Personal Info
Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 19, 1926
Place of Birth:
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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Fernand Raynaud
Biography
André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud (May 19, 1926 – September 28, 1973), was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.
Fernand Raynaud was one of the most renowned standup comedians among French comic actors of the 1950s and 1960s. He began his career playing and singing in cabarets and music halls, then he gained popularity through performances broadcast on television. He's renowned for playing typical, average Frenchmen characters, especially the silly ones, making funny faces and using mime and slapstick humor. In 1973, Raynaud was killed in a car crash in Le Cheix, near Riom, France.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président | Self (archive footage) |
| 2021 | Fernand Raynaud, les plus grands sketchs | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Les 60 ans du one-man-show | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Bourreau d'enfant | Self (archive footage) |
| 2011 | Fernand Raynaud | Self (archive footage) |
| 2009 | Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) | Self (archive footage) |
| 2001 | L'extraordinaire Fernand Raynaud sur scène | Self (archive footage) |
| 1999 | Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle | Self |
| 1971 | Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud | |
| 1969 | L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus | Julien Brulebois |
| 1968 | Salut Berthe ! | Adrien Chautard |
| 1962 | It's Not My Business | Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard |
| 1962 | We Will Go to Deauville | (uncredited) |
| 1961 | Auguste | Auguste |
| 1961 | L'inénarrable Fernand Raynaud | Self |
| 1960 | Sheep | Fernand Castel |
| 1959 | Houla-Houla | Fernand |
| 1959 | Minute papillon | |
| 1959 | La Marraine de Charley | Charley Rivoise |
| 1958 | The Sicilian | Fernand |
| 1958 | Happy Arenas | Fernand Cyprien de Chalamond |
| 1957 | It Happened on the 36 Candles | Self (uncredited) |
| 1957 | Fernand the Tramp | Fernand |
| 1956 | Life is beautiful | Cameo (uncredited) |
| 1956 | Daddy's Gang | Fernand Jérôme |
| 1956 | Fernand cow-boy | Fernand Mignot |
| 1954 | Fernand cherche du boulot | Fernand |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Les Rendez-vous du dimanche | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | Système 2 | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Le Grand Échiquier | Self (archive footage) |
| 1972 | Midi trente | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |