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Olivier de Funès

French actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 18, 2026
Entity authorityQ1366088 ↗
Source-derived summary

Olivier de Funès de Galarza (French: [ɔlivje d(ə) fynɛs d(ə) ɡalaʁza]; born 11 August 1949) is a French former film actor, retired Air France pilot, and a son of the most popular actor in French cinema history, Louis de Funès.

Partial filmography

1965: Fantômas se déchaîne (directed by André Hunebelle) - Michou

1966: Le Grand Restaurant (dir. by Jacques Besnard) - Marmiton Louis (uncredited)

1967: Les Grandes Vacances (dir. by Jean Girault) - Gérard Bosquier

1969: Hibernatus (dir. by Édouard Molinaro) - Didier de Tartas

1970: L'Homme orchestre (dir. by Serge Korber) - Philippe Evans

1971: Perched on a Tree (dir.

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The public source identifies “Olivier de Funès” as french actor. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Olivier, Funès and French.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1949, 1965, 1966, 1967—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Olivier, Funès and French providing the first useful test.
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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 18, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1366088. The first chronological checks are 1949, 1965, 1966 and 1967.

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This entry incorporates text from “Olivier de Funès” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.