Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

158

Gender

Male

Birthday

1903-05-08

Deathday

1971-02-26 (67 years old)

Place of Birth

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Also Known As

Фернандель
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
Fernand Contandin

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)

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Acting

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Fernandel 3 films

2023		L'Âge d'or de la pub as Self (archive footage)
2023		Les Rois de la comédie as Self (archive footage)

2020

Le Petit Monde de Fernandel

2019

The Phoney War as Self - Actor (archive footage)

2018

1958: Those Who Said No as Self (archive footage)

2000

Fernandel c'est moi

1987

Sacrée soirée as Self (archive footage)

1982		Champs-Elysées as Self
1982		Champs-Elysées as Self (archive footage)

1970

Happy He Who Like Ulysses as Antonin

1968		Allo ! Fernandel as Monsieur Fernand
1968		The Man in the Buick as Armand Favrot

1967

L'Amateur as Fernand

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		My Wife's Husband as Fernand Jouvin
1963		Good King Dagobert as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1963		Blague dans le coin as Jeff Burlington
1963		The Trip to Biarritz as Guillaume Dodut

1962		The Changing of the Guard as Attilio Capellaro
1962		The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1962		The Devil and the Ten Commandments as Dieu / God
1962		Assassin in the Phonebook as Albert Rimond

1961		Dynamite Jack as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1961		The Last Judgment as The widower
1961		Don Camillo: Monsignor as Don Camillo Tarocci
1961		Cocagne as Marc-Antoine

1960		Croesus as Crésus
1960		The Boss as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles

1959		The Cow and I as Charles Bailly
1959		The Woman's Confidant as Giuliano Goberti
1959		Gangster Boss as Antoine Venturen
1959		Discorama as Self

1958		Life Together as Marcel Caboufigue
1958		The Law Is the Law as Ferdinand Pastorelli
1958		Les Vignes du Seigneur as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1958		Paris Holiday as Fernydel

1957		Le Chômeur de Clochemerle as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957		Sénéchal the Magnificent as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957		The Man in the Raincoat as Albert Constantin

1956		The Virtuous Bigamist as Paul Verdier
1956		Honoré de Marseille as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1956		Around the World in Eighty Days as French Coachman
1956		Don Juan as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956		Fernandel the Dressmaker as Fernand Vignard
1956		Cinépanorama as Self

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		The Sheep Has Five Legs as Edouard de Saint-Forget
1954		Mademoiselle Nitouche as Célestin / Floridor

1953		The Most Wanted Man as Joe Calvet
1953		The Return of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci
1953		Carnival as Dardamelle
1953		The Wild Oat as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker

1952		Forbidden Fruit as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1952		French Touch as Mario Marius
1952		The Little World of Don Camillo as Don Camillo Tarocci

1951		The Red Inn as The Monk
1951		The Hunting Ground as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1951		Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Adhémar Pomme
1951		The Sleepwalker as Victor Boniface
1951		Topaze as Albert Topaze

1950		Caught in the Foreign Legion as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1950		Three Sinners as Noël Annequin
1950		Tu m'as sauvé la vie as Fortuné Richard
1950		Three Feet in a Bed as Casimir
1950		I'm in the Revue as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot

1949		We Request an Assassin as Bob
1949		The Heroic Mr. Boniface as Boniface

1948		The Cupboard Was Bare as Alfred Puc
1948		Si ça peut vous faire plaisir as Martial Gonfaron
1948		Emile the African as Emile Boulard

1947		Irma la voyante as Irma / Le client
1947		Escale au soleil as Guide

1946		Rooster Heart as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1946		Pétrus as Pétrus
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		Love Around the Clock as Antonin
1943		Don't Shout it from the Rooftops as Vincent Fleuret
1943		A Dog's Life as Gustave Bourdillon
1943		The Lucky Star as Auguste

1942		Little Nothings as Astier
1942		Simple-Minded as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'

1941		The Suitors Club as Antoine Valoisir
1941		The Italian Straw Hat as Fadinard
1941		The Acrobat as Ernest Sauce

1940		The Wonderful Night as le berger
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

1939		Fric-Frac as Marcel
1939		Berlingot and Company as François Arnaud
1939		The Five Cents of Lavarede as Armand Lavarède
1939		Raphaël le tatoué as Modeste Manosque

1938		Ernest the Rebel as Ernest Pic
1938		Tricoche and Cacolet as Tricoche
1938		Barnabé as Barnabé
1938		Heartbeat as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
1938		Hercule as Hercule Maffre

1937		Harvest as Urbain Gedemus
1937		The Kings of Sport as Acteur
1937		Life Dances On as Fabien Coutissol
1937		Ignace as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1937		The Smart People of the 11th as The orderly Patard
1937		Francis the First as Honorin
1937		Josette as Albert Durandal

1936		One of the Legion as Fernand Espitalion
1936		Les Gaîtés de la finance as Marivol Lambinet
1936		Une histoire pétillante

1935		Jim la houlette as Moluchet
1935		Ferdinand the Roisterer as Ferdinand Piat

1934		The Lafleur Cavalryman as Fernand Lafleur
1934		I Have an Idea as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1934		The Free Trade Hotel as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1934		Angele as Saturnin
1934		Skylark as Michelet
1934		Les Bleus de la marine as Lafraise
1934		Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934		Le train de 8 H 47 as Croquebol
1934		A Night of Madness as Fernand
1934		The Amorous Garrison as (Paul, un "deuxième classe")
1934		The Bread Peddler as Billenbuis
1934		Maruche as Maruche

1933		Love and Cool Water as Eloi, le chauffeur
1933		La Terreur de la pampa
1933		The Orderly as Etienne
1933		Le Gros Lot
1933		Le Coq du régiment as Medard
1933		L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933		Le Jugement de minuit as Sam Hackitt
1933		Lidoire as Lidoire
1933		Ça colle

1932		Un homme sans nom
1932		Fun in the Barracks as Vanderague
1932		No Women as Casimir
1932		Vive la classe
1932		Lilac as le garçon d'honneur
1932		Par habitude
1932		He as Isidore
1932		Sailor's Song

1931		Night attack as L'amant
1931		Pas un mot à ma femme
1931		The Darling of Paris
1931		The end combine as Joseph, le valet de chambre
1931		Baby's Laxative as Truchet
1931		Bric a Brac and Company as Fernand
1931		Black and White as Le groom

1930		The best hostess as Lucien Pivoine
1930		I have something to tell you as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage

Directing

1951

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny as Director

1943

Adrien as Director

1942

Simple-Minded as Director

Production

1971

The Cat as Producer