Michel Galabru

Michel Galabru

October 27, 1922 · 103 years old

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…

Known For

45 titles
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Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

Asterix and Obelix vs. Caesar

1999 · 1h 49m · Movie

In all of Roman territory, the village where Asterix and Obelix live is the only enclave that has not yet been dominated by the empire, thanks to the magic potion of the druid Panoramix. But Commander Detritus has a plan to change...

6.0
2
Welcome to the Sticks

Welcome to the Sticks

2008 · 1h 46m · Movie

A French public servant from Provence is banished to the far North. Strongly prejudiced against this cold and inhospitable place, he leaves his family behind to relocate temporarily there, with the firm intent to quickly return.

7.1
3
Subway

Subway

1985 · 1h 44m · Movie

On improvising a burglary at a shady tycoon's home, Fred takes refuge in the hip and surreal universe of the Paris Metro and encounters its assorted denizens, the tycoon's henchmen and his disenchanted young wife.

6.5
4
The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez

The Gendarme of Saint-Tropez

1964 · 1h 30m · Movie

Gendarme Ludovic Cruchot is re-assigned to the French Riviera seaside resort town of Saint-Tropez where petty criminals and his own daughter give him a hard time.

7.1
5
Little Nicholas

Little Nicholas

2009 · 1h 31m · Movie

Nicholas has every reason to keep things in life unchanged; however, when he accidentally overhears mum and dad talking about a new baby brother, his world will turn upside down. Will they abandon him to make room for the little s...

7.1
6
La Cage aux Folles

La Cage aux Folles

1978 · 1h 37m · Movie

The manager of a Saint-Tropez nightclub featuring drag entertainment, and his star attraction, are a gay couple. Madness ensues when his straight son brings home a fiancée and her ultra-conservative parents to meet them.

7.2
7
Belle Epoque

Belle Epoque

1992 · 1h 49m · Movie

A 1931 Spanish military deserter finds himself on a lonely farm until the farmer's four daughters pay a visit and he falls for all of them.

7.1
8
The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials

The Gendarme and the Extra-Terrestrials

1979 · 1h 36m · Movie

In St. Tropez, French gendarme Cruchot and his men battle petroleum-drinking, human-looking, metallic aliens.

6.3
9
The Gendarme Gets Married

The Gendarme Gets Married

1968 · 1h 32m · Movie

The gendarme Cruchot meets the widow Josepha. They quickly fall in love but Cruchot's daughter doesn't like Josepha and is determined to prevent the wedding by all means necessary.

6.8
10
The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

The Gendarme and the Gendarmettes

1982 · 1h 42m · Movie

Cruchot and his gendarmes from Saint-Tropez receive a highly responsible government mission - to ensure the safety of four young beautiful female gendarmes officers. In a few days they begin to be abducted by mysterious villains.

6.2
11
The Gendarme Takes Off

The Gendarme Takes Off

1970 · 1h 47m · Movie

The entire squad of gendarmes from Saint-Tropez has been retired. But there is no such power that could stop them from protecting the law and public order.

6.5
12
One Deadly Summer

One Deadly Summer

1983 · 2h 13m · Movie

A young woman who oozes sensuality arrives in a small town and marries the local mechanic. Was it love at first sight? What links her enigmatic presence to the family's piano? Is it curiosity or is it something far more sinister?

7.2
13
Le petit baigneur

Le petit baigneur

1968 · 1h 36m · Movie

Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer Andr...

6.6
14
The Under-Gifted

The Under-Gifted

1980 · 1h 32m · Movie

Notorious dunces, the students of a Bac school compete in ingenuity and cheating to obtain the coveted diploma.

6.5
15
War of the Buttons

War of the Buttons

1962 · 1h 30m · Movie

The school boys of two villages in France are fighting. Their trophy are the buttons they will snatch from the enemy. This fight will bring those kids to everlasting friendship...eventually.

7.4
16
The Judge and the Assassin

The Judge and the Assassin

1976 · 2h 8m · Movie

An unstable former French Sergeant commits many atrocities. A judge considers how this case could benefit or damage his career.

7.3
17
La Cage aux Folles II

La Cage aux Folles II

1980 · 1h 42m · Movie

The titular gay couple become involved with local cops and foreign spies when one of them unwittingly obtains a roll of stolen microfilm.

5.8
18
Choice of Arms

Choice of Arms

1981 · 1h 54m · Movie

The powerful story of a reformed underworld kingpin whose stable lifestyle is turned upside-down when a desperate, escaped killer hides out at his rural estate.

6.9
19
Angelique and the King

Angelique and the King

1966 · 1h 40m · Movie

In the third of the Angélique series, the heroine is sent on a mission by King Louis XIV, and later finds herself the subject of rumors.

6.6
20
Special Section

Special Section

1975 · 1h 50m · Movie

In occupied France during World War II a German officer is murdered. The collaborationist Vichy government decides to pin the murder on six petty criminals. Loyal judges are called in to convict them as quickly as possible.

7.6
21
The Silence of the Sea

The Silence of the Sea

2004 · 1h 33m · Movie

In a small town in the west of France, during the German occupation, a room is requisitioned by a Wehrmacht captain, Werner von Ebrennac. The house where he now stays is inhabited by young Jeanne, who makes a living by giving pian...

7.8
22
Our History

Our History

1984 · 1h 50m · Movie

A desperate alcoholic reaches a turning-point in his life when he meets a strange woman in a railway carriage: they make love, but then she leaves. Chasing after the girl, he clings to her as if she were his final chance.

6.4
23
La prophétie des grenouilles

La prophétie des grenouilles

2003 · 1h 30m · Movie

It's a catastrophe! A flood has hit our planet and an unusual group of people are all that remains. Led by Ferdinand, a modern day Noah, this little group have managed to defy the furiously raging elements. People and animals alik...

6.6
24
Le grand bazar

Le grand bazar

1973 · 1h 26m · Movie

Four guys working for a small grocer in trouble, declare war on a new giant neighborhood supermarket by attempting several coups. A film about the big store taking over the business of smaller stores.

6.3
25
Kamikaze

Kamikaze

1986 · 1h 30m · Movie

A crazy old and bored scientist invents a system which allows him to reach through the airwaves and transform live TV cameras into weapons to kill whoever is being filmed.

5.9
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The Cat

The Cat

1977 · 1h 49m · Movie

Amedeo and Ofelia, middle aged brother and sister, own jointly an old decadent, but still attractive, condominium. They want to sell it, but before they have to evict all the tenants. Of course, these don't want to leave at all. T...

6.8
27
Open at Night

Open at Night

2017 · 1h 37m · Movie

One night to change everything. One night to save a theater, one night to change one's perspective about life. Luigi will push and pull Faeza with him everywhere around Paris an entire night to save his theater.

5.4
28
Les invincibles

Les invincibles

2013 · 1h 38m · Movie

Momo has one dream buried for years: become a petanque champion. When an international tournament is announced, he drops his ordinary life to win the first prize and fulfill his dreams.

5.3
29
The Telephone Always Rings Twice

The Telephone Always Rings Twice

1985 · 1h 30m · Movie

A serial killer murders women by knocking them out with the handset of a phone and signs his crime by sticking the dial in his victims' forehead. Private eye Marc Elbichon (whose real name is Marcel Bichon), craving for notoriety,...

5.9
30
Les frères Pétard

Les frères Pétard

1986 · 1h 30m · Movie

Broke, Momo and Manu agree to ferry statuettes from Amsterdam, but they discover that they are filled with drugs.

5.2
31
The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang

1974 · 1h 34m · Movie

When he investigates his daughter's disappearance, a bookseller discovers an underground society, living literally under the streets of Paris.

6.2
32
Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert

Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert

1980 · 1h 29m · Movie

An ordinary law-abiding man finds himself in straitened circumstances, and decides to pass himself off as a Baron, adopting the life-style of the rich. He is very successful at dealing in stolen luxury cars.

6.1
33
Est-ce bien raisonnable?

Est-ce bien raisonnable?

1981 · 1h 49m · Movie

Comedy/detective story, involving a young hood on the run and a woman journalist who thinks he's a judge who will help her investigate a case she is covering.

5.7
34
The Cheat

The Cheat

1984 · 1h 44m · Movie

In Bordeaux, a gay man's murder leads Inspector Verta to investigate. He develops feelings for Bernard, a musician suspect, jeopardizing his marriage and impartiality in the case.

5.9
35
Réveillon chez Bob

Réveillon chez Bob

1984 · 1h 23m · Movie

On New Year's Eve, among the tower blocks of a huge housing estate in Paris, strange people - each for a different reason - are looking for the home of a man called Bob.

4.9
36
Le bon roi Dagobert

Le bon roi Dagobert

1963 · 1h 35m · Movie

Mr. Pelletan's rascal son Bébert son got another F for playing in class. His punishment is an essay on the Merovingian king Dagobert. All they know is he had eight wives and reunited Francia. The ignorant knave's irreverent imagin...

5.3