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)
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Movies (43)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
The Phoney War
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
The Cat
Producer (Production)
1971
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Antonin
1970
The Man in the Buick
as Armand Favrot
1968
Father's Trip
as Quantin, Jura farmer
1966
Your Money or Your Life
as Charles Migue
1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1965
That Tender Age
as Adolphe Lartigue
1964
Relax Yourself Darling
as François Faustin
1964
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
1963
The Changing of the Guard
as Attilio Capellaro
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Dieu / God
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
as Albert Rimond
1962
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
1961
Croesus
as Crésus
1960
The Boss
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
1960
The Cow and I
as Charles Bailly
1959
The Woman's Confidant
as Giuliano Goberti
1959
Gangster Boss
as Antoine Venturen
1959
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
1958
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957
The Man in the Raincoat
as Albert Constantin
1957
The Virtuous Bigamist
as Paul Verdier
1956
Honoré de Marseille
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
as French Coachman
1956
Don Juan
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand Vignard
1956
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1955
