Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath

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Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath is a fictional, suave yet comically inept French secret agent best known as the protagonist of the OSS 117 spy parody films.

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Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
film character
secret agent
alignment French government
appearsIn OSS 117 film series
basedOn OSS 117 novel series
characteristic comically inept
suave
countryOfCitizenship France
countryOfOriginOfWork France
creator Jean Bruce
fictionalEthnicity French
fictionalProfessionDetail spy for the SDECE
fictionalUniverse OSS 117 universe
firstAppearanceInFilm OSS 117 se déchaîne
franchise OSS 117
genre comedy
spy parody
hasGender male
humorStyleAssociated deadpan
situational comedy
inspiredBy classic spy fiction archetypes
languageOfCharacter French
medium film
novel
narrativeFunction parody of James Bond–type spies
notableCharacteristic old-fashioned worldview
overconfident
politically incorrect attitudes
notableQuoteLanguage French
notableWork OSS 117: Alerte rouge en Afrique noire
OSS 117: Le Caire, nid d'espions
OSS 117: Rio ne répond plus
occupation secret agent
occupationInFiction agent of French intelligence services
portrayedBy Frederick Stafford
Jean Dujardin
John Gavin
Kerwin Mathews
role protagonist
targetAudience fans of spy comedies
usedFor satire of Cold War espionage tropes
satire of French foreign policy
satire of colonialism

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Jean Dujardin characterPortrayed Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath
OSS 117: Cairo, Nest of Spies character Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath
OSS 117: Lost in Rio mainCharacter Hubert Bonisseur de La Bath