Michel Galabru has grown into a veteran actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. 'Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. There are 211 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. 'Welcome to the Sticks' is where the largest audience met him.
Michel Galabru
Actor
93 years (Oct 27, 1922 – Jan 4, 2016)Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
Michel Galabru has grown into a veteran actor who has rarely been away from the screen for long. 'Asterix and Obelix Take On Caesar' rounds out the better-known part of the filmography. There are 211 entries on the filmography, most of them supporting work in other people's stories. 'Welcome to the Sticks' is where the largest audience met him.
1922-10-27 · Safi, French Protectorate of Morocco [now Morocco]
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.