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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
May 8, 1903
Place of Birth:
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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Fernandel
Biography
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan town located in the province of Turin. He was a comedy star who first gained popularity in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. His stage name originated from his marriage to Henriette Manse, the sister of his best friend and frequent cinematic collaborator Jean Manse. So attentive was he to his wife that his mother-in-law amusingly referred to him as Fernand d'elle ("Fernand of her").
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Le Petit Monde de Fernandel | |
| 2019 | The Phoney War | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2018 | 1958: Those Who Said No | Self (archive footage) |
| 2000 | Fernandel c'est moi | |
| 1970 | Happy He Who Like Ulysses | Antonin |
| 1968 | The Man in the Buick | Armand Favrot |
| 1966 | Your Money or Your Life | Charles Migue |
| 1966 | Father's Trip | Quantin, Jura farmer |
| 1965 | Don Camillo in Moscow | Don Camillo Tarocci |
| 1964 | That Tender Age | Adolphe Lartigue |
| 1964 | Relax Yourself Darling | François Faustin |
| 1963 | My Wife's Husband | Fernand Jouvin |
| 1963 | Blague dans le coin | Jeff Burlington |
| 1963 | Good King Dagobert | M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert |
| 1963 | The Trip to Biarritz | Guillaume Dodut |
| 1962 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Dieu / God |
| 1962 | Assassin in the Phonebook | Albert Rimond |
| 1962 | The Changing of the Guard | Attilio Capellaro |
| 1961 | Don Camillo: Monsignor | Don Camillo Tarocci |
| 1961 | The Last Judgment | The widower |
| 1961 | Dynamite Jack | Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu |
| 1961 | Cocagne | Marc-Antoine |
| 1960 | Croesus | Crésus |
| 1960 | The Boss | Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles |
| 1959 | Gangster Boss | Antoine Venturen |
| 1959 | The Cow and I | Charles Bailly |
| 1959 | The Woman's Confidant | Giuliano Goberti |
| 1958 | Paris Holiday | Fernydel |
| 1958 | The Law Is the Law | Ferdinand Pastorelli |
| 1958 | Life Together | Marcel Caboufigue |
| 1958 | Les Vignes du Seigneur | Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne |
| 1957 | Le Chômeur de Clochemerle | Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin' |
| 1957 | Sénéchal the Magnificent | François, Lucien Sénéchal |
| 1957 | The Man in the Raincoat | Albert Constantin |
| 1956 | The Virtuous Bigamist | Paul Verdier |
| 1956 | Honoré de Marseille | Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille |
| 1956 | Fernandel the Dressmaker | Fernand Vignard |
| 1956 | Don Juan | Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan |
| 1956 | Around the World in Eighty Days | French Coachman |
| 1955 | Don Camillo's Last Round | Don Camillo Tarocci |
| 1955 | Spring, Autumn and Love | Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier |
| 1954 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Ali Baba |
| 1954 | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Edouard de Saint-Forget |
| 1954 | Mademoiselle Nitouche | Célestin / Floridor |
| 1953 | The Return of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci |
| 1953 | The Wild Oat | Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker |
| 1953 | The Most Wanted Man | Joe Calvet |
| 1953 | Carnival | Dardamelle |
| 1952 | The Little World of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci |
| 1952 | French Touch | Mario Marius |
| 1952 | Forbidden Fruit | Dr. Charles Pellegrin |
| 1951 | The Red Inn | The Monk |
| 1951 | The Sleepwalker | Victor Boniface |
| 1951 | Topaze | Albert Topaze |
| 1951 | Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Adhémar Pomme |
| 1951 | The Hunting Ground | Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal |
| 1950 | Tu m'as sauvé la vie | Fortuné Richard |
| 1950 | Caught in the Foreign Legion | Luc, doorman of the "Miramar" |
| 1950 | Three Feet in a Bed | Casimir |
| 1950 | Three Sinners | Noël Annequin |
| 1950 | I'm in the Revue | Philippe, devout house painter |
