Michel Galabru

Personal Info

Birthday

October 27, 1922

Day of Death

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

Bref

Asterix & Obelix Take on Caesar

Welcome to the Sticks

Subway

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez

Sueurs froides

Little Nicholas

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space

Filmography

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