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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Acting History
2023
L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2023Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
2020Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2019The Phoney War as Self - Actor (archive footage)
20181958: Those Who Said No as Self (archive footage)
2000Fernandel c'est moi
1987Sacrée Soirée as Self (archive footage)
1982Champs-Elysées as Self
1982Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)
1970Happy He Who Like Ulysses as Antonin
1968Stasera Fernandel as Monsieur Fernand
1968The Man in the Buick as Armand Favrot
1967L'Amateur as Fernand
1966Father's Trip as Quantin, Jura farmer
1966Your Money or Your Life as Charles Migue
1965Don Camillo in Moscow as Don Camillo Tarocci
1964That Tender Age as Adolphe Lartigue
1964Relax Yourself Darling as François Faustin
1963My Wife's Husband as Fernand Jouvin
1963Good King Dagobert as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1963Blague dans le coin as Jeff Burlington
1963The Trip to Biarritz as Guillaume Dodut
1962The Changing of the Guard as Attilio Capellaro
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Dieu / God
1962Assassin in the Phonebook as Albert Rimond
1961Dynamite Jack as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1961The Last Judgment as The widower
1961Don Camillo: Monsignor as Don Camillo Tarocci
1961Cocagne as Marc-Antoine
1960Croesus as Crésus
1960The Boss as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
1959The Cow and I as Charles Bailly
1959The Woman's Confidant as Giuliano Goberti
1959Gangster Boss as Antoine Venturen
1959Discorama as Self
1958Life Together as Marcel Caboufigue
1958The Law Is the Law as Ferdinand Pastorelli
1958Les Vignes du Seigneur as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1958Paris Holiday as Fernydel
1957Le Chômeur de Clochemerle as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957Sénéchal the Magnificent as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957The Man in the Raincoat as Albert Constantin
1956The Virtuous Bigamist as Paul Verdier
1956Honoré de Marseille as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1956Around the World in 80 Days as French Coachman
1956Don Juan as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956Fernandel the Dressmaker as Fernand Vignard
1956Cinépanorama as Self
1955Don Camillo's Last Round as Don Camillo Tarocci
1955Spring, Autumn and Love as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1954Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Ali Baba
1954The Sheep Has Five Legs as Edouard de Saint-Forget
1954Mademoiselle Nitouche as Célestin / Floridor
1953The Most Wanted Man as Joe Calvet
1953The Return of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci
1953Carnival as Dardamelle
1953The Wild Oat as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
1952Forbidden Fruit as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1952French Touch as Mario Marius
1952The Little World of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci
1951The Red Inn as The Monk
1951The Hunting Ground as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1951Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Adhémar Pomme
1951The Sleepwalker as Victor Boniface
1951Topaze as Albert Topaze
1950Caught in the Foreign Legion as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1950Three Sinners as Noël Annequin
1950Tu m'as sauvé la vie as Fortuné Richard
1950Three Feet in a Bed as Casimir
1950I'm in the Revue as Philippe, devout house painter
1949We Request an Assassin as Bob
1949The Heroic Mr. Boniface as Boniface
1948The Cupboard Was Bare as Alfred Puc
1948Si ça peut vous faire plaisir as Martial Gonfaron
1948Emile the African as Emile Boulard
1947Escale au soleil as Guide
1947Irma la voyante as Irma / Le client
1946Rooster Heart as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1946Pétrus as Pétrus
1946L'Aventure de Cabassou as Cabassou
1945Naïs as Toine
1945St. Val's Mystery as Désiré Le Sec
1945Hoboes in Paradise as Pons
1943Adrien as Adrien Moulinet
1943Love Around the Clock as Antonin
1943Don't Shout it from the Rooftops as Vincent Fleuret
1943A Dog's Life as Gustave Bourdillon
1943The Lucky Star as Auguste
1942Simple-Minded as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1941The Suitors Club as Antoine Valoisir
1941The Italian Straw Hat as Fadinard
1941The Acrobat as Ernest Sauce
1941Little Nothings as Astier
1940The Wonderful Night as le berger
1940The Well-Digger's Daughter as Félipe Rambert
1940Monsieur Hector as Hector
1940The Mondesir Heir as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1939Fric-Frac as Marcel
1939Berlingot and Company as François Arnaud
1939The Five Cents of Lavarede as Armand Lavarède
1939Raphaël le tatoué as Modeste Manosque
1938Ernest the Rebel as Ernest Pic
1938Tricoche and Cacolet as Tricoche
1938Barnabé as Barnabé
1938Heartbeat as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
1938Hercule as Hercule Maffre
1937Harvest as Urbain Gedemus
1937The Kings of Sport as Acteur
1937Life Dances On as Fabien Coutissol
1937Ignace as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1937The Smart People of the 11th as The orderly Patard
1937Francis the First as Honorin
1937Josette as Albert Durandal
1936One of the Legion as Fernand Espitalion
1936Les Gaîtés de la finance as Marivol Lambinet
1936Une histoire pétillante
1935Jim la houlette as Moluchet
1935Ferdinand the Roisterer as Ferdinand Piat
1934The Lafleur Cavalryman as Fernand Lafleur
1934I Have an Idea as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1934The Free Trade Hotel as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1934Angele as Saturnin
1934Skylark as Michelet
1934Les Bleus de la marine as Lafraise
1934Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934Le train de 8 H 47 as Croquebol
1934A Night of Madness as Fernand
1934The Amorous Garrison as Frédéric, rider
1934The Bread Peddler as Billenbuis
1934Maruche as Maruche
1933Love and Cool Water as Eloi, le chauffeur
1933La Terreur de la pampa
1933The Orderly as Etienne
1933Le Gros Lot
1933Le Coq du régiment as Medard
1933L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933Le Jugement de minuit as Sam Hackitt
1933Ça colle
1933Lidoire as Lidoire
1932Un homme sans nom
1932Fun in the Barracks as Vanderague
1932No Women as Casimir
1932Vive la classe
1932Lilac as le garçon d'honneur
1932Par habitude
1932He as Isidore
1932Sailor's Song
1931Night attack as L'amant
1931Pas un mot à ma femme
1931The Darling of Paris
1931The end combine as Joseph, le valet de chambre
1931Baby's Laxative as Truchet
1931Bric a Brac and Company as Fernand
1931Black and White as Le groom
1930The best hostess as Lucien Pivoine
1930I have something to tell you as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
—Fernandel 3 films