Fernandel
Profile info
Known forActing
GenderMale
Birthday8 May 1903
Died26 February 1971 (age 67)
Place of birthMarseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Known credits158
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 hi…
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023 · Self (archive footage)
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
The Phoney War
2019 · Self - Actor (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No
2018 · Self (archive footage)
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self
Champs-Elysées
1982 · Self (archive footage)
The Cat
1971 · Producer
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970 · Antonin
Stasera Fernandel
1968 · Monsieur Fernand
The Man in the Buick
1968 · Armand Favrot
L'Amateur
1967 · Fernand
Father's Trip
1966 · Quantin, Jura farmer
Your Money or Your Life
1966 · Charles Migue
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965 · Don Camillo Tarocci
That Tender Age
1964 · Adolphe Lartigue
Relax Yourself Darling
1964 · François Faustin
My Wife's Husband
1963 · Fernand Jouvin
Good King Dagobert
1963 · M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Blague dans le coin
1963 · Jeff Burlington
The Trip to Biarritz
1963 · Guillaume Dodut
The Changing of the Guard
1962 · Attilio Capellaro
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · Self
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962 · Dieu / God
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962 · Albert Rimond
Dynamite Jack
1961 · Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
The Last Judgment
1961 · The widower
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961 · Don Camillo Tarocci
Cocagne
1961 · Marc-Antoine
Croesus
1960 · Crésus
The Boss
1960 · Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
The Cow and I
1959 · Charles Bailly
The Woman's Confidant
1959 · Giuliano Goberti
Gangster Boss
1959 · Antoine Venturen
Discorama
1959 · Self
Life Together
1958 · Marcel Caboufigue
The Law Is the Law
1958 · Ferdinand Pastorelli
Les Vignes du Seigneur
1958 · Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Paris Holiday
1958 · Fernydel
Easiest Profession
1957 · Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957 · François, Lucien Sénéchal
The Man in the Raincoat
1957 · Albert Constantin
The Virtuous Bigamist
1956 · Paul Verdier
Honoré de Marseille
1956 · Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
Around the World in 80 Days
1956 · French Coachman
Don Juan
1956 · Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
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