
Born
1922-10-27 (age 103)
Birthplace
Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
Known For
Acting
Michel Galabru
Biography
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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances

Par ici la monnaie
as Bishop
1974

The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space
as Jérôme Gerber
1979

Le Pion
as Schulinspektor
1978

Le bahut va craquer
as le proviseur
1981

Belle Époque
as Danglard
1992

Subway
as Le Commissaire Gesberg
1985

War of the Buttons
as Bacaillé's father
1962

The Down-in-the-Hole Gang
as Commissaire Lalatte
1974

The French Revolution
as Abbé Maury
1989

The Gendarme in New York
as Jérôme Gerber
1965

Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
as Jérôme Gerber
1964

The Gendarme Gets Married
as Jérôme Gerber
1968

Horoscope
as Plancheteau
1978

The Red Ibis
as Raymond
1975

La Cage aux Folles
as Simon Charrier
1978

Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023

Coup de vache
as Raymond Malassis
2004

The Miser
as Maître Jacques
1980

La Cage aux Folles II
as Simon Charrier
1980

Little Nicholas
as Minister
2009
TV Appearances
Le Plus Grand Cabaret du monde
as Self
1998

Nulle part ailleurs
as Self
1987

Bref
as Michel Galabru
2011

Coucou c'est nous !
as Self
1992

Spécial cinéma
as Self
1974

Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
1972

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
1975

Numéro un
as Self
1975
Midi trente
as Self
1972

Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982

Il était une fois Champs-Élysées
as Self (archive footage)
2022

Midi Première
as Self
1975