Actor

Michel Galabru

Birthday: October 27, 1922

Born in: Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]

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.

Movie Credits

Les Rois de la comédie (2023) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 100
Open at Night (2017) as Michel Galabru
Age: 94
The World Petanque Tour (2013) as Louis Cabanel
Age: 90
Louis de Funès, l'homme qui a passé le mur du son (2013) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 90
La page blanche (2012) as Philippe
Age: 90
The Robbed Robber (2011) as André Gourgousse
Age: 88
Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011) as Self
Age: 88
The Great Restaurant II (2011) as The Unworthy Grandfather
Age: 88
Jules et Marcel (2011) as Jules Raimu
Age: 88
The Baker's Wife (2010) as Aimable Castanier
Age: 88
Love Like Poison (2010) as Jean Falguères
Age: 87
Mumu (2010) as Gâtineau
Age: 87
À deux c'est plus facile (2009) as Joseph Coudré
Age: 87
Cineman (2009) as Le Docteur
Age: 87
Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009) as Self (archive footage)
Age: 86
Little Nicholas (2009) as Minister
Age: 86
Neuilly Yo Mama! (2009) as Sénateur
Age: 86
Final Arrangements (2008) as Monsieur Froissard
Age: 86
Welcome to the Sticks (2008) as Julie's Great Uncle
Age: 85
The Maiden and the Wolves (2008) as Albert Garcin
Age: 85
Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice (2007) as Le Pape Benoît XIII
Age: 84
Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross (2007) as Hubert Dunant
Age: 84
Coup de vache (2004) as Raymond Malassis
Age: 82
Michel Galabru au Marigny - On nous a menti ! (2004) as Self
Age: 82
Silence of the Sea (2004) as André Larosière
Age: 81
San Antonio (2004) as Achille
Age: 81
The Car Keys (2003) as Teacher
Age: 81
Raining Cats and Frogs (2003) as L'éléphant (voice)
Age: 81
Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire (2003) as Self
Age: 80
Léopold (2000) as Léopold Salvat
Age: 77
Actors (2000) as Executed actor
Age: 77
Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar (1999) as Abraracourcix
Age: 76
Foul Play (1998) as Michel Galabru
Age: 76
Let There Be Light! (1998) as Dieu le méridional
Age: 75
Marceeel!!! (1998) as Marcel
Age: 75
Christmas at Bunny's (1997) as Le Père Noël
Age: 75
Rainbow pour Rimbaud (1996) as Robert's father
Age: 73
Chaudemanche, père et fils (1996) as Eugène Chaudemanche
Age: 73
My Man (1996) as 3rd client
Age: 73
L'École des femmes (1995) as Arnolphe
Age: 73
Le mas Théotime (1995) as Clodieus
Age: 72
La poule aux oeufs d'or (1995) as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse
Age: 72
Honorin et l'enfant prodigue (1994) as Honorin, le maire
Age: 71
Polly West est de retour (1993) as Honorin, mayor
Age: 70
Belle Époque (1992) as Danglard
Age: 70
Sleeping Waters (1992) as Fouchard
Age: 70
Room Service (1992) as Fernand Castanier
Age: 69
Honorin et la Loreleï (1992) as Honorin, le maire
Age: 69
Les Disparus de Saint-Agil (1991) as Mr Lemmel
Age: 68
Epiphany Sunday (1991) as Georges
Age: 68
The Cocottes (1991) as Honorin, le maire
Age: 68
Deux flics à Belleville (1990) as Commissioner Santucci
Age: 68
Uranus (1990) as Monglat
Age: 68
Feu sur le candidat (1990) as Robert Cavaillon
Age: 67
Le Provincial (1990) as Ernest Cazavant
Age: 67
No Time for Justice (1990) as The investigating judge
Age: 67
The Silence Of Elsewhere (1990) as Henri
Age: 67
La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro) (1989) as Bartholo
Age: 66
L'Invité surprise (1989) as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
Age: 66
Sans défense (1989) as Jules Rampin
Age: 66
The French Revolution (1989) as Abbé Maury
Age: 66
Una casa a Roma (1989) as Cardinale
Age: 66
Le commissaire épate le FBI (1989) as Commissaire Tarquinini
Age: 66
L'Argent (1988) as Daigremont
Age: 65
Envoyez les violons (1988) as Dino Pizzoli
Age: 65
Keep Your Right Up (1987) as Admiral
Age: 65
Grand Guignol (1987) as Charlie
Age: 64
The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque (1987) as Jean-Etienne Nasal
Age: 64
Poule et frites (1987) as Martinez
Age: 64
Kamikaze (1986) as Albert
Age: 64
The Joint Brothers (1986) as Le père de Momo
Age: 63
I Hate Actors (1986) as Bison
Age: 63
Follow My Gaze (1986) as L'instituteur
Age: 63
La Cage aux Folles 3 (1985) as Charrier
Age: 63
Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons (1985) as Commissaire Dufresne
Age: 62
Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez (1985) as Charles de Lespinasse
Age: 62
Subway (1985) as Le Commissaire Gesberg
Age: 62
Monsieur de Pourceaugnac (1985) as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
Age: 62
Slices of Life (1985) as Le paysan
Age: 62
The Telephone Always Rings Twice (1985) as Marraine
Age: 62
Partenaires (1984) as Charlie
Age: 62
New Year's Eve At Bob's (1984) as Douglas
Age: 62
Les Fausses Confidences (1984) as M. Rémy
Age: 61
The Cheat (1984) as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
Age: 61
Adam et Ève (1984) as Léon Blachurpe
Age: 61
Our Story (1984) as Emile Pecqueur
Age: 61
Salt on the Skin (1984) as Bideau
Age: 61
Gramps Is in the Resistance (1983) as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
Age: 60
Vous habitez chez vos parents ? (1983) as André Martell
Age: 60
It's Called Catastrophe (1983) as Fernand Dubuisson
Age: 60
C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans (1983) as J.B.M., Marquis of Malaveilla
Age: 60
En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger (1983) as Ponsard, publisher
Age: 60
One Deadly Summer (1983) as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
Age: 60
Le Braconnier de Dieu (1983) as Hilaire
Age: 60
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes (1982) as Adjudant Jérôme Gerber
Age: 59
The Graduates of the Last Row (1982) as Marcel, le directeur
Age: 59
On s'en fout… nous on s'aime (1982) as 'Tonton' Aristote
Age: 59
Is There a Frenchman in the House? (1982) as Victor Réglisson
Age: 59
Salut, j'arrive (1982) as Gaston, Minou's father
Age: 59
Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! (1982) as Michel Frémont, union representative
Age: 59
Le Bourgeois gentilhomme (1982) as M. Jourdain
Age: 59
Si ma gueule vous plaît... (1981) as Fabien de Lingeau, CEO
Age: 59
Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers (1981) as le colonel Desjument
Age: 59
Choice of Arms (1981) as Commissioner Bonnardot
Age: 58
Le bahut va craquer (1981) as le proviseur
Age: 58
Signé Furax (1981) as Black
Age: 58
Is This Reasonable? (1981) as Émile Dugoineau, usher
Age: 58
The Ones That Got Away (1981) as Emile Loubignac
Age: 58
The Impostures of Scapin (1981) as Géronte
Age: 58
La Cage aux Folles II (1980) as Simon Charrier
Age: 58
le vol d'Icare (1980) as Morcol
Age: 58
Une merveilleuse journée (1980) as Pinède
Age: 58
Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur (1980) as Tartuffe
Age: 57
