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)
Movie | Les rois de la comédie | Lui-même (archives) | 2023-01-01 |
Movie | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | 2023-06-02 |
Movie | The Phoney War | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 2019-08-27 |
Movie | 1958: Those Who Said No | Self (archive footage) | 2018-10-06 |
Movie | Fernandel c'est moi | 2000-01-01 | |
Movie | Happy He Who Like Ulysses | Antonin | 1970-07-08 |
Movie | The Man in the Buick | Armand Favrot | 1968-01-12 |
Series | L'Amateur | Fernand | 1967-09-15 |
Movie | Your Money or Your Life | Charles Migue | 1966-04-26 |
Movie | Father's Trip | Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien | 1966-09-16 |
Movie | Don Camillo in Moscow | Don Camillo Tarocci | 1965-09-18 |
Movie | That Tender Age | Adolphe Lartigue | 1964-12-23 |
Movie | Relax Yourself Darling | François Faustin | 1964-08-19 |
Movie | Blague dans le coin | Jeff Burlington | 1963-11-13 |
Movie | The Trip to Biarritz | Guillaume Dodut | 1963-03-15 |
Movie | Good King Dagobert | M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert | 1963-11-20 |
Movie | My Wife's Husband | Fernand Jouvin | 1963-12-20 |
Movie | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Dieu / God | 1962-09-14 |
Movie | Assassin in the Phonebook | Albert Rimond | 1962-03-02 |
Movie | The Changing of the Guard | Attilio Capellaro | 1962-10-31 |
Movie | Cocagne | Marc-Antoine | 1961-03-08 |
Movie | Don Camillo: Monsignor | Don Camillo Tarocci | 1961-10-07 |
Movie | The Last Judgment | The widower | 1961-10-26 |
Movie | Dynamite Jack | Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu | 1961-11-03 |
Movie | The Boss | Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles | 1960-05-31 |
Movie | Croesus | Crésus | 1960-09-21 |
Movie | The Cow and I | Charles Bailly | 1959-12-16 |
Movie | Gangster Boss | Antoine Venturen | 1959-03-20 |
Movie | The Woman's Confidant | Giuliano Goberti | 1959-06-20 |
Movie | Paris Holiday | Fernydel | 1958-04-05 |
Movie | Les Vignes du Seigneur | Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne | 1958-06-20 |
Movie | Life Together | Marcel Caboufigue | 1958-09-24 |
Movie | The Law Is the Law | Ferdinand Pastorelli | 1958-09-17 |
Movie | The Man in the Raincoat | Albert Constantin | 1957-02-22 |
Movie | Sénéchal the Magnificent | François, Lucien Sénéchal | 1957-05-24 |
Movie | Le Chômeur de Clochemerle | Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin | 1957-11-11 |
Movie | Fernandel the Dressmaker | Fernand Vignard | 1956-04-13 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | Don Juan | Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan | 1956-05-09 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | French Coachman | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The Virtuous Bigamist | Paul Verdier | 1956-12-20 |
Movie | Honoré de Marseille | Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille | 1956-12-12 |
Movie | Spring, Autumn and Love | Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier | 1955-04-12 |
Movie | Don Camillo's Last Round | Don Camillo Tarocci | 1955-09-29 |
Movie | Mademoiselle Nitouche | Célestin / Floridor | 1954-04-21 |
Movie | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Edouard de Saint-Forget | 1954-09-24 |
Movie | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Ali Baba | 1954-12-24 |
Movie | The Wild Oat | Félicien Hébrard, boulanger de Valorgue | 1953-02-27 |
Movie | Carnival | Dardamelle | 1953-05-25 |
Movie | The Most Wanted Man | Joe Calvet | 1953-12-02 |
Movie | The Return of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci | 1953-06-05 |
Movie | The Little World of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci | 1952-03-28 |
Movie | French Touch | Mario Marius | 1952-05-09 |
Movie | Forbidden Fruit | Dr. Charles Pellegrin | 1952-09-19 |
Movie | The Sleepwalker | Victor Boniface | 1951-04-05 |
Movie | Topaze | Albert Topaze | 1951-01-25 |
Movie | Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Adhémar Pomme | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | The Hunting Ground | Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal | 1951-10-10 |
Movie | The Red Inn | Le Moine | 1951-10-19 |
Movie | Three Feet in a Bed | Casimir | 1950-04-19 |
Movie | I'm in the Revue | Le peintre en bâtiment dévot | 1950-02-18 |
Movie | Tu m'as sauvé la vie | Fortuné Richard | 1950-09-20 |
Movie | Caught in the Foreign Legion | Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc | 1950-11-08 |
Movie | Three Sinners | Noël Annequin | 1950-10-10 |