| 1949 | The Heroic Mr. Boniface | Boniface |
| 1949 | We Request an Assassin | Bob |
| 1948 | The Cupboard Was Bare | Alfred Puc |
| 1948 | Si ça peut vous faire plaisir | Martial Gonfaron |
| 1948 | Emile the African | Emile Boulard |
| 1947 | Escale au soleil | Guide |
| 1947 | Irma la voyante | Irma / Le client |
| 1946 | L'Aventure de Cabassou | Cabassou |
| 1946 | Pétrus | Pétrus |
| 1946 | Rooster Heart | Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur |
| 1945 | St. Val's Mystery | Désiré Le Sec |
| 1945 | Naïs | Toine |
| 1945 | Hoboes in Paradise | Pons |
| 1943 | The Lucky Star | Auguste |
| 1943 | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet |
| 1943 | Love Around the Clock | Antonin |
| 1943 | Don't Shout it from the Rooftops | Vincent Fleuret |
| 1943 | A Dog's Life | Gustave Bourdillon |
| 1942 | Simple-Minded | Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour' |
| 1942 | Little Nothings | Astier |
| 1941 | The Italian Straw Hat | Fadinard |
| 1941 | The Acrobat | Ernest Sauce |
| 1941 | The Suitors Club | Antoine Valoisir |
| 1940 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert |
| 1940 | Monsieur Hector | Hector |
| 1940 | The Mondesir Heir | Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux |
| 1940 | The Wonderful Night | le berger |
| 1939 | Fric-Frac | Marcel |
| 1939 | Raphaël le tatoué | Modeste Manosque |
| 1939 | The Five Cents of Lavarede | Armand Lavarède |
| 1939 | Berlingot and Company | François Arnaud |
| 1938 | Heartbeat | Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz' |
| 1938 | Ernest the Rebel | Ernest Pic |
| 1938 | Barnabé | Barnabé |
| 1938 | Tricoche and Cacolet | Tricoche |
| 1938 | Hercule | Hercule Maffre |
| 1937 | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus |
| 1937 | Josette | Albert Durandal |
| 1937 | The Smart People of the 11th | The orderly Patard |
| 1937 | Life Dances On | Fabien Coutissol |
| 1937 | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel |
| 1937 | Francis the First | Honorin |
| 1937 | The Kings of Sport | Acteur |
| 1936 | One of the Legion | Fernand Espitalion |
| 1936 | Une histoire pétillante | |
| 1936 | Les Gaîtés de la finance | Marivol Lambinet |
| 1935 | Ferdinand the Roisterer | Ferdinand Piat |
| 1935 | Jim la houlette | Moluchet |
| 1934 | Angele | Saturnin |
| 1934 | Maruche | Maruche |
| 1934 | Le Chéri de sa concierge | |
| 1934 | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur |
| 1934 | Les Bleus de la marine | Lafraise |
| 1934 | The Free Trade Hotel | Boulot, le garçon d'étage |
| 1934 | Skylark | Michelet |
| 1934 | The Amorous Garrison | Frédéric, rider |
| 1934 | Le train de 8 H 47 | Croquebol |
| 1934 | A Night of Madness | Fernand |
| 1934 | I Have an Idea | Un passant dans la rue (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Bread Peddler | Billenbuis |
| 1933 | Ça colle | |
| 1933 | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | |
| 1933 | La Terreur de la pampa | |
| 1933 | Le Jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt |
| 1933 | Le Gros Lot | |
| 1933 | Le Coq du régiment | Medard |
| 1933 | Love and Cool Water | Eloi, le chauffeur |
| 1933 | The Orderly | Etienne |
| 1933 | Lidoire | Lidoire |
| 1932 | Lilac | le garçon d'honneur |
| 1932 | Sailor's Song | |
| 1932 | Vive la classe | |
| 1932 | Fun in the Barracks | Vanderague |
| 1932 | Par habitude | |
| 1932 | He | Isidore |
| 1932 | No Women | Casimir |
| 1932 | Un homme sans nom | |
| 1931 | Black and White | Le groom |
| 1931 | The Darling of Paris | |
| 1931 | Baby's Laxative | Truchet |
| 1931 | Pas un mot à ma femme | |
| 1931 | Bric a Brac and Company | Fernand |
| 1931 | The end combine | Joseph, le valet de chambre |
| 1931 | Night attack | L'amant |
| 1930 | The best hostess | Lucien Pivoine |
| 1930 | I have something to tell you | l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage |
| Fernandel 3 films |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self |
| 1982 | Champs-Elysées | Self (archive footage) |
| 1968 | Allo ! Fernandel | Monsieur Fernand |
| 1967 | L'Amateur | Fernand |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self |
| 1959 | Discorama | Self |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |