Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

255

Gender

Male

Birthday

1922-10-27

Deathday

2016-01-04 (93 years old)

Place of Birth

Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]

Also Known As

Michel Louis Edmond Galabru

Michel Galabru

Biography

Michel Galabru (born October 27, 1922) is a French actor.

Known For

6.7%

Welcome to the Sticks

Feb 20, 2008

6.0%

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

Feb 3, 1999

6.0%

Little Nicholas

Sep 30, 2009

6.0%

Neuilly Yo Mama!

Aug 12, 2009

7.0%

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Sep 8, 1964

6.1%

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

Jan 31, 1979

6.5%

The Gendarme Gets Married

Oct 30, 1968

6.0%

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

Oct 3, 1982

6.3%

The Gendarme in New York

Oct 28, 1965

6.3%

The Gendarme Takes Off

Oct 28, 1970

6.4%

The Under-Gifted

Apr 30, 1980

6.5%

Subway

Apr 10, 1985

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Acting

2023

Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)

2022

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées as Self (archive footage)

2017

Open at Night as Lui-Même

2013

The World Petanque Tour as Louis Cabanel

2012		La page blanche as Philippe
2012		Our dear neighbors as Raymond

2011		The Robbed Robber as André Gourgousse
2011		Bref as Michel Galabru
2011		Belmondo, itinéraire... as Self
2011		The Great Restaurant II as The unworthy grandfather
2011		Jules et Marcel as Jules Raimu

2010		The Baker's Wife as Aimable Castanier
2010		Love Like Poison as Jean Falguères
2010		Mumu as Gâtineau

2009		À deux c'est plus facile as Joseph Coudré
2009		Scènes de ménages as Norbert - Ancien collègue de Raymond
2009		Scènes de ménages as Norbert
2009		Cineman as Le Docteur
2009		Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) as Self (archive footage)
2009		Little Nicholas as Le ministre
2009		Neuilly Yo Mama! as Sénateur

2008		Final Arrangements as Monsieur Froissard
2008		Europas Erbe - Die großen Dramatiker as Self
2008		Welcome to the Sticks as Julie's Great Uncle
2008		The Maiden and the Wolves as Albert Garcin

2007		Antonio Vivaldi - A Prince in Venice as Le Pape Benoît XIII
2007		Henry Dunant: Red on the Cross as Hubert Dunant

2004		Coup de vache as Raymond Malassis
2004		Michel Galabru au Marigny - On nous a menti ! as Himself
2004		Silence of the Sea as André Larosière
2004		San Antonio as Achille

2003		The Car Keys as Teacher
2003		Raining Cats and Frogs as L'éléphant (voice)
2003		Louis de Funès ou le pouvoir de faire rire as Self

2000		Léopold as Léopold Salvat
2000		Actors as Self

1999

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar as Abraracourcix

1998		Foul Play as Michel Galabru
1998		Le plus grand cabaret du monde as Self
1998		Vivement dimanche as Self
1998		Let There Be Light! as Dieu le méridional
1998		Marceeel!!!

1997

Christmas at Bunny's as Le Père Noël

1996		Rainbow pour Rimbaud
1996		Chaudemanche, père et fils as Eugène Chaudemanche
1996		My Man as 3rd client

1995		L'École des femmes
1995		Le mas Théotime as Clodieus
1995		La poule aux oeufs d'or as Alexanche Fauchard de Poisseuse

1994

Honorin et l'enfant prodigue as Honorin, le maire

1993

Polly West est de retour as Honorin, mayor

1992		Belle Époque as Danglard
1992		Sleeping Waters
1992		Coucou c'est nous ! as Self
1992		Room Service as Fernand Castanier
1992		Honorin et la Loreleï as Honorin, le maire

1991		Les Disparus de Saint-Agil as Mr Lemmel
1991		Epiphany Sunday as Georges
1991		The Cocottes as Honorin, le maire

1990		Deux flics à Belleville as Commissioner Santucci
1990		Uranus as Monglat
1990		Stars 90 as Self
1990		Feu sur le candidat as Robert Cavaillon
1990		Le Provincial as Ernest Cazavant
1990		No Time for Justice as The investigating judge
1990		The Silence Of Elsewhere

1989		La Folle Journée (Le Mariage de Figaro) as Bartholo
1989		L'Invité surprise as Le commissaire Le Bourreux
1989		Sans défense as Jules Rampin
1989		The French Revolution as Abbé Maury
1989		Una casa a Roma as Cardinale
1989		Le commissaire épate le FBI as Commissaire Tarquinini