A Week's Vacation (1980) as Mancheron
Age: 57
The Under-Gifted (1980) as le commissaire
Age: 57
Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold (1980) as Thibaut
Age: 57
Le Guignolo (1980) as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
Age: 57
I'm Photogenic (1980) as Commendator Del Giudice
Age: 57
The Miser (1980) as Maître Jacques
Age: 57
It All Depends on Girls (1980) as Lucien
Age: 57
Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! (1979) as Don Fernand
Age: 57
The Winner (1979) as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier
Age: 57
The City of Silences (1979) as Nathan Farijacque
Age: 57
Duets on Sofa (1979) as Bernard, the lawyer
Age: 57
The Bit Between the Teeth (1979) as Charles Dréant
Age: 56
Ciao, You Guys (1979) as Ecological Farmer
Age: 56
Cop or Hood (1979) as Commissioner Grimaud
Age: 56
The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space (1979) as Jérôme Gerber
Age: 56
Heart to Heart (1979) as le cousin Gabriel
Age: 56
Le Pion (1978) as Schulinspektor
Age: 55
La Cage aux Folles (1978) as Simon Charrier
Age: 55
Question of Love (1978) as Le procureur
Age: 55
Horoscope (1978) as Plancheteau
Age: 55
Surprise Sock (1978) as L'obsédé de la télévision
Age: 55
Beaujolais Nouveau Is Arrived (1978) as Le Capitaine
Age: 55
Le Chandelier (1977) as Maître André
Age: 55
The Cat (1977) as Francisci
Age: 55
The Centipede Is Tap Dancing (1977) as M. de Beaugenay
Age: 54
Genre masculin (1977) as Pierre
Age: 54
The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés (1977) as Nestor Burma
Age: 54
Group Portrait with a Lady (1977) as Walter Pelzer
Age: 54
La Grande Récré (1976) as Le Commissaire
Age: 53
The Groper (1976) as Eugène Lajoux
Age: 53
The Braggart (1976) as Lieutenant Gilles Castelet
Age: 53
Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's (1976) as Julien Mercier
Age: 53
The Judge and the Assassin (1976) as Joseph Bouvier
Age: 53
Cigalon (1975) as Cigalon
Age: 53
Monsieur Balboss (1975) as Commissioner Balboss
Age: 53
Mad Race to Cote d'Azur (1975) as Leonardos, Greek billionaire
Age: 52
The Red Ibis (1975) as Raymond
Age: 52
Special Section (1975) as Le président Cournet
Age: 52
The Dangerous Mission (1975) as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis
Age: 52
No Pockets in a Shroud (1974) as Thomas
Age: 51
C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! (1974) as M. Lambris
Age: 51
There's a Bone in the Mill (1974) as Emile
Age: 51
Two Big Girls in Pyjamas (1974) as Canavese
Age: 51
The Fuhrer Runs Amok (1974) as Monsieur Achtung
Age: 51
Par ici la monnaie (1974) as Bishop
Age: 51
Bedmania (1974) as Charles
Age: 51
Les vacanciers (1974) as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
Age: 51
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang (1974) as Commissaire Lalatte
Age: 51
La Dernière Bourrée à Paris (1973) as Jules Payrac
Age: 51
Man in the Trunk (1973) as Baby
Age: 50
The Big Store (1973) as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
Age: 50
Le Concierge (1973) as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
Age: 50
L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) (1973) as Maître Lamothe
Age: 50
Big Deal (1973) as The commissioner
Age: 50
Some Too Quiet Gentlemen (1973) as Peloux
Age: 50
Les joyeux lurons (1972) as Le chanoine Bossuet
Age: 50
She No Longer Talks, She Shoots (1972) as Cardinal
Age: 49
The Egg (1972) as Gaston Berthoullet
Age: 49
