Fernandel

Fernandel

Known for
Acting
Born
May 8, 1903
Died
February 26, 1971 (aged 67)
Birthplace
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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"). (Wikipedia)

Known For

Filmography

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Fernandel 3 films poster

Fernandel 3 films

Movie

2023
Les Rois de la comédie poster

Les Rois de la comédie

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub poster

L'Âge d'or de la pub

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2020
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel poster

Le Petit Monde de Fernandel

Movie

2019
The Phoney War poster

The Phoney War

Movie · as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018
1958: Those Who Said No poster

1958: Those Who Said No

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2000
Fernandel c'est moi poster

Fernandel c'est moi

Movie

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1982
Champs-Elysées poster

Champs-Elysées

TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses poster

Happy He Who Like Ulysses

Movie · as Antonin

1968
The Man in the Buick poster

The Man in the Buick

Movie · as Armand Favrot

1968
Stasera Fernandel poster

Stasera Fernandel

TV · as Monsieur Fernand · 7 eps

1967
L'Amateur poster

L'Amateur

TV · as Fernand · 7 eps

1966
Your Money or Your Life poster

Your Money or Your Life

Movie · as Charles Migue

1966
Father's Trip poster

Father's Trip

Movie · as Quantin, Jura farmer

1965
Don Camillo in Moscow poster

Don Camillo in Moscow

Movie · as Don Camillo Tarocci

1964
That Tender Age poster

That Tender Age

Movie · as Adolphe Lartigue

1964
Relax Yourself Darling poster

Relax Yourself Darling

Movie · as François Faustin

1963
My Wife's Husband poster

My Wife's Husband

Movie · as Fernand Jouvin

1963
Blague dans le coin poster

Blague dans le coin

Movie · as Jeff Burlington

1963
Good King Dagobert poster

Good King Dagobert

Movie · as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

1963
The Trip to Biarritz poster

The Trip to Biarritz

Movie · as Guillaume Dodut

1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments poster

The Devil and the Ten Commandments

Movie · as Dieu / God

1962
Assassin in the Phonebook poster

Assassin in the Phonebook

Movie · as Albert Rimond

1962
The Changing of the Guard poster

The Changing of the Guard

Movie · as Attilio Capellaro

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor poster

Don Camillo: Monsignor

Movie · as Don Camillo Tarocci

1961
The Last Judgment poster

The Last Judgment

Movie · as The widower

1961
Dynamite Jack poster

Dynamite Jack

Movie · as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu

1961
Cocagne poster

Cocagne

Movie · as Marc-Antoine

1960
Croesus poster

Croesus

Movie · as Crésus

1960
The Boss poster

The Boss

Movie · as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles

1959
Gangster Boss poster

Gangster Boss

Movie · as Antoine Venturen

1959
The Cow and I poster

The Cow and I

Movie · as Charles Bailly

1959
The Woman's Confidant poster

The Woman's Confidant

Movie · as Giuliano Goberti

1959
Discorama poster

Discorama

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1958
Paris Holiday poster

Paris Holiday

Movie · as Fernydel

1958
The Law Is the Law poster

The Law Is the Law

Movie · as Ferdinand Pastorelli

1958
Life Together poster

Life Together

Movie · as Marcel Caboufigue

1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur poster

Les Vignes du Seigneur

Movie · as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne

1957
Easiest Profession poster

Easiest Profession

Movie · as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'

