Michel Galabru
Known for Acting · 254 credits
- Born
- 1922-10-27
- Died
- 2016-01-04
- Place of birth
- Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
- Also known as
- Michel Louis Edmond 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.
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Known For
TV Shows (20)
Champs-Elysées
1982
as Self
Vivement dimanche
1998
as Self
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Sacrée soirée
1987
as Self
Spécial cinéma
1974
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Numéro un
1975
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Nulle part ailleurs
1987
as Self
Bref
2011
as Michel Galabru
Coucou c'est nous !
1992
as Self
Stars 90
1990
as Self
Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Matin Bonheur
1987
as Self
The French Revolution
1989
as Abbé Maury (« Les Années Lumière »)
Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker
2008
as Self
Sueurs froides
1988
as Jacques Chalmont
Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde
1998
as Self
L'Argent
1988
as Daigremont
Movies (234)
Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar
1999
as Abraracourcix
Subway
1985
as Le Commissaire Gesberg
The Gendarme Gets Married
1968
as Jérôme Gerber
Jo
1971
as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
The Little Bather
1968
as Scipio
Little Nicholas
2009
as Minister
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
1964
as Jérôme Gerber
My Man
1996
as 3rd client
One Deadly Summer
1983
as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
The French Revolution
1989
as Abbé Maury
Welcome to the Sticks
2008
as Julie's Great Uncle
Les baratineurs
1965
as Entrepreneur
Lafayette
1962
as Innkeeper
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes
1982
as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
Mumu
2010
as Gâtineau
I'm Photogenic
1980
as Commendator Del Giudice
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
1979
as Jérôme Gerber
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Jérôme Gerber
The Gendarme Takes Off
1970
as Jérôme Gerber
Cineman
2009
as Le Docteur
Our Story
1984
as Emile Pecqueur
Le Guignolo
1980
as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
Belle Époque
1992
as Danglard
Cop or Hood
1979
as Commissioner Grimaud
Genre masculin
1977
as Pierre
Surprise Sock
1978
as L'obsédé de la télévision
La Cage aux Folles
1978
as Simon Charrier
The Annuity
1972
as Léon Galipeau
The Under-Gifted
1980
as le commissaire
Silence of the Sea
2004
as André Larosière
Angelique and the King
1966
as Bontemps
Choice of Arms
1981
as Commissioner Bonnardot
Gramps Is in the Resistance
1983
as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
Neuilly Yo Mama!
2009
as Sénateur
The Telephone Always Rings Twice
1985
as Marraine
Kamikaze
1986
as Albert
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)
Adieu Philippine
1962
as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Belmondo, itinéraire...
2011
as Self
War of the Buttons
1962
as Bacaillé's father
The Miser
1980
as Maître Jacques
Famous Love Affairs
1961
as Champagne, le domestique du roi
The Car Keys
2003
as Teacher
A Week's Vacation
1980
as Mancheron
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
1980
as Thibaut
Raining Cats and Frogs
2003
as L'éléphant (voice)
Open at Night
2017
as Michel Galabru
The Judge and the Assassin
1976
as Joseph Bouvier
La Cage aux Folles II
1980
as Simon Charrier
Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez
1985
as Charles de Lespinasse
San Antonio
2004
as Achille
The Bit Between the Teeth
1979
as Charles Dréant
Man in the Trunk
1973
as Baby
The Fuhrer Runs Amok
1974
as Monsieur Achtung
The Cat
1977
as Francisci
Follow My Gaze
1986
as L'instituteur
Signé Furax
1981
as Black
Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Maître Laprise, Notary
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen
1973
as Peloux
Poule et frites
1987
as Martinez
Tartarin de Tarascon
1962
as Barbassou
Uranus
1990
as Monglat
The Graduates of the Last Row
1982
as Marcel, le directeur
La Cage aux Folles 3
1985
as Charrier
Special Section
1975
as Le président Cournet
The Big Store
1973
as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
Partenaires
1984
as Charlie
Final Arrangements
2008
as Monsieur Froissard
The Fighting Cock
1969
as Albert
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
1974
as Commissaire Lalatte
The Postman Goes to War
1966
as Claparède
Le Pion
1978
as Schulinspektor
I Hate Actors
1986
as Bison
Riff Raff Girls
1959
as Bit part
Is This Reasonable?
1981
as Émile Dugoineau, usher
Actors
2000
as Executed actor
Keep Your Right Up
1987
as Admiral
Group Portrait with a Lady
1977
as Walter Pelzer
The City of Silences
1979
as Nathan Farijacque
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque
1987
as Jean-Etienne Nasal
La salamandre d'or
1962
as Alchemist
The Maiden and the Wolves
2008
as Albert Garcin
L'Invité surprise
1989
as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Mr. Mercier
Le Concierge
1973
as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
The Silence Of Elsewhere
1990
as Henri
Cyrano de Bergerac
1960
as Ragueneau
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots
1972
as Cardinal
The Marriage of Figaro
1961
as Bartholo
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Eugène, policeman
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Maximin
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
1982
as M. Jourdain
It All Depends on Girls
1980
as Lucien
Slices of Life
1985
as Le paysan
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés
1977
as Nestor Burma
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris
1973
as Jules Payrac
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross
2007
as Hubert Dunant
Heart to Heart
1979
as le cousin Gabriel
The Ones That Got Away
1981
as Emile Loubignac
The Three Musketeers
1959
as M. Bonacieux
Les Pieds nickelés
1964
as Ribouldingue
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived
1978
as Le Capitaine
La Honte de la famille
1969
as Maspie le Grand
Une merveilleuse journée
1980
as Pinède
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Colonel
The World Petanque Tour
2013
as Louis Cabanel
Is There a Frenchman in the House?
1982
as Victor Réglisson
Le Chandelier
1977
as Maître André
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général
1966
as Abel T. Léonard
The Impostures of Scapin
1981
as Géronte
Horoscope
1978
as Plancheteau
No Time for Justice
1990
as The investigating judge
The Red Ibis
1975
as Raymond
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur
1975
as Leonardos, Greek Billionaire
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers
1981
as le colonel Desjument
Les enquiquineurs
1966
as Le garde-champêtre
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice
2007
as Le Pape Benoît XIII
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Cocottes
1991
as Honorin, le maire
Les Gorilles
1964
as The newbie traffic warden
About Michel Galabru
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 Se… With 254 credits spanning from 1949 to 2023, Michel Galabru has appeared in 234 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michel Galabru Movies
- Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar (1999) — as Abraracourcix
- Subway (1985) — as Le Commissaire Gesberg
- The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) — as Jérôme Gerber
- Jo (1971) — as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
- The Little Bather (1968) — as Scipio
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