The Annuity (1972) as Léon Galipeau
Age: 49
La Grande Maffia (1971) as Father #1
Age: 48
Joe: The Busybody (1971) as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur
Age: 48
The Gendarme Takes Off (1970) as Jérôme Gerber
Age: 48
Et qu'ça saute ! (1970) as Gutiérrez
Age: 47
La Honte de la famille (1969) as Maspie le Grand
Age: 47
Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus (1969) as The Inspector
Age: 47
Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille (1969) as Maître Le Gouen
Age: 46
Aux frais de la princesse (1969) as Dagobert
Age: 46
The Fighting Cock (1969) as Albert
Age: 46
Les gros malins (1969) as Vicar
Age: 46
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus (1969) as Eugène, policeman
Age: 46
The Gendarme Gets Married (1968) as Jérôme Gerber
Age: 46
The Most Beautiful Month (1968) as Besson
Age: 45
The Men in the Family (1968) as Brigadier
Age: 45
A Strange Kind of Colonel (1968) as Colonel
Age: 45
The Little Bather (1968) as Scipio
Age: 45
Vacances pour Jessica (1967) as Bill
Age: 44
Monsieur le Président Directeur Général (1966) as Abel T. Léonard
Age: 44
Les enquiquineurs (1966) as Le garde-champêtre
Age: 44
Brigade Anti Gangs (1966) as Larmeno
Age: 43
The Postman Goes to War (1966) as Claparède
Age: 43
Your Money or Your Life (1966) as Maître Laprise, notary
Age: 43
Angelique and the King (1966) as Bontemps
Age: 43
The Sleeping Sentinel (1966) as Florin
Age: 43
The Gendarme in New York (1965) as Jérôme Gerber
Age: 43
Me and the Forty Year Old Man (1965) as Bricaud
Age: 42
The Real Bargain (1965) as Colmar
Age: 42
Les baratineurs (1965) as Entrepreneur
Age: 42
Les Gorilles (1964) as The newbie traffic warden
Age: 42
Les Pieds nickelés (1964) as Ribouldingue
Age: 41
Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez (1964) as Jérôme Gerber
Age: 41
Clémentine chérie (1964) as FBI engineer
Age: 41
My Wife's Husband (1963) as Maximin
Age: 41
La bande à Bobo (1963) as Bourrache
Age: 41
Good King Dagobert (1963) as Pépin
Age: 41
The Trip to Biarritz (1963) as Touffanel
Age: 40
La salamandre d'or (1962) as Alchemist
Age: 40
L'Auberge de l'ange gardien (1962) as Le général Dourakine
Age: 40
We Will Go to Deauville (1962) as Mr. Mercier
Age: 40
Tartarin de Tarascon (1962) as Barbassou
Age: 40
Adieu Philippine (1962) as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
Age: 39
Parades (1962) as Giles
Age: 39
War of the Buttons (1962) as Bacaillé's father
Age: 39
The Cross and the Banner (1962) as Bob
Age: 39
Lafayette (1962) as Innkeeper
Age: 39
The Marriage of Figaro (1961) as Bartholo
Age: 39
The New Aristrocrats (1961) as Father Menuzzi
Age: 39
Famous Love Affairs (1961) as Champagne, le domestique du roi
Age: 39
Fumée, histoire et fantaisie (1961)
Age: 38
One Night at the Beach (1961) as le commissaire
Age: 38
Cyrano de Bergerac (1960) as Ragueneau
Age: 38
The Delinquents (1960) as Fred
Age: 37
A Game for Six Lovers (1960) as César
Age: 37
The Three Musketeers (1959) as M. Bonacieux
Age: 37
The Dreadful (1959) as Pelou
Age: 36
Riff Raff Girls (1959) as Bit part
Age: 36
The Indestructible (1959) as Augustin Robustal
Age: 36
Follow Me Young Man (1958) as Aristide Oranos
Age: 36
Three of the Canebière (1955) as Pénible
Age: 33
Letters from My Windmill (1954) as Anselme
Age: 32
Ma femme, ma vache et moi (1952)
Age: 29
Last Hour, Special Edition (1949) as Mr. Mercier, hotel receptionist (uncredited
Age: 26
La Bataille du feu (1949) as Firefighter
Age: 26