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 | Self (archive footage) | 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, professor of philosophy in 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, Valorgue baker | 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, doorman of the "Miramar" | 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 | A Dog's Life | Gustave Bourdillon | 1943-06-25 |
Movie | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet | 1943-12-22 |
Movie | Don't Shout it from the Rooftops | Vincent Fleuret | 1943-07-14 |
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 Suitors Club | Antoine Valoisir | 1941-09-26 |
Movie | The Acrobat | Ernest Sauce | 1941-05-06 |
Movie | The Italian Straw Hat | Fadinard | 1941-06-01 |
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 | Raphaël le tatoué | Modeste Manosque | 1939-02-09 |
Movie | The Five Cents of Lavarede | Armand Lavarède | 1939-03-07 |
Movie | Fric-Frac | Marcel | 1939-06-15 |
Movie | Berlingot and Company | François Arnaud | 1939-04-27 |
Movie | Hercule | Hercule Maffre | 1938-03-05 |
Movie | Barnabé | Barnabé | 1938-05-14 |
Movie | Heartbeat | Irénée Fabre | 1938-04-15 |
Movie | Ernest the Rebel | Ernest Pic | 1938-11-08 |
Movie | Tricoche and Cacolet | Tricoche | 1938-09-06 |
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 | The Kings of Sport | Acteur | 1937-09-17 |
Movie | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus | 1937-10-28 |
Movie | Life Dances On | Fabien Coutissol | 1937-09-09 |
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 | The Amorous Garrison | (Paul, un "deuxième classe") | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | A Night of Madness | Fernand | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | The Bread Peddler | Billenbuis | 1934-03-23 |
Movie | Maruche | Maruche | 1934-03-23 |
Movie | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur | 1934-12-20 |
Movie | Le Chéri de sa concierge | 1934-08-10 | |
Movie | Le train de 8 H 47 | Croquebol | 1934-05-25 |
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 | Les Bleus de la marine | Lafraise | 1934-09-26 |
Movie | Skylark | Michelet | 1934-10-11 |
Movie | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | 1933-02-03 | |
Movie | Lidoire | Lidoire | 1933-01-01 |
Movie | Le Coq du régiment | Medard | 1933-06-06 |
Movie | Le jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt | 1933-01-27 |
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 | Par habitude | 1932-03-03 | |
Movie | Sailor's Song | 1932-01-14 | |
Movie | Lilac | le garçon d'honneur | 1932-03-13 |
Movie | He | Isidore | 1932-02-15 |
Movie | Vive la classe | 1932-05-27 | |
Movie | Fun in the Barracks | Vanderague | 1932-09-18 |
Movie | Un homme sans nom | 1932-09-30 | |
Movie | No Women | Casimir | 1932-07-08 |
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 Darling of Paris | 1931-10-09 | |
Movie | The end combine | Joseph, le valet de chambre | 1931-07-01 |
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 |