1988		L'Argent as Daigremont
1988		Envoyez les violons as Dino Pizzoli
1988		Sueurs froides as Jacques Chalmont

1987		Keep Your Right Up as Admiral
1987		Sacrée soirée as Self
1987		Nulle part ailleurs as Self
1987		Matin Bonheur as Self
1987		Grand Guignol as Charlie
1987		The Debauched Life of Gerard Floque as Jean-Etienne Nasal
1987		Poule et frites as Martinez

1986		Kamikaze as Albert
1986		The Joint Brothers as Le père de Momo
1986		I Hate Actors as Bison
1986		Follow My Gaze as L'instituteur

1985		La Cage aux Folles 3 as Charrier
1985		Ne prends pas les poulets pour des pigeons as Commissaire Dufresne
1985		Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez as Charles de Lespinasse
1985		Subway as Commissaire Gesbert
1985		Monsieur de Pourceaugnac as Monsieur de Pourceaugnac
1985		Slices of Life as Le paysan
1985		The Telephone Always Rings Twice as Marraine

1984		Partenaires as Charlie
1984		New Year's Eve At Bob's as Douglas
1984		Les Fausses Confidences as M. Rémy
1984		The Cheat as Jean Morane / Sylvain Morane
1984		Adam et Ève as Léon Blachurpe
1984		Our Story as Emile Pecqueur
1984		Salt on the Skin as Bideau

1983		Gramps Is in the Resistance as Jean-Robert Bourdelle dit « Papy »
1983		Vous habitez chez vos parents ? as André Martell
1983		It's Called Catastrophe as Fernand Dubuisson
1983		En cas de guerre mondiale, je file à l'étranger as Ponsard, publisher
1983		One Deadly Summer as Gabriel Devigne, Eliane's father
1983		C'est facile et ça peut rapporter... 20 ans as J.B.M, marquis de Malaveilla
1983		Le Braconnier de Dieu as Hilaire

1982		The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes as Jérôme Gerber (Alphonse)
1982		The Graduates of the Last Row as Marcel, le directeur
1982		On s'en fout… nous on s'aime as 'Tonton' Aristote
1982		Is There a Frenchman in the House? as Victor Réglisson
1982		Salut, j'arrive
1982		Te marre pas... c'est pour rire ! as Michel Frémont, délégué syndical
1982		Le Bourgeois gentilhomme as M. Jourdain
1982		Champs-Elysées as Self

1981		Si ma gueule vous plaît...
1981		Rookie Soldiers on Maneuvers as le colonel Desjument
1981		Choice of Arms as Commissioner Bonnardot
1981		Le bahut va craquer as le proviseur
1981		Signé Furax as Black
1981		Is This Reasonable? as Émile Dugoineau, usher
1981		The Ones That Got Away as Emile Loubignac
1981		The Impostures of Scapin as Géronte

1980		La Cage aux Folles II as Simon Charrier
1980		le vol d'Icare as Morcol
1980		Une merveilleuse journée as Pinède
1980		Tartuffe ou l'Imposteur as Tartuffe
1980		A Week's Vacation as Mancheron
1980		The Under-Gifted as le commissaire
1980		Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold as Thibaut
1980		Le Guignolo as Achille Sureau, un ancien complice d'Alexandre
1980		I'm Photogenic as Commendator Del Giudice
1980		The Miser as Maître Jacques
1980		It All Depends on Girls as Lucien

1979		Arrête de ramer, t'attaques la falaise ! as Don Fernand
1979		The Winner as M. Dupré-Granval, banquier
1979		The City of Silences as Nathan Farijacque
1979		Duets on Sofa as Bernard, the lawyer
1979		The Bit Between the Teeth as Charles Dréant
1979		Ciao, You Guys as Ecological Farmer
1979		Cop or Hood as Commissioner Grimaud
1979		The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space as Jérôme Gerber
1979		Heart to Heart as le cousin Gabriel

1978		La Cage aux Folles as Simon Charrier
1978		Le Pion as Schulinspektor
1978		Question of Love as Le procureur
1978		Horoscope as Plancheteau
1978		Surprise Sock as L'obsédé de la télévision
1978		Le beaujolais nouveau est arrivé... as Le Capitaine

1977		Le Chandelier as Maître André
1977		The Cat as Francisci
1977		The Centipede Is Tap Dancing as M. de Beaugenay
1977		Genre masculin
1977		The Night of Saint-Germain-des-Prés as Nestor Burma
1977		Group Portrait with a Lady as Walter Pelzer

1976		La Grande Récré as Le Commissaire
1976		The Groper as Eugène Lajoux
1976		The Braggart
1976		Le Chasseur de chez Maxim's as Julien Mercier
1976		The Judge and the Assassin as Joseph Bouvier

