Fernandel

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1903-05-08

Deathday 1971-02-26 (67 years old)

Place of Birth Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Also Known As Фернандель, Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, Fernand Contandin

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"). (Wikipedia)

Known For

Actor

2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub

as Self (archive footage)

2023
Les rois de la comédie

as Self (archive footage)

2019
The Phoney War

as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018
1958: Those Who Said No

as Self (archive footage)

1982
1982
Champs-Elysées

as Self (archive footage)

1968
The Man in the Buick

as Armand Favrot

1968
Allo ! Fernandel

as Monsieur Fernand

1967
L'Amateur

as Fernand

1966
Father's Trip

as Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien

1966
Your Money or Your Life

as Charles Migue

1965
Don Camillo in Moscow

as Don Camillo Tarocci

1964
That Tender Age

as Adolphe Lartigue

1964
Relax Yourself Darling

as François Faustin

1963
My Wife's Husband

as Fernand Jouvin

1963
Good King Dagobert

as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

1963
Blague dans le coin

as Jeff Burlington

1963
The Trip to Biarritz

as Guillaume Dodut

1962
The Changing of the Guard

as Attilio Capellaro

1962
Assassin in the Phonebook

as Albert Rimond

1961
Dynamite Jack

as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu

1961
The Last Judgment

as The widower

1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor

as Don Camillo Tarocci

1961
Cocagne

as Marc-Antoine

1960
Croesus

as Crésus

1960
The Boss

as Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles

1959
The Cow and I

as Charles Bailly

1959
The Woman's Confidant

as Giuliano Goberti

1959
Gangster Boss

as Antoine Venturen

1959
Discorama

as Self

1958
Life Together

as Marcel Caboufigue

1958
The Law Is the Law

as Ferdinand Pastorelli

1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur

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

1958
Paris Holiday

as Fernydel

1957
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle

as Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin

1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent

as François, Lucien Sénéchal

1957
The Man in the Raincoat

as Albert Constantin

1956
The Virtuous Bigamist

as Paul Verdier

1956
Honoré de Marseille

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

1956
1956
Don Juan

as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan

1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker

as Fernand Vignard

1956
1955
Don Camillo's Last Round

as Don Camillo Tarocci

1955
Spring, Autumn and Love

as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier

1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs

as Edouard de Saint-Forget

1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche

as Célestin / Floridor

1953
The Most Wanted Man

as Joe Calvet

1953
The Return of Don Camillo

as Don Camillo Tarocci

1953
Carnival

as Dardamelle

1953
The Wild Oat

as Félicien Hébrard, boulanger de Valorgue

1952
Forbidden Fruit

as Dr. Charles Pellegrin

1952
French Touch

as Mario Marius

1952
The Little World of Don Camillo

as Don Camillo Tarocci

1951
The Red Inn

as Le Moine

1951
The Hunting Ground

as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal

1951
1951
The Sleepwalker

as Victor Boniface

1951
Topaze

as Albert Topaze

1950
Caught in the Foreign Legion

as Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc

1950
Three Sinners

as Noël Annequin

1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie

as Fortuné Richard

1950
1950
I'm in the Revue

as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot

1949
1948
The Cupboard Was Bare

as Alfred Puc

1948
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir

as Martial Gonfaron

1948
Emile the African

as Emile Boulard

1947
1947
Irma la voyante

as Irma / Le client

1946
Rooster Heart

as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur

1946
Pétrus

as Pétrus

1946
1945
Naïs

as Toine

1945
St. Val's Mystery

as Désiré Le Sec

1945
1943
Adrien

as Adrien Moulinet

1943
1943
1943
A Dog's Life

as Gustave Bourdillon

1943
The Lucky Star

as Auguste

1942
Little Nothings

as Astier

1942
Simple-Minded

as Simplet, le "fada" de Miéjour

1941
The Suitors Club

as Antoine Valoisir

1941
1941
The Acrobat

as Ernest Sauce

1940
The Wonderful Night

as le berger

1940
The Well-Digger's Daughter

as Félipe Rambert

1940
Monsieur Hector

as Hector

1940
The Mondesir Heir

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

1939
Fric-Frac

as Marcel

1939
Berlingot and Company

as François Arnaud

1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede

as Armand Lavarède

1939
Raphaël le tatoué

as Modeste Manosque

1938
Ernest the Rebel

as Ernest Pic

1938
1938
Barnabé

as Barnabé

1938
Heartbeat

as Irénée Fabre

1938
Hercule

as Hercule Maffre

1937
Harvest

as Urbain Gedemus

1937
1937
Life Dances On

as Fabien Coutissol

1937
Ignace

as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel

1937
The Smart People of the 11th

as The orderly Patard

1937
François 1er

as Honorin

1937
Josette

as Albert Durandal

1936
One of the Legion

as Fernand Espitalion

1936
Les Gaîtés de la finance

as Marivol Lambinet

1935
Jim la houlette

as Moluchet

1935
Ferdinand the Roisterer

as Ferdinand Piat

1934
The Lafleur Cavalryman

as Fernand Lafleur

1934
I Have an Idea

as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)

1934
The Free Trade Hotel

as Boulot, le garçon d'étage

1934
Angele

as Saturnin

1934
Skylark

as Michelet

1934
1934
Le train de 8 H 47

as Croquebol

1934
1934
The Amorous Garrison

as (Paul, un "deuxième classe")

1934
Maruche

as Maruche

1934
The Bread Peddler

as Billenbuis

1933
Love and Cool Water

as Eloi, le chauffeur

1933
The Orderly

as Etienne

1933
1933
Le jugement de minuit

as Sam Hackitt

1933
Lidoire

as Lidoire

1932
Fun in the Barracks

as Vanderague

1932
No Women

as Casimir

1932
Lilac

as le garçon d'honneur

1932
He

as Isidore

1931
Night attack

as L'amant

1931
The end combine

as Joseph, le valet de chambre

1931
Baby's Laxative

as Truchet

1931
Black and White

as Le groom

1930
The best hostess

as Lucien Pivoine

1930
I have something to tell you

as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage

Director

1943
Adrien

as Director

1942
Simple-Minded

as Director

Producer

1971
The Cat

as Producer