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