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
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
162
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-08 (121 years old)
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Acting
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)2023
Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)2020
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel as Not available2019
The Phoney War as Self - Actor (archive footage)2018
1958: Those Who Said No as Self (archive footage)2000
Fernandel c'est moi as Not available1987
Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)1982
Champs-Elysées as Self1982
Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses as Antonin1968
Allo ! Fernandel as Monsieur Fernand1968
The Man in the Buick as Armand Favrot1967
L'Amateur as Fernand1966
Father's Trip as Quantin, Jura farmer1966
Your Money or Your Life as Charles Migue1965
Don Camillo in Moscow as Don Camillo Tarocci1964
That Tender Age as Adolphe Lartigue1964
Relax Yourself Darling as François Faustin1963
Good King Dagobert as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert1963
My Wife's Husband as Fernand Jouvin1963
The Trip to Biarritz as Guillaume Dodut1963
Blague dans le coin as Jeff Burlington1962
The Merv Griffin Show as Self1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Dieu / God1962
Assassin in the Phonebook as Albert Rimond1962
The Changing of the Guard as Attilio Capellaro1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor as Don Camillo Tarocci1961
The Last Judgment as The widower1961
Dynamite Jack as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu1961
Cocagne as Marc-Antoine1960
Croesus as Crésus1960
The Boss as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles1959
Discorama as Self1959
The Cow and I as Charles Bailly1959
Gangster Boss as Antoine Venturen1959
The Woman's Confidant as Giuliano Goberti1958
Paris Holiday as Fernydel1958
The Law Is the Law as Ferdinand Pastorelli1958
Life Together as Marcel Caboufigue1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne1957
The Man in the Raincoat as Albert Constantin1957
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent as François, Lucien Sénéchal1956
Cinépanorama as Self1956
Around the World in Eighty Days as French Coachman1956
Don Juan as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan1956
The Virtuous Bigamist as Paul Verdier1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker as Fernand Vignard1956
Honoré de Marseille as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille1955
Don Camillo's Last Round as Don Camillo Tarocci1955
Spring, Autumn and Love as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier1954
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Ali Baba1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs as Edouard de Saint-Forget1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche as Célestin / Floridor1953
The Return of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci1953
The Wild Oat as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker1953
The Most Wanted Man as Joe Calvet1953
Carnival as Dardamelle1952
The Little World of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci1952
Forbidden Fruit as Dr. Charles Pellegrin1952
French Touch as Mario Marius1951
The Red Inn as The Monk1951
The Sleepwalker as Victor Boniface1951
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Adhémar Pomme1951
Topaze as Albert Topaze1951
The Hunting Ground as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal1950
I'm in the Revue as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot1950
Three Sinners as Noël Annequin1950
Three Feet in a Bed as Casimir1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie as Fortuné Richard1950
Caught in the Foreign Legion as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"1949
The Heroic Mr. Boniface as Boniface1949
We Request an Assassin as Bob1948
The Cupboard Was Bare as Alfred Puc1948
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir as Martial Gonfaron1948
Emile the African as Emile Boulard1947
Escale au soleil as Guide1947
Irma la voyante as Irma / Le client1946
Pétrus as Pétrus1946
Rooster Heart as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur1946
L'Aventure de Cabassou as Cabassou1945
St. Val's Mystery as Désiré Le Sec1945
Hoboes in Paradise as Pons1945
Naïs as Toine1943
A Dog's Life as Gustave Bourdillon1943
Love Around the Clock as Antonin1943
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops as Vincent Fleuret1943
Adrien as Adrien Moulinet1943
The Lucky Star as Auguste1942
Little Nothings as Astier1942
Simple-Minded as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'1941
The Acrobat as Ernest Sauce1941
The Suitors Club as Antoine Valoisir1941
The Italian Straw Hat as Fadinard1940
The Well-Digger's Daughter as Félipe Rambert1940
Monsieur Hector as Hector1940
The Mondesir Heir as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux1940
The Wonderful Night as le berger1939
Fric-Frac as Marcel1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede as Armand Lavarède1939
Raphaël le tatoué as Modeste Manosque1939
Berlingot and Company as François Arnaud1938
Hercule as Hercule Maffre1938
Ernest the Rebel as Ernest Pic1938
Barnabé as Barnabé1938
Heartbeat as Irénée Fabre1938
Tricoche and Cacolet as Tricoche1937
Francis the First as Honorin1937
Life Dances On as Fabien Coutissol1937
The Smart People of the 11th as The orderly Patard1937
The Kings of Sport as Acteur1937
Harvest as Urbain Gedemus1937
Ignace as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel1937
Josette as Albert Durandal1936
One of the Legion as Fernand Espitalion1936
Les Gaîtés de la finance as Marivol Lambinet1936
Une histoire pétillante as Not available1935
Ferdinand the Roisterer as Ferdinand Piat1935
Jim la houlette as Moluchet1934
Angele as Saturnin1934
The Free Trade Hotel as Boulot, le garçon d'étage1934
The Bread Peddler as Billenbuis1934
Les Bleus de la marine as Lafraise1934
The Amorous Garrison as (Paul, un "deuxième classe")1934
Le train de 8 H 47 as Croquebol1934
Le Chéri de sa concierge as Not available1934
A Night of Madness as Fernand1934
Maruche as Maruche1934
I Have an Idea as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)1934
The Lafleur Cavalryman as Fernand Lafleur1934
Skylark as Michelet1933
Le Coq du régiment as Medard1933
The Orderly as Etienne1933
Le Gros Lot as Not available1933
Lidoire as Lidoire1933
Le Jugement de minuit as Sam Hackitt1933
Love and Cool Water as Eloi, le chauffeur1933
Ça colle as Not available1933
La Terreur de la pampa as Not available1933
L'Ordonnance malgré lui as Not available1932
Lilac as le garçon d'honneur1932
Fun in the Barracks as Vanderague1932
Un homme sans nom as Not available1932
He as Isidore1932
Par habitude as Not available1932
No Women as Casimir1932
Sailor's Song as Not available1932
Vive la classe as Not available1931
Baby's Laxative as Truchet1931
Black and White as Le groom1931
Night attack as L'amant1931
Bric a Brac and Company as Fernand1931
Pas un mot à ma femme as Not available1931
The end combine as Joseph, le valet de chambre1931
The Darling of Paris as Not available1930
The best hostess as Lucien PivoineNaN
Fernandel 3 films as Not available1930
I have something to tell you as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étageCrew
1971
The Cat Producer1951
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny Director1943
Adrien Director1942
Simple-Minded Director