History Creator / MichelGalabru

After the war, he became one of the most prolific French actors of all time, competing for the record of most credits in his career as he appeared in about 300 works on film and television, from 1948 to 2015, most of it in supporting or bit roles. He's always admitted that the majority of his roles were [[MoneyDearBoy "bread and butter jobs"]], but that didn't prevent him from being a nationally beloved performer. He's most fondly remembered by the French public for his [[LargeHam hammy]] comedic parts, most famously alongside his longtime friend Creator/LouisDeFunes, although he had much more range than the latter and was equally at ease in dramatic roles.

* ''DerivativeWorks/TheThreeMusketeers'' (TV film, 1959) as Monsieur Bonacieux

* ''Film/{{The Three Musketeers|1959}}'' (TV film, 1959) as Monsieur Bonacieux

* [[invoked]]ThoseTwoActors: He appeared in a number of films alongside his friend Louis de Funès. Sometimes, he was cast ''at De Funès' own request'' when the latter felt he had to WagTheDirector.

* ''Franchise/TheThreeMusketeers'' (TV film, 1959) as Monsieur Bonacieux

* ''Film/LeGendarmeDeSaintTropez'' (1964) as Chief Adjudant Gerber

* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' (2016) as Vlad (French dub)

* ''WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania2'' (2016) as Vlad

After the war, he became one of the most prolific French actors of all time, competing for the record of most credits in his career as he appeared in about 300 works on film and television, from 1948 to 2015, most of it in supporting or bit roles. He's always admitted that the majority of his roles were [[MoneyDearBoy "bread and butter jobs"]], but that didn't prevent him from being a nationally beloved performer. He's most fondly remembered by the French public for his [[LargeHam hammy]] comedic parts, most famously alongside his friend Creator/LouisDeFunes, although he had much more range than the latter and was equally at ease in dramatic roles.

* [[invoked]]SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the films he played in were comedies, where he impersonates ridiculous and stupid authority figures. In the historical period drama ''Film/TheJudgeAndTheAssassin'' (1976), he played an ambiguous psychopath and he won the César Award for Best Actor.

* [[invoked]]WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was one of the actors considered for the role of the Abbott in 1986's ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' before the role went to Creator/MichaelLonsdale.

* [[invoked]]ThoseTwoActors: He appeared in a number of films alongside his friend Louis de Funès. Sometimes, he was cast ''at De Funès' own request''.

Michel Louis Edmond Galabru (October 27, 1922 - January 4, 2016) was a veteran French stage and screen actor and theatre director.

* [[invoked]]SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the films he played were comedies, where he impersonates ridiculous and stupid authority figures. In the historical period drama ''Film/TheJudgeAndTheAssassin'' (1976), he played an ambiguous psychopath and he won the César Award for Best Actor.

After the war, he became one of the most prolific French actors of all time, competing for the record of most credits in his career as he appeared in about 300 works on film and television, from 1948 to 2015, most of it in supporting or bit roles. He's always admitted that the majority were [[MoneyDearBoy "bread and butter jobs"]], but that didn't prevent him from being a nationally beloved performer. He's most fondly remembered by the French public for his [[LargeHam hammy]] comedic roles, most famously alongside his friend Creator/LouisDeFunes, although he had much more range than the latter and was equally at ease in dramatic roles.

He first wanted to become a professional soccer player, but his father forced him to take up law school. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was drafted in the STO (the mandatory labor service of Vichy France, which sent workers to Germany). He ended up in a German disciplinary camp in UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}} for "sabotage". [[UsefulNotes/JosipBrozTito Tito]]'s [[LaResistance Partisans]] freed him when they gradually retook the country, and he fought in their ranks as a [[ThePoliticalOfficer political commissioner]] for the remainder of the war then came back to France.

He first wanted to become a professional soccer player, but his father forced him to take up law school. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was drafted in the STO (the mandatory labor service of Vichy France, which sent workers to Germany). He ended up in a German disciplinary camp in UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}} for "sabotage". [[LaResistance Tito's Partisans]] freed him when they gradually retook the country, and he fought in their ranks as a [[ThePoliticalOfficer political commissioner]] for the remainder of the war then came back to France.

After the war, he became one of the most prolific French actors of all time, competing for the record of most credits in his career as he appeared in about 300 works on film and television, from 1948 to 2015, most of it in supporting or bit roles. He's always admitted that the majority were [[MoneyDearBoy "bread and butter jobs"]], but that didn't prevent him from being a nationally beloved performer.

He's most fondly remembered by the French public for his comedic roles, most famously alongside his friend Creator/LouisDeFunes, although he had much more range than the latter and was equally at ease in dramatic roles.

He first wanted to become a professional soccer player, but his father forced him to take up law school. During UsefulNotes/WorldWarII, he was drafted in the STO (the mandatory labor service of Vichy France, which sent workers to Germany). He ended up in a German disciplinary camp in UsefulNotes/{{Yugoslavia}} for "sabotage". [[LaResistance Tito's Partisans]] freed him when they gradually retook the country, and he fought in their ranks as a [[ThePoliticalOfficer political commissioner]] for the remainder of the war.

He is one of the most prolific French actors of all time, competing for the record of most credits in his career as he appeared in about 300 works on film and television, from 1948 to 2015, most of it in supporting or bit roles. He's always admitted that the majority were [[MoneyDearBoy "bread and butter jobs"]], but that didn't prevent him from being a nationally beloved performer.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: He was one of the actors considered for the role of the Abbott in 1986's ''Literature/TheNameOfTheRose'' before the role went to Creator/MichaelLonsdale.

* ''Literature/LeSilenceDeLaMer'' (TV film, 2004) as André Larosière

He's most fondly remembered by the general French public for his comedic roles, most famously alongside his friend Creator/LouisDeFunes, although he had much more range than the latter and was equally at ease in dramatic roles.

* [[invoked]]SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Most of the films he played were comedies, where he impersonates a ridiculous and stupid authority figure. In the historical period drama ''Film/TheJudgeAndTheAssassin'' (1976), he played an ambiguous psychopath and he won the César Award for Best Actor.

* HeReallyCanAct: Most of the films he played were comedies, where he impersonates a ridiculous and stupid authority figure. In the historical period drama ''Film/TheJudgeAndTheAssassin'' (1976), he played an ambiguous psychopath and he won the César Award for Best Actor.