
Fernandel
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-08
Day of Death
1971-02-26 (67 years old)
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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
Acting
(2023)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(2023)
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
(2020)
(2019)
The Phoney War
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(2018)
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
(2000)
(1970)
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Antonin
(1968)
The Man in the Buick
as Armand Favrot
(1966)
Father's Trip
as Quantin, Jura farmer
(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)
Good King Dagobert
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
(1963)
My Wife's Husband
as Fernand Jouvin
(1963)
Blague dans le coin
as Jeff Burlington
(1963)
The Trip to Biarritz
as Guillaume Dodut
(1962)
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Dieu / God
(1962)
The Changing of the Guard
as Attilio Capellaro
(1962)
Assassin in the Phonebook
as Albert Rimond
(1961)
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1961)
The Last Judgment
as The widower
(1961)
Dynamite Jack
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
(1961)
Cocagne
as Marc-Antoine
(1960)
The Boss
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
(1960)
Croesus
as Crésus
(1959)
The Cow and I
as Charles Bailly
(1959)
Gangster Boss
as Antoine Venturen
(1959)
The Woman's Confidant
as Giuliano Goberti
(1958)
The Law Is the Law
as Ferdinand Pastorelli
(1958)
Life Together
as Marcel Caboufigue
(1958)
Paris Holiday
as Fernydel
(1958)
Les Vignes du Seigneur
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
(1957)
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
(1957)
The Man in the Raincoat
as Albert Constantin
(1957)
Sénéchal the Magnificent
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
(1956)
Around the World in Eighty Days
as French Coachman
(1956)
Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand Vignard
(1956)
Don Juan
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
(1956)
Honoré de Marseille
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
(1956)
The Virtuous Bigamist
as Paul Verdier
(1955)
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1955)
Spring, Autumn and Love
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
(1954)
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Ali Baba
(1954)
Mademoiselle Nitouche
as Célestin / Floridor
(1954)
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Edouard de Saint-Forget
(1953)
The Return of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1953)
The Wild Oat
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
(1953)
The Most Wanted Man
as Joe Calvet
(1953)
Carnival
as Dardamelle
(1952)
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1952)
Forbidden Fruit
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
(1952)
French Touch
as Mario Marius
(1951)
Topaze
as Albert Topaze
(1951)
The Red Inn
as The Monk
(1951)
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
as Adhémar Pomme
(1951)
The Sleepwalker
as Victor Boniface
(1951)
The Hunting Ground
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
(1950)
I'm in the Revue
as Philippe, devout house painter
(1950)
Three Sinners
as Noël Annequin
(1950)
Three Feet in a Bed
as Casimir
(1950)
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Fortuné Richard
(1950)
Caught in the Foreign Legion
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
(1949)
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
as Boniface
(1949)
We Request an Assassin
as Bob
(1948)
The Cupboard Was Bare
as Alfred Puc
(1948)
Emile the African
as Emile Boulard
(1948)
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
as Martial Gonfaron
(1947)
Escale au soleil
as Guide
(1947)
Irma la voyante
as Irma / Le client
(1946)
Pétrus
as Pétrus
(1946)
Rooster Heart
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
(1946)
L'Aventure de Cabassou
as Cabassou
(1945)
Naïs
as Toine
(1945)
St. Val's Mystery
as Désiré Le Sec
(1945)
Hoboes in Paradise
as Pons
(1943)
Adrien
as Adrien Moulinet
(1943)
A Dog's Life
as Gustave Bourdillon
(1943)
Love Around the Clock
as Antonin
(1943)
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Vincent Fleuret
(1943)
The Lucky Star
as Auguste
(1942)
Little Nothings
as Astier
(1942)
Simple-Minded
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
(1941)
The Acrobat
as Ernest Sauce
(1941)
The Italian Straw Hat
as Fadinard
(1941)
The Suitors Club
as Antoine Valoisir
(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
(1940)
The Wonderful Night
as le berger
(1939)
Fric-Frac
as Marcel
(1939)
The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Armand Lavarède
(1939)
Berlingot and Company
as François Arnaud
(1939)
Raphaël le tatoué
as Modeste Manosque
(1938)
Hercule
as Hercule Maffre
(1938)
Heartbeat
as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
(1938)
Ernest the Rebel
as Ernest Pic
(1938)
Barnabé
as Barnabé
(1938)
Tricoche and Cacolet
as Tricoche
(1937)
Francis the First
as Honorin
(1937)
Ignace
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
(1937)
Life Dances On
as Fabien Coutissol
(1937)
Harvest
as Urbain Gedemus
(1937)
Josette
as Albert Durandal
(1937)
The Smart People of the 11th
as The orderly Patard
(1937)
The Kings of Sport
as Acteur
(1936)
One of the Legion
as Fernand Espitalion
(1936)
Les Gaîtés de la finance
as Marivol Lambinet
(1936)
(1935)
Ferdinand the Roisterer
as Ferdinand Piat
(1935)
Jim la houlette
as Moluchet
(1934)
Angele
as Saturnin
(1934)
The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Fernand Lafleur
(1934)
Le train de 8 H 47
as Croquebol
(1934)
The Free Trade Hotel
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
(1934)
Skylark
as Michelet
(1934)
A Night of Madness
as Fernand
(1934)
The Bread Peddler
as Billenbuis
(1934)
The Amorous Garrison
as Frédéric, rider
(1934)
(1934)
Maruche
as Maruche
(1934)
I Have an Idea
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
(1934)
Les Bleus de la marine
as Lafraise
(1933)
The Orderly
as Etienne
(1933)
Le Coq du régiment
as Medard
(1933)
Love and Cool Water
as Eloi, le chauffeur
(1933)
Le Jugement de minuit
as Sam Hackitt
(1933)
(1933)
Lidoire
as Lidoire
(1933)
(1933)
(1933)
(1932)
(1932)
Fun in the Barracks
as Vanderague
(1932)
Lilac
as le garçon d'honneur
(1932)
(1932)
He
as Isidore
(1932)
(1932)
(1932)
No Women
as Casimir
(1931)
Black and White
as Le groom
(1931)
Baby's Laxative
as Truchet
(1931)
(1931)
Bric a Brac and Company
as Fernand
(1931)
The end combine
as Joseph, le valet de chambre
(1931)
Night attack
as L'amant
(1931)
(1930)
The best hostess
as Lucien Pivoine
(1930)
I have something to tell you
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
Crew
(1971)
The Cat
Producer
(1951)
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Director
(1943)
Adrien
Director
(1942)
Simple-Minded
Director