Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru Biography

Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (27 October 19224 January 2016) was a French actor.

Career

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 known for his collaborations with Louis de Funs in Le gendarme de Saint-Tropez, Le gendarme se marie, Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres, Le gendarme en balade, Le gendarme New York, Le gendarme et les gendarmettes, Le petit baigneur, L'avare, 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; Le viager; Les gaspars; Le room service; Antonio Vivaldi, un prince Venise; and L'ibis rouge.

Selected filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1948	La bataille du feu	Extra - A firefighter	Uncredited
1949	Dernire heure, dition spciale
1951	Ma femme, ma vache et moi
1954	Les Lettres de mon moulin	Baptistin
1958	Suivez-moi jeune homme	Aristide Oranos
1959	Du rififi chez les femmes	The Belgian firefighter
1960	Les Mordus	Fred
1961	La Fayette	The hostel warden
1962	War of the Buttons	Bacaill's father
1962	We Will Go to Deauville	Monsieur Mercier, the boss
1964	Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez	Jrme Gerber
1965	Angelica and the King	Bontemps
1965	Gendarme in New York	Jrme Gerber
1966	Brigade antigangs	Larmeno
1967	The Little Bather	Scipion
1968	Le gendarme se marie	Jrme Gerber
1970	Le gendarme en balade	Jrme Gerber
1971	Jo	Monsieur Tonelotti
1972	Le Viager	Lon Gallipeau
1973	La dernire bourre Paris	Jules Payrac
1973	Le Grand Bazar	mile
1974	Les Vacanciers	Aloyse Frankensteinmuhl
1974	Y'a un os dans la moulinette	mile
1974	Section spciale	President Cournet
1974	No Pockets in a Shroud	Thomas
1976	Le Trouble-fesses	Eugne Lajoux
1973	The Judge and the Assassin	Joseph Bouvier
1973	Group Portrait with a Lady	Walter Pelzer
1977	The Cat	Inspector Francisci
1977	Le beaujolais nouveau est arriv	The captain
1977	L'Amour en herbe	Morel
1978	La Cage aux folles	Simon Charrier
1979	Le gendarme et les extra-terrestres	Jrme Gerber
1979	Le Guignolo	Achille Sureau
1979	Cop or Hood	Commissioner Grimaud
1980	La Cage aux Folles II	Simon Charrier
1980	L'Avare	Matre Jacques
1980	Les sous-dous	The Police Commissioner
1980	I'm Photogenic	Del Giudice, the producer
1981	Le bahut va craquer	The Principal
1982	Le gendarme et les gendarmettes	Jrme Gerber
1983	One Deadly Summer	Gabriel, Eliane's father
1983	Papy fait de la rsistance	Jean-Robert Bourdelle, aka "Papy"
1983	Le braconnier de Dieu	Hilaire
1984	Notre histoire	Emile Pecqueur
1984	The Telephone Always Rings Twice	Marraine
1985	Subway	Inspector Gesberg
1985	La Cage aux Folles 3: The Wedding	Simon Charrier
1985	Tranches de vie	The farmer
1985	Le Facteur de Saint-Tropez	Charles de Lespinasse
1986	Kamikaze	Albert
1987	Keep Your Right Up	The Admiral
1989	La Rvolution franaise	Maury, the clergyman
1990	Uranus	Monglat
1992	Belle poque	Danglard
1996	My Man	A client of Marie
1998	Que la lumire soit	Southern God
1999	Asterix & Obelix Take On Caesar	Abraracourcix, the chieftain
2000	Les Acteurs	The killed actor
2003	Raining Cats and Frogs	Roger (voice)
2004	The Magic Roundabout	Zabadie (voice)
2008	Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis	Julie's grand uncle
2009	Neuilly sa mre!	The senator
2009	Le Petit Nicolas	The National Secretary of Education
2010	Mumu	Gatineau
2010	Love Like Poison	Jean Falgures

Awards

In 1977, Galabru received a Csar for Best Actor for his portrayal of Joseph Bouvier in Bertrand Tavernier's The Judge and the Assassin.

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