1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent poster

Sénéchal the Magnificent

Movie · as François, Lucien Sénéchal

1957
The Man in the Raincoat poster

The Man in the Raincoat

Movie · as Albert Constantin

1956
The Virtuous Bigamist poster

The Virtuous Bigamist

Movie · as Paul Verdier

1956
Honoré de Marseille poster

Honoré de Marseille

Movie · as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille

1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker poster

Fernandel the Dressmaker

Movie · as Fernand Vignard

1956
Don Juan poster

Don Juan

Movie · as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan

1956
Around the World in 80 Days poster

Around the World in 80 Days

Movie · as French Coachman

1956
Cinépanorama poster

Cinépanorama

TV · as Self · 5 eps

1955
Don Camillo's Last Round poster

Don Camillo's Last Round

Movie · as Don Camillo Tarocci

1955
Spring, Autumn and Love poster

Spring, Autumn and Love

Movie · as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier

1954
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves poster

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

Movie · as Ali Baba

1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs poster

The Sheep Has Five Legs

Movie · as Edouard de Saint-Forget

1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche poster

Mademoiselle Nitouche

Movie · as Célestin / Floridor

1953
The Return of Don Camillo poster

The Return of Don Camillo

Movie · as Don Camillo Tarocci

1953
The Wild Oat poster

The Wild Oat

Movie · as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker

1953
The Most Wanted Man poster

The Most Wanted Man

Movie · as Joe Calvet

1953
Carnival poster

Carnival

Movie · as Dardamelle

1952
The Little World of Don Camillo poster

The Little World of Don Camillo

Movie · as Don Camillo Tarocci

1952
French Touch poster

French Touch

Movie · as Mario Marius

1952
Forbidden Fruit poster

Forbidden Fruit

Movie · as Dr. Charles Pellegrin

1951
The Red Inn poster

The Red Inn

Movie · as The Monk

1951
The Sleepwalker poster

The Sleepwalker

Movie · as Victor Boniface

1951
Topaze poster

Topaze

Movie · as Albert Topaze

1951
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny poster

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny

Movie · as Adhémar Pomme

1951
The Hunting Ground poster

The Hunting Ground

Movie · as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal

1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie poster

Tu m'as sauvé la vie

Movie · as Fortuné Richard

1950
Caught in the Foreign Legion poster

Caught in the Foreign Legion

Movie · as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"

1950
Three Feet in a Bed poster

Three Feet in a Bed

Movie · as Casimir

1950
Three Sinners poster

Three Sinners

Movie · as Noël Annequin

1950
I'm in the Revue poster

I'm in the Revue

Movie · as Philippe, devout house painter

1949
The Heroic Mr. Boniface poster

The Heroic Mr. Boniface

Movie · as Boniface

1949
We Request an Assassin poster

We Request an Assassin

Movie · as Bob

1948
The Cupboard Was Bare poster

The Cupboard Was Bare

Movie · as Alfred Puc

1948
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir poster

Si ça peut vous faire plaisir

Movie · as Martial Gonfaron

1948
Emile the African poster

Emile the African

Movie · as Emile Boulard

1947
Escale au soleil poster

Escale au soleil

Movie · as Guide

1947
Irma la voyante poster

Irma la voyante

Movie · as Irma / Le client

1946
L'Aventure de Cabassou poster

L'Aventure de Cabassou

Movie · as Cabassou

1946
Pétrus poster

Pétrus

Movie · as Pétrus

1946
Rooster Heart poster

Rooster Heart

Movie · as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur

1945
St. Val's Mystery poster

St. Val's Mystery

Movie · as Désiré Le Sec

1945
Naïs poster

Naïs

Movie · as Toine

1945
Hoboes in Paradise poster

Hoboes in Paradise

Movie · as Pons

1943
The Lucky Star poster

The Lucky Star

Movie · as Auguste

1943
Adrien poster

Adrien

Movie · as Adrien Moulinet

1943
Love Around the Clock poster

Love Around the Clock

Movie · as Antonin

1943
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops poster

Don't Shout it from the Rooftops

Movie · as Vincent Fleuret

1943
A Dog's Life poster

A Dog's Life

Movie · as Gustave Bourdillon

1942
Simple-Minded poster

Simple-Minded

Movie · as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'

1941
The Italian Straw Hat poster

The Italian Straw Hat

Movie · as Fadinard

1941
Little Nothings poster

Little Nothings

Movie · as Astier

1941
The Acrobat poster

The Acrobat

Movie · as Ernest Sauce

1941
The Suitors Club poster

The Suitors Club

Movie · as Antoine Valoisir

1940
The Well-Digger's Daughter poster

The Well-Digger's Daughter

Movie · as Félipe Rambert

1940
Monsieur Hector poster

Monsieur Hector

Movie · as Hector

1940
The Mondesir Heir poster

The Mondesir Heir

Movie · as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux

1940
The Wonderful Night poster

The Wonderful Night

Movie · as le berger

1939
Fric-Frac poster

Fric-Frac

Movie · as Marcel

1939
Raphaël le tatoué poster

Raphaël le tatoué

Movie · as Modeste Manosque

1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede poster

The Five Cents of Lavarede

Movie · as Armand Lavarède

1939
Berlingot and Company poster

Berlingot and Company

Movie · as François Arnaud

1938
Heartbeat poster

Heartbeat

Movie · as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'

