissioner
Le Concierge
as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
as Jules Payrac
Midi trente
TVas Self• 1 eps
1972
The Egg
as Gaston Berthoullet
The Annuity
as Léon Galipeau
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
as Cardinal
Les joyeux lurons
as Le chanoine Bossuet
1971
Joe: The Busybody
as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
La Grande Maffia
as Father #1
1970
The Gendarme Takes Off
as Jérôme Gerber
Et qu'ça saute !
as Gutiérrez
1969
Les gros malins
as Vicar
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Eugène, policeman
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus
as The Inspector
The Fighting Cock
as Albert
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille
as Maître Le Gouen
La Honte de la famille
as Maspie le Grand
Aux frais de la princesse
as Dagobert
1968
The Men in the Family
as Brigadier
The Little Bather
as Scipio
A Strange Kind of Colonel
as Colonel
The Most Beautiful Month
as Besson
The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jérôme Gerber
1967
Vacances pour Jessica
as Bill
1966
Angelique and the King
as Bontemps
Les enquiquineurs
as Le garde-champêtre
Your Money or Your Life
as Maître Laprise, notary
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
as Abel T. Léonard
Brigade Anti Gangs
as Larmeno
The Sleeping Sentinel
as Florin
The Postman Goes to War
as Claparède
1965
The Gendarme in New York
as Jérôme Gerber
Me and the Forty Year Old Man
as Bricaud
Les baratineurs
as Entrepreneur
The Real Bargain
as Colmar
1964
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jérôme Gerber
Les Pieds nickelés
as Ribouldingue
Les Gorilles
as The newbie traffic warden
Clémentine chérie
as FBI engineer
1963
Good King Dagobert
as Pépin
My Wife's Husband
as Maximin
The Trip to Biarritz
as Touffanel
La bande à Bobo
as Bourrache
1962
We Will Go to Deauville
as Mr. Mercier
Lafayette
as Innkeeper
War of the Buttons
as Bacaillé's father
Adieu Philippine
as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Tartarin de Tarascon
as Barbassou
The Cross and the Banner
as Bob
La salamandre d'or
as Alchemist
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien
as Le général Dourakine
Parades
as Giles
1961
Famous Love Affairs
as Champagne, le domestique du roi
The Marriage of Figaro
as Bartholo
One Night at the Beach
as le commissaire
The New Aristrocrats
as Father Menuzzi
1960
1959
The Three Musketeers
as M. Bonacieux
Riff Raff Girls
as Bit part
The Dreadful
as Pelou
The Indestructible
as Augustin Robustal
1958
Follow Me Young Man
as Aristide Oranos
1955
Three of the Canebière
as Pénible
1954
Letters from My Windmill
as Anselme
1949
La Bataille du feu
as Firefighter
Last Hour, Special Edition
as Mr. Mercier, hotel receptionist (uncredited