Known For
Acting
Born
May 08, 1903
Died
Feb 26, 1971
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Credits
158 titles
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
Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage)
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
The Phoney War
Self - Actor (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No
Self (archive footage)
Fernandel c'est moi
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
Self
The Cat
Producer
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Antonin
Stasera Fernandel
Monsieur Fernand
The Man in the Buick
Armand Favrot
L'Amateur
Fernand
Father's Trip
Quantin, Jura farmer
Your Money or Your Life
Charles Migue
Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo Tarocci
That Tender Age
Adolphe Lartigue
Relax Yourself Darling
François Faustin
My Wife's Husband
Fernand Jouvin
Good King Dagobert
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Blague dans le coin
Jeff Burlington
The Trip to Biarritz
Guillaume Dodut
The Changing of the Guard
Attilio Capellaro
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Dieu / God
Assassin in the Phonebook
Albert Rimond
Dynamite Jack
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
The Last Judgment
The widower
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Don Camillo Tarocci
Cocagne
Marc-Antoine
Croesus
Crésus
The Boss
Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
The Cow and I
Charles Bailly
The Woman's Confidant
Giuliano Goberti
Gangster Boss
Antoine Venturen
Discorama
Self
Life Together
Marcel Caboufigue
The Law Is the Law
Ferdinand Pastorelli
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Paris Holiday
Fernydel
Easiest Profession
Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
Sénéchal the Magnificent
François, Lucien Sénéchal
The Man in the Raincoat
Albert Constantin
The Virtuous Bigamist
Paul Verdier
Honoré de Marseille
Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
Around the World in 80 Days
French Coachman
Don Juan
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Fernand Vignard
Cinépanorama
Self
Don Camillo's Last Round
Don Camillo Tarocci