Fernandel
Born: 1903-05-08 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died: 1971-02-26
Known For: Acting
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)
Filmography
2023
- Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)
- L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2019
- The Phoney War as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018
- 1958: Those Who Said No as Self (archive footage)
2000
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self (archive footage)
1982
- Champs-Elysées as Self
1971
- The Cat ... (Producer)
1970
- Happy He Who Like Ulysses as Antonin
1968
- The Man in the Buick as Armand Favrot
- Stasera Fernandel as Monsieur Fernand
1967
- L'Amateur as Fernand
1966
- Your Money or Your Life as Charles Migue
- Father's Trip as Quantin, Jura farmer
1965
- Don Camillo in Moscow as Don Camillo Tarocci
1964
- That Tender Age as Adolphe Lartigue
- Relax Yourself Darling as François Faustin
1963
- Good King Dagobert as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
- My Wife's Husband as Fernand Jouvin
- The Trip to Biarritz as Guillaume Dodut
- Blague dans le coin as Jeff Burlington
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
- The Changing of the Guard as Attilio Capellaro
- The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Dieu / God
- Assassin in the Phonebook as Albert Rimond
1961
- Don Camillo: Monsignor as Don Camillo Tarocci
- The Last Judgment as The widower
- Dynamite Jack as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
- Cocagne as Marc-Antoine
1959
- Discorama as Self
- The Cow and I as Charles Bailly
- Gangster Boss as Antoine Venturen
- The Woman's Confidant as Giuliano Goberti
1958
- The Law Is the Law as Ferdinand Pastorelli
- Life Together as Marcel Caboufigue
- Paris Holiday as Fernydel
- Les Vignes du Seigneur as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1957
- The Man in the Raincoat as Albert Constantin
- Easiest Profession as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
- Sénéchal the Magnificent as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1956
- Cinépanorama as Self
- Around the World in 80 Days as French Coachman
- Fernandel the Dressmaker as Fernand Vignard
- Don Juan as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
- The Virtuous Bigamist as Paul Verdier
- Honoré de Marseille as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1955
- Don Camillo's Last Round as Don Camillo Tarocci
- Spring, Autumn and Love as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1954
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves as Ali Baba
- The Sheep Has Five Legs as Edouard de Saint-Forget
- Mademoiselle Nitouche as Célestin / Floridor
1953
- The Return of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci
- Carnival as Dardamelle
- The Wild Oat as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
- The Most Wanted Man as Joe Calvet
1952
- The Little World of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci
- Forbidden Fruit as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
- French Touch as Mario Marius
1951
- Topaze as Albert Topaze
- The Red Inn as The Monk
- The Sleepwalker as Victor Boniface
- Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Adhémar Pomme
- The Hunting Ground as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1950
- Three Feet in a Bed as Casimir
- I'm in the Revue as Philippe, devout house painter
- Three Sinners as Noël Annequin
- Caught in the Foreign Legion as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
- Tu m'as sauvé la vie as Fortuné Richard
1949
- The Heroic Mr. Boniface as Boniface
- We Request an Assassin as Bob
1948
- The Cupboard Was Bare as Alfred Puc
- Emile the African as Emile Boulard
- Si ça peut vous faire plaisir as Martial Gonfaron
1947
- Escale au soleil as Guide
- Irma la voyante as Irma / Le client
1946
- Pétrus as Pétrus
- L'Aventure de Cabassou as Cabassou
- Rooster Heart as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1945
- Naïs as Toine
- St. Val's Mystery as Désiré Le Sec
- Hoboes in Paradise as Pons
1943
- The Lucky Star as Auguste
- A Dog's Life as Gustave Bourdillon
- Love Around the Clock as Antonin
- Don't Shout it from the Rooftops as Vincent Fleuret
- Adrien as Adrien Moulinet
1942
- Simple-Minded as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1941
- The Italian Straw Hat as Fadinard
- The Suitors Club as Antoine Valoisir
- The Acrobat as Ernest Sauce
- Little Nothings as Astier
1940
- The Well-Digger's Daughter as Félipe Rambert
- The Mondesir Heir as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
- The Wonderful Night as le berger
- Monsieur Hector as Hector
1939
- Fric-Frac as Marcel
- The Five Cents of Lavarede as Armand Lavarède
- Berlingot and Company as François Arnaud
- Raphaël le tatoué as Modeste Manosque
1938
- Heartbeat as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
- Ernest the Rebel as Ernest Pic
- Hercule as Hercule Maffre
- Barnabé as Barnabé
- Tricoche and Cacolet as Tricoche
1937
- Harvest as Urbain Gedemus
- Life Dances On as Fabien Coutissol
- Francis the First as Honorin
- The Kings of Sport as Acteur
- Ignace as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
- The Smart People of the 11th as The orderly Patard
- Josette as Albert Durandal
1936
- One of the Legion as Fernand Espitalion
- Les Gaîtés de la finance as Marivol Lambinet
- Une histoire pétillante
1935
- Jim la houlette as Moluchet
- Ferdinand the Roisterer as Ferdinand Piat
1934
- Angele as Saturnin
- Le Chéri de sa concierge
- The Amorous Garrison as Frédéric, rider
- The Free Trade Hotel as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
- The Lafleur Cavalryman as Fernand Lafleur
- I Have an Idea as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
- Skylark as Michelet
- Les Bleus de la marine as Lafraise
- Maruche as Maruche
- Le train de 8 H 47 as Croquebol
- The Bread Peddler as Billenbuis
- A Night of Madness as Fernand
1933
- Love and Cool Water as Eloi, le chauffeur
- Ça colle
- La Terreur de la pampa
- The Orderly as Etienne
- L'Ordonnance malgré lui
- Le Gros Lot
- Le Coq du régiment as Medard
- Le Jugement de minuit as Sam Hackitt
- Lidoire as Lidoire
1932
- Lilac as le garçon d'honneur
- He as Isidore
- Fun in the Barracks as Vanderague
- Sailor's Song
- Par habitude
- Vive la classe
- Un homme sans nom
- No Women as Casimir
1931
- Black and White as Le groom
- Night attack as L'amant
- Bric a Brac and Company as Fernand
- The Darling of Paris
- Baby's Laxative as Truchet
- Pas un mot à ma femme
- The End Combine as Joseph, le valet de chambre
1930
- I have something to tell you as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
- The best hostess as Lucien Pivoine