Mario David is a screen veteran who has rarely been away from the screen for long. Neither the cinema nor the television half of the career can be called the side project. 'The Gendarme and the Creatures from Outer Space' is the title most people reach for first, with Le voleur du bidon d'huile at the center of it. 'The Gendarme Gets Married' is the other credit that tends to come up. The first credits arrived long before the title most people know. The bulk of the career has been spent in comedy.