1975		Cigalon as Cigalon
1975		Monsieur Balboss
1975		Mad Race to Cote d'Azur as Leonardos, le milliardaire Grec
1975		The Red Ibis as Raymond
1975		Special Section as Le président Cournet
1975		The Dangerous Mission as Le boulanger, maire de Senlis
1975		Numéro un as Self
1975		Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self
1975		Midi Première as Self

1974		No Pockets in a Shroud as Thomas
1974		C'est jeune et ça sait tout ! as M. Lambris
1974		Spécial cinéma as Self
1974		There's a Bone in the Mill as Emile
1974		Two Big Girls in Pyjamas as Canavese
1974		The Fuhrer Runs Amok as Monsieur Achtung
1974		Par ici la monnaie as Bishop
1974		Bedmania as Charles
1974		Les vacanciers as Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
1974		The Down-in-the-Hole Gang as Commissaire Lalatte

1973		La Dernière Bourrée à Paris as Jules Payrac
1973		Man in the Trunk as Baby
1973		The Big Store as Émile, propriétaire du café-épicerie
1973		Le Concierge as Robert Forazn homme d'affaires
1973		L'Heptaméron (Joyeux compères) as Maître Lamothe
1973		Big Deal as The commissioner
1973		Some Too Quiet Gentlemen as Peloux

1972		Les joyeux lurons as Le chanoine Bossuet
1972		She No Longer Talks, She Shoots as Cardinal
1972		The Egg as Gaston Berthoullet
1972		Midi trente as Self
1972		The Annuity as Léon Galipeau
1972		Le Grand Échiquier as Self

1971		La Grande Maffia as Father #1
1971		Joe: The Busybody as Tonelotti l'entrepreneur

1970		The Gendarme Takes Off as Jérôme Gerber
1970		Et qu'ça saute ! as Gutiérrez

1969		La Honte de la famille as Maspie le Grand
1969		Poussez pas grand-père dans les cactus as The Inspector
1969		Un merveilleux parfum d'oseille as Maître Le Gouen
1969		Aux frais de la princesse as Dagobert
1969		The Fighting Cock as Albert
1969		Les gros malins as Vicar
1969		L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus as Eugène, policeman

1968		The Gendarme Gets Married as Jérôme Gerber
1968		The Most Beautiful Month as Besson
1968		A Strange Kind of Colonel as Le colonel
1968		The Little Bather as Scipio

1967		Vacances pour Jessica as Bill
1967		The Men in the Family as le brigadier

1966		Monsieur le Président Directeur Général as Abel T. Léonard
1966		Les enquiquineurs as Le garde-champêtre
1966		Brigade Anti Gangs as Larmeno
1966		The Postman Goes to War as Claparède
1966		Your Money or Your Life as Maître Laprise, notaire
1966		Angelique and the King as Bontemps
1966		The Sleeping Sentinel as Florin

1965		The Gendarme in New York as Jérôme Gerber
1965		Me and the Forty Year Old Man as Bricaud
1965		The Real Bargain as Colmar
1965		Les baratineurs as Entrepreneur

1964		Les Gorilles as The newbie traffic warden
1964		Les pieds nickelés as Ribouldingue
1964		Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Jérôme Gerber
1964		Clémentine chérie as L'ingénieur de la FBI

1963		My Wife's Husband as Maximin
1963		La bande à Bobo as Bourrache
1963		Good King Dagobert as Pépin
1963		The Trip to Biarritz as Touffanel

1962		La salamandre d'or as Alchemist
1962		L'Auberge de l'ange gardien as Le général Dourakine
1962		We Will Go to Deauville as Mr. Mercier
1962		Tartarin de Tarascon as Barbassou
1962		Adieu Philippine as Salas Ina dans l'émission de télévision 'Montserrat' (uncredited)
1962		Parades as Giles
1962		War of the Buttons as Bacaillé's father
1962		The Cross and the Banner as Bob
1962		Lafayette as Innkeeper

1961		The Marriage of Figaro as Bartholo
1961		The New Aristrocrats as Father Menuzzi
1961		Famous Love Affairs as Champagne, le domestique du roi
1961		Fumée, histoire et fantaisie
1961		One Night at the Beach as le commissaire

1960		Cyrano de Bergerac as Ragueneau
1960		The Delinquents as Fred
1960		A Game for Six Lovers as César

1959		The Three Musketeers as M. Bonacieux
1959		The Dreadful as Pelou
1959		Riff Raff Girls as Bit part
1959		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

1952

Ma femme, ma vache et moi

1949		Last Hour, Special Edition
1949		La Bataille du feu as Firefighter

Directing

1995

La poule aux oeufs d'or as Director