1938
Ernest the Rebel poster

Ernest the Rebel

Movie · as Ernest Pic

1938
Barnabé poster

Barnabé

Movie · as Barnabé

1938
Tricoche and Cacolet poster

Tricoche and Cacolet

Movie · as Tricoche

1938
Hercule poster

Hercule

Movie · as Hercule Maffre

1937
Harvest poster

Harvest

Movie · as Urbain Gedemus

1937
Josette poster

Josette

Movie · as Albert Durandal

1937
The Smart People of the 11th poster

The Smart People of the 11th

Movie · as The orderly Patard

1937
Life Dances On poster

Life Dances On

Movie · as Fabien Coutissol

1937
Ignace poster

Ignace

Movie · as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel

1937
Francis the First poster

Francis the First

Movie · as Honorin

1937
The Kings of Sport poster

The Kings of Sport

Movie · as Acteur

1936
One of the Legion poster

One of the Legion

Movie · as Fernand Espitalion

1936
Une histoire pétillante poster

Une histoire pétillante

Movie

1936
Les Gaîtés de la finance poster

Les Gaîtés de la finance

Movie · as Marivol Lambinet

1935
Ferdinand the Roisterer poster

Ferdinand the Roisterer

Movie · as Ferdinand Piat

1935
Jim the Crook poster

Jim the Crook

Movie · as Moluchet

1934
Angele poster

Angele

Movie · as Saturnin

1934
Maruche poster

Maruche

Movie · as Maruche

1934
Le Chéri de sa concierge

Le Chéri de sa concierge

Movie

1934
The Lafleur Cavalryman poster

The Lafleur Cavalryman

Movie · as Fernand Lafleur

1934
Navy Blue poster

Navy Blue

Movie · as Lafraise

1934
The Free Trade Hotel poster

The Free Trade Hotel

Movie · as Boulot, le garçon d'étage

1934
Skylark poster

Skylark

Movie · as Michelet

1934
The Amorous Garrison poster

The Amorous Garrison

Movie · as Frédéric, rider

1934
The Eight-Forty-Seven Train poster

The Eight-Forty-Seven Train

Movie · as Croquebol

1934
A Night of Madness poster

A Night of Madness

Movie · as Fernand

1934
I Have an Idea poster

I Have an Idea

Movie · as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)

1934
The Bread Peddler poster

The Bread Peddler

Movie · as Billenbuis

1933
Ça colle poster

Ça colle

Movie

1933
L'Ordonnance malgré lui poster

L'Ordonnance malgré lui

Movie

1933
La Terreur de la pampa poster

La Terreur de la pampa

Movie

1933
Le Jugement de minuit poster

Le Jugement de minuit

Movie · as Sam Hackitt

1933
Le Gros Lot poster

Le Gros Lot

Movie

1933
The Rooster of the Regiment poster

The Rooster of the Regiment

Movie · as Medard

1933
Love and Cool Water poster

Love and Cool Water

Movie · as Eloi, le chauffeur

1933
The Orderly poster

The Orderly

Movie · as Etienne

1933
Lidoire poster

Lidoire

Movie · as Lidoire

1932
Lilac poster

Lilac

Movie · as le garçon d'honneur

1932
Sailor's Song poster

Sailor's Song

Movie

1932
Vive la classe poster

Vive la classe

Movie

1932
Fun in the Barracks poster

Fun in the Barracks

Movie · as Vanderague

1932
Par habitude poster

Par habitude

Movie

1932
He poster

He

Movie · as Isidore

1932
No Women poster

No Women

Movie · as Casimir

1932
Un homme sans nom

Un homme sans nom

Movie

1931
Black and White poster

Black and White

Movie · as Le groom

1931
The Darling of Paris poster

The Darling of Paris

Movie · as Ficelle

1931
Baby's Laxative poster

Baby's Laxative

Movie · as Truchet

1931
Pas un mot à ma femme poster

Pas un mot à ma femme

Movie

1931
Bric a Brac and Company poster

Bric a Brac and Company

Movie · as Fernand

1931
The End Combine poster

The End Combine

Movie · as Joseph, le valet de chambre

1931
Night attack poster

Night attack

Movie · as L'amant

1930
The best hostess poster

The best hostess

Movie · as Lucien Pivoine

1930
I have something to tell you poster

I have something to tell you

Movie · as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage