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").
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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Filmography (Movies)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:02/06/2023
Les Rois de la comédie
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/2023
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
Character:
Release Date:01/06/2020
The Phoney War
Character:Self - Actor (archive footage)
Release Date:27/08/2019
1958: Those Who Said No
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:06/10/2018
Fernandel c'est moi
Character:
Release Date:01/01/2000
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Character:Antonin
Release Date:08/07/1970
The Man in the Buick
Character:Armand Favrot
Release Date:12/01/1968
Father's Trip
Character:Quantin, Jura farmer
Release Date:16/09/1966
Your Money or Your Life
Character:Charles Migue
Release Date:26/04/1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
Character:Don Camillo Tarocci
Release Date:18/09/1965
That Tender Age
Character:Adolphe Lartigue
Release Date:23/12/1964
Relax Yourself Darling
Character:François Faustin
Release Date:19/08/1964
My Wife's Husband
Character:Fernand Jouvin
Release Date:20/12/1963
Good King Dagobert
Character:M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Release Date:20/11/1963
Blague dans le coin
Character:Jeff Burlington
Release Date:13/11/1963
The Trip to Biarritz
Character:Guillaume Dodut
Release Date:15/03/1963
The Changing of the Guard
Character:Attilio Capellaro
Release Date:31/10/1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Character:Dieu / God
Release Date:14/09/1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
Character:Albert Rimond
Release Date:02/03/1962
Dynamite Jack
Character:Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
Release Date:03/11/1961
The Last Judgment
Character:The widower
Release Date:26/10/1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Character:Don Camillo Tarocci
Release Date:07/10/1961
Cocagne
Character:Marc-Antoine
Release Date:08/03/1961
Croesus
Character:Crésus
Release Date:21/09/1960
The Boss
Character:Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
Release Date:31/05/1960
The Cow and I
Character:Charles Bailly
Release Date:16/12/1959
The Woman's Confidant
Character:Giuliano Goberti
Release Date:20/06/1959
Gangster Boss
Character:Antoine Venturen
Release Date:20/03/1959
Life Together
Character:Marcel Caboufigue
Release Date:24/09/1958
The Law Is the Law
Character:Ferdinand Pastorelli
Release Date:17/09/1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Character:Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Release Date:20/06/1958
Paris Holiday
Character:Fernydel
Release Date:05/04/1958
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
Character:Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
Release Date:11/11/1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent
Character:François, Lucien Sénéchal
Release Date:24/05/1957
The Man in the Raincoat
Character:Albert Constantin
Release Date:22/02/1957
The Virtuous Bigamist
Character:Paul Verdier
Release Date:20/12/1956
Honoré de Marseille
Character:Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
Release Date:12/12/1956
Around the World in 80 Days
Character:French Coachman
Release Date:17/10/1956
Don Juan
Character:Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Release Date:09/05/1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Character:Fernand Vignard
Release Date:13/04/1956
Don Camillo's Last Round
Character:Don Camillo Tarocci
Release Date:29/09/1955
Spring, Autumn and Love
Character:Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
Release Date:12/04/1955
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Character:Ali Baba
Release Date:21/12/1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Character:Edouard de Saint-Forget
Release Date:24/09/1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Character:Célestin / Floridor
Release Date:21/04/1954
The Most Wanted Man
Character:Joe Calvet
Release Date:02/12/1953
The Return of Don Camillo
Character:Don Camillo Tarocci
Release Date:05/06/1953
Carnival
Character:Dardamelle
Release Date:25/05/1953
The Wild Oat
Character:Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
Release Date:27/02/1953
Forbidden Fruit
Character:Dr. Charles Pellegrin
Release Date:19/09/1952
French Touch
Character:Mario Marius
Release Date:09/05/1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
Character:Don Camillo Tarocci
Release Date:28/03/1952
The Red Inn
Character:The Monk
Release Date:19/10/1951
The Hunting Ground
Character:Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
Release Date:10/10/1951
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Character:Adhémar Pomme
Release Date:14/09/1951
The Sleepwalker
Character:Victor Boniface
Release Date:27/04/1951
Topaze
Character:Albert Topaze
Release Date:25/01/1951
Caught in the Foreign Legion
Character:Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
Release Date:08/11/1950
Three Sinners
Character:Noël Annequin
Release Date:10/10/1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Character:Fortuné Richard
Release Date:20/09/1950
Three Feet in a Bed
Character:Casimir
Release Date:19/04/1950
I'm in the Revue
Character:Philippe, devout house painter
Release Date:18/02/1950
We Request an Assassin
Character:Bob
Release Date:20/10/1949
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
Character:Boniface
Release Date:19/10/1949
The Cupboard Was Bare
Character:Alfred Puc
Release Date:29/10/1948
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Character:Martial Gonfaron
Release Date:01/09/1948
Emile the African
Character:Emile Boulard
Release Date:19/05/1948
Escale au soleil
Character:Guide
Release Date:01/01/1947
Irma la voyante
Character:Irma / Le client
Release Date:01/01/1947
Rooster Heart
Character:Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
Release Date:26/12/1946
Pétrus
Character:Pétrus
Release Date:02/10/1946
L'Aventure de Cabassou
Character:Cabassou
Release Date:07/05/1946
Naïs
Character:Toine
Release Date:17/11/1945
St. Val's Mystery
Character:Désiré Le Sec
Release Date:19/09/1945
Hoboes in Paradise
Character:Pons
Release Date:15/07/1945
Adrien
Character:Adrien Moulinet
Release Date:22/12/1943
Love Around the Clock
Character:Antonin
Release Date:10/11/1943
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
Character:Vincent Fleuret
Release Date:14/07/1943
A Dog's Life
Character:Gustave Bourdillon
Release Date:25/06/1943
The Lucky Star
Character:Auguste
Release Date:23/03/1943
Simple-Minded
Character:Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
Release Date:11/09/1942
The Suitors Club
Character:Antoine Valoisir
Release Date:26/09/1941
The Italian Straw Hat
Character:Fadinard
Release Date:01/06/1941
The Acrobat
Character:Ernest Sauce
Release Date:06/05/1941
Little Nothings
Character:Astier
Release Date:11/04/1941
The Wonderful Night
Character:le berger
Release Date:24/12/1940
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Character:Félipe Rambert
Release Date:20/12/1940
Monsieur Hector
Character:Hector
Release Date:13/12/1940
The Mondesir Heir
Character:Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
Release Date:07/05/1940
Fric-Frac
Character:Marcel
Release Date:15/06/1939
Berlingot and Company
Character:François Arnaud
Release Date:27/04/1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Character:Armand Lavarède
Release Date:07/03/1939
Raphaël le tatoué
Character:Modeste Manosque
Release Date:09/02/1939
Ernest the Rebel
Character:Ernest Pic
Release Date:23/09/1938
Tricoche and Cacolet
Character:Tricoche
Release Date:06/09/1938
Barnabé
Character:Barnabé
Release Date:14/05/1938
Heartbeat
Character:Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
Release Date:15/04/1938
Hercule
Character:Hercule Maffre
Release Date:05/03/1938
Harvest
Character:Urbain Gedemus
Release Date:28/10/1937
The Kings of Sport
Character:Acteur
Release Date:17/09/1937
Life Dances On
Character:Fabien Coutissol
Release Date:09/09/1937
Ignace
Character:Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
Release Date:30/04/1937
The Smart People of the 11th
Character:The orderly Patard
Release Date:12/03/1937
Francis the First
Character:Honorin
Release Date:17/02/1937
Josette
Character:Albert Durandal
Release Date:22/01/1937
One of the Legion
Character:Fernand Espitalion
Release Date:02/10/1936
Les Gaîtés de la finance
Character:Marivol Lambinet
Release Date:07/02/1936
Une histoire pétillante
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1936
Jim la houlette
Character:Moluchet
Release Date:01/11/1935
Ferdinand the Roisterer
Character:Ferdinand Piat
Release Date:22/02/1935
The Lafleur Cavalryman
Character:Fernand Lafleur
Release Date:20/12/1934
I Have an Idea
Character:Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
Release Date:13/12/1934
The Free Trade Hotel
Character:Boulot, le garçon d'étage
Release Date:10/11/1934
Angele
Character:Saturnin
Release Date:26/10/1934
Skylark
Character:Michelet
Release Date:11/10/1934
Les Bleus de la marine
Character:Lafraise
Release Date:26/09/1934
Le Chéri de sa concierge
Character:
Release Date:10/08/1934
Le train de 8 H 47
Character:Croquebol
Release Date:25/05/1934
A Night of Madness
Character:Fernand
Release Date:27/04/1934
The Amorous Garrison
Character:Frédéric, rider
Release Date:24/03/1934
Maruche
Character:Maruche
Release Date:23/03/1934
The Bread Peddler
Character:Billenbuis
Release Date:23/03/1934
Love and Cool Water
Character:Eloi, le chauffeur
Release Date:01/12/1933
La Terreur de la pampa
Character:
Release Date:27/10/1933
The Orderly
Character:Etienne
Release Date:25/08/1933
Le Gros Lot
Character:
Release Date:01/08/1933
Le Coq du régiment
Character:Medard
Release Date:06/06/1933
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
Character:
Release Date:03/02/1933
Le Jugement de minuit
Character:Sam Hackitt
Release Date:27/01/1933
Ça colle
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1933
Lidoire
Character:Lidoire
Release Date:01/01/1933
Un homme sans nom
Character:
Release Date:30/09/1932
Fun in the Barracks
Character:Vanderague
Release Date:18/09/1932
No Women
Character:Casimir
Release Date:08/07/1932
Vive la classe
Character:
Release Date:27/05/1932
Lilac
Character:le garçon d'honneur
Release Date:13/03/1932
Par habitude
Character:
Release Date:03/03/1932
He
Character:Isidore
Release Date:15/02/1932
Sailor's Song
Character:
Release Date:14/01/1932
Pas un mot à ma femme
Character:
Release Date:31/12/1931
Night attack
Character:L'amant
Release Date:31/12/1931
The Darling of Paris
Character:
Release Date:09/10/1931
The end combine
Character:Joseph, le valet de chambre
Release Date:01/07/1931
Baby's Laxative
Character:Truchet
Release Date:21/06/1931
Bric a Brac and Company
Character:Fernand
Release Date:14/04/1931
Black and White
Character:Le groom
Release Date:27/03/1931
The best hostess
Character:Lucien Pivoine
Release Date:21/04/1930
I have something to tell you
Character:l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
Release Date:19/02/1930
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