Movie | The Heroic Mr. Boniface | Boniface | 1949-10-19 |
Movie | We Request an Assassin | Bob | 1949-10-20 |
Movie | Emile the African | Emile Boulard | 1948-05-19 |
Movie | Si ça peut vous faire plaisir | Martial Gonfaron | 1948-09-01 |
Movie | The Cupboard Was Bare | Alfred Puc | 1948-10-29 |
Movie | Irma la voyante | Irma / Le client | 1947-01-01 |
Movie | Pétrus | Pétrus | 1946-10-02 |
Movie | Rooster Heart | Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | Hoboes in Paradise | Pons | 1945-07-15 |
Movie | St. Val's Mystery | Désiré Le Sec | 1945-09-19 |
Movie | Naïs | Toine | 1945-11-17 |
Movie | The Lucky Star | Auguste | 1943-03-23 |
Movie | Don't Shout it from the Rooftops | Vincent Fleuret | 1943-07-14 |
Movie | A Dog's Life | Gustave Bourdillon | 1943-06-25 |
Movie | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet | 1943-12-22 |
Movie | Love Around the Clock | Antonin | 1943-11-10 |
Movie | Simple-Minded | Simplet, le "fada" de Miéjour | 1942-09-11 |
Movie | Little Nothings | Astier | 1942-12-16 |
Movie | The Acrobat | Ernest Sauce | 1941-05-06 |
Movie | The Italian Straw Hat | Fadinard | 1941-06-01 |
Movie | The Suitors Club | Antoine Valoisir | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | The Mondesir Heir | Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux | 1940-05-07 |
Movie | Monsieur Hector | Hector | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert | 1940-12-20 |
Movie | The Wonderful Night | le berger | 1940-12-24 |
Movie | The Five Cents of Lavarede | Armand Lavarède | 1939-03-07 |
Movie | Raphaël le tatoué | Modeste Manosque | 1939-02-09 |
Movie | Berlingot and Company | François Arnaud | 1939-04-27 |
Movie | Fric-Frac | Marcel | 1939-06-15 |
Movie | Heartbeat | Irénée Fabre | 1938-04-15 |
Movie | Hercule | Hercule Maffre | 1938-03-05 |
Movie | Barnabé | Barnabé | 1938-05-14 |
Movie | Tricoche and Cacolet | Tricoche | 1938-09-06 |
Movie | Ernest the Rebel | Ernest Pic | 1938-11-08 |
Movie | François 1er | Honorin | 1937-02-17 |
Movie | Josette | Albert Durandal | 1937-01-22 |
Movie | The Smart People of the 11th | The orderly Patard | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | Life Dances On | Fabien Coutissol | 1937-09-09 |
Movie | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus | 1937-10-28 |
Movie | The Kings of Sport | Acteur | 1937-09-17 |
Movie | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Les Gaîtés de la finance | Marivol Lambinet | 1936-02-07 |
Movie | One of the Legion | Fernand Espitalion | 1936-10-02 |
Movie | Ferdinand the Roisterer | Ferdinand Piat | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | Jim la houlette | Moluchet | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | Le train de 8 H 47 | Croquebol | 1934-05-25 |
Movie | A Night of Madness | Fernand | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | The Bread Peddler | Billenbuis | 1934-03-23 |
Movie | Maruche | 1934-03-23 | |
Movie | Le Chéri de sa concierge | 1934-08-10 | |
Movie | The Amorous Garrison | (Paul, un "deuxième classe") | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Les Bleus de la marine | Lafraise | 1934-09-26 |
Movie | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur | 1934-12-20 |
Movie | Skylark | Michelet | 1934-10-11 |
Movie | I Have an Idea | Un passant dans la rue (uncredited) | 1934-12-13 |
Movie | The Free Trade Hotel | Boulot, le garçon d'étage | 1934-11-10 |
Movie | Angele | Saturnin | 1934-10-26 |
Movie | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | 1933-02-03 | |
Movie | Lidoire | Lidoire | 1933-01-01 |
Movie | Le jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt | 1933-01-27 |
Movie | Le Coq du régiment | Medard | 1933-06-06 |
Movie | Le Gros Lot | 1933-08-01 | |
Movie | Love and Cool Water | Eloi, le chauffeur | 1933-12-01 |
Movie | The Orderly | Etienne | 1933-08-25 |
Movie | Lilac | le garçon d'honneur | 1932-03-13 |
Movie | Sailor's Song | 1932-01-14 | |
Movie | Vive la classe | 1932-05-27 | |
Movie | He | Isidore | 1932-02-15 |
Movie | No Women | Casimir | 1932-07-08 |
Movie | Un homme sans nom | 1932-09-30 | |
Movie | Fun in the Barracks | Vanderague | 1932-09-18 |
Movie | Bric a Brac and Company | Fernand | 1931-04-14 |
Movie | Black and White | Le groom | 1931-03-27 |
Movie | Baby's Laxative | Truchet | 1931-06-21 |
Movie | The end combine | Joseph, le valet de chambre | 1931-07-01 |
Movie | The Darling of Paris | 1931-10-09 | |
Movie | Night attack | L'amant | 1931-12-31 |
Movie | I have something to tell you | l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage | 1930-02-19 |
Movie | The best hostess | Lucien Pivoine | 1930-04-21 |