François-Alexandre Galepides (14 February 1929 in Paris – 25 March 1987 in Arpajon), known by the stage name Moustache, was a French jazz drummer and actor.
Born to a family of Greek descent, in 1948 he joined Lorient, the orchestra of Claude Luter, as a drummer, playing in clubs of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. He also regularly accompanied Sidney Bechet in France.
From 1950, he led his own bands (Les sept complices and Les gros minets). With the group Moustache et ses Moustachus, from 1956, he recorded, as a drummer and singer, several rock'n'roll novelty songs (e.g. "Le Croque-Skull-Creux", on a text by Boris Vian).
In 1978, he formed the group Les petits Français (including Marcel Zanini, Michel Attenoux and François Guin), which recorded, among other things, jazz pieces by Georges Brassens.
In parallel, Moustache had a career as a restaurateur (the restaurant Moustache, Avenue Duquesne Paris), head of clubs (in the 1960s, The Bilboquet and in 1976, The Jazz Club at the Hotel Méridien Etoile), comic and actor. His acting career included a few major roles such as Neither Seen Nor Recognized (1958) where he co-starred with Louis de Funès, and the 1975 version of Zorro where he portrayed Sergeant García alongside Alain Delon in the title role.
He was a member of the Star Racing Team in motor racing, with other celebrities of the 1980s such actors Jean-Louis Trintignant and Guy Marchand. He died in a car accident.
Filmography
1954 : Du rififi chez les hommes
1955 : Ce sacré Amédée
1956 : The Lebanese Mission as Hassan
1956 : Law of the Streets
1956 : Paris, Palace Hôtel as Le maître d'hôtel du réveillon
1957 : Love in the Afternoon as Butcher (uncredited)
1957 : Three Days to Live as Davros
1957 : Le Grand Bluff as Moustache
1957 : Incognito
1957 : Mademoiselle Strip-tease as Moustache
1957 : Comme un cheveu sur la soupe as Drummer in the orchestra
1958 : Neither Seen Nor Recognized as Ovide Parju, the gamekeeper
1959 : Ramuntcho as L'aubergiste
1959 : Pêcheur d'Islande
1959 : Sergent X as Lopez
1959 : La Nuit des traqués
1960 : Jack of Spades as Café patron
1961 : Vive Henri IV... vive l'amour ! as La Ferrière
1961 : Fanny
1961 : Paris Blues as Drummer
1963 : L'Abominable Homme des douanes as Inspector
1963 : In the French Style as Restaurateur
1964 : Hardi Pardaillan!
1964 : Circus World as Barman
1965 : The Art of Love
1965 : Lady L as Client
1966 : How to Steal a Million as Guard
1967 : Two for the Road
1968 : Mayerling as Bratfish
1968 : A Flea in Her Ear as Fat Man in Room 11
1968 : Istanbul Express as Gustav
1969 : Avalanche – sous réserve
1970 : Le Cri du cormoran le soir au-dessus des jonques
1975 : Zorro as Sergeant Garcia
1975 : Au-delà de la peur as Georgeaud
1976 : Attention les yeux !
1977 : Monsieur Papa as Gilles's father
1978 : Silver Bears as Señor Bendetti
1978 : Le Dernier Amant romantique
1979 : Le Maître-nageur as Zopoulos
1982 : Deux heures moins le quart avant Jésus-Christ as Emir
1984 : Neuville ma belle
