Fernandel
Birthday
1903/05/08
Day of death
1971/02/26 (67 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also know as
Фернандель, Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, Fernand Contandin
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 coll...Read more
Acting
(2018) 1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
(2023) Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
(1933) Ça colle
as ---
(1953) The Return of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1955) Don Camillo's Last Round
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1961) Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1952) The Little World of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1958) Paris Holiday
as Fernydel
(1947) Escale au soleil
as Guide
(1951) The Red Inn
as The Monk
(1951) The Sleepwalker
as Victor Boniface
(1937) Harvest
as Urbain Gedemus
(1965) Don Camillo in Moscow
as Don Camillo Tarocci
(1934) Angele
as Saturnin
(1939) Fric-Frac
as Marcel
(1932) Lilac
as le garçon d'honneur
(1931) Black and White
as Le groom
(1943) The Lucky Star
as Auguste
(1937) Josette
as Albert Durandal
(1954) Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Ali Baba
(1950) Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Fortuné Richard
(1951) Topaze
as Albert Topaze
(1938) Heartbeat
as Irénée Fabre
(1953) The Wild Oat
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
(1960) Croesus
as Crésus
(1963) My Wife's Husband
as Fernand Jouvin
(1932) Sailor's Song
as ---
(1932) Vive la classe
as ---
(1941) The Italian Straw Hat
as Fadinard
(1934) Maruche
as Maruche
(1933) L'Ordonnance malgré lui
as ---
(1933) La Terreur de la pampa
as ---
(1933) Le Jugement de minuit
as Sam Hackitt
(1931) The Darling of Paris
as ---
(1933) Le Gros Lot
as ---
(1934) Le Chéri de sa concierge
as ---
(1962) The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Dieu / God
(1937) The Smart People of the 11th
as The orderly Patard
(1956) The Virtuous Bigamist
as Paul Verdier
(1937) Life Dances On
as Fabien Coutissol
(1957) Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
(1951) Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
as Adhémar Pomme
(1953) The Most Wanted Man
as Joe Calvet
(1952) French Touch
as Mario Marius
(1959) Gangster Boss
as Antoine Venturen
(1956) Honoré de Marseille
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
(1950) Caught in the Foreign Legion
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
(1954) The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Edouard de Saint-Forget
(1958) The Law Is the Law
as Ferdinand Pastorelli
(1937) Ignace
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
(1940) The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Félipe Rambert
(1951) The Hunting Ground
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
(1946) L'Aventure de Cabassou
as Cabassou
(1964) That Tender Age
as Adolphe Lartigue
(1955) Spring, Autumn and Love
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
(1942) Simple-Minded
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
(1961) The Last Judgment
as The widower
(1936) One of the Legion
as Fernand Espitalion
(1957) Sénéchal the Magnificent
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
(1939) Raphaël le tatoué
as Modeste Manosque
(1938) Ernest the Rebel
as Ernest Pic
(1959) The Cow and I
as Charles Bailly
(1939) The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Armand Lavarède
(1958) Life Together
as Marcel Caboufigue
(1964) Relax Yourself Darling
as François Faustin
(1961) Dynamite Jack
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
(1943) Adrien
as Adrien Moulinet
(1942) Little Nothings
as Astier
(1962) Assassin in the Phonebook
as Albert Rimond
(1938) Barnabé
as Barnabé
(1954) Mademoiselle Nitouche
as Célestin / Floridor
(1963) Blague dans le coin
as Jeff Burlington
(1939) Berlingot and Company
as François Arnaud
(1950) Three Feet in a Bed
as Casimir
(1935) Ferdinand the Roisterer
as Ferdinand Piat
(1952) Forbidden Fruit
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
(1963) Good King Dagobert
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
(1953) Carnival
as Dardamelle
(1932) Fun in the Barracks
as Vanderague
(1941) The Acrobat
as Ernest Sauce
(1934) The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Fernand Lafleur
(1948) The Cupboard Was Bare
as Alfred Puc
(1935) Jim la houlette
as Moluchet
(1950) Three Sinners
as Noël Annequin
(1945) St. Val's Mystery
as Désiré Le Sec
(1970) Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Antonin
(1943) Love Around the Clock
as Antonin
(1963) The Trip to Biarritz
as Guillaume Dodut
(1934) Les Bleus de la marine
as Lafraise
(1940) Monsieur Hector
as Hector
(1957) The Man in the Raincoat
as Albert Constantin
(1968) The Man in the Buick
as Armand Favrot
(1959) The Woman's Confidant
as Giuliano Goberti
(1956) Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand Vignard
(1966) Your Money or Your Life
as Charles Migue
(1933) Le Coq du régiment
as Medard
(1949) The Heroic Mr. Boniface
as Boniface
(1966) Father's Trip
as Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien
(1937) François 1er
as Honorin
(1931) Baby's Laxative
as Truchet
Fernandel 3 films
as ---
(1945) Naïs
as Toine
(1934) The Free Trade Hotel
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
(1946) Pétrus
as Pétrus
(1940) The Mondesir Heir
as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
(1958) Les Vignes du Seigneur
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
(1946) Rooster Heart
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
(1956) Don Juan
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
(1961) Cocagne
as Marc-Antoine
(1937) The Kings of Sport
as Acteur
(1962) The Changing of the Guard
as Attilio Capellaro
(1930) The best hostess
as Lucien Pivoine
(1960) The Boss
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
(2023) L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
(1938) Tricoche and Cacolet
as Tricoche
(1950) I'm in the Revue
as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
(2020) Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
as ---
(1948) Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
as Martial Gonfaron
(1941) The Suitors Club
as Antoine Valoisir
(1934) Skylark
as Michelet
(1931) Pas un mot à ma femme
as ---
(1932) Par habitude
as ---
(1948) Emile the African
as Emile Boulard
(1930) I have something to tell you
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
(1943) Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Vincent Fleuret
(1940) The Wonderful Night
as le berger
(1934) The Amorous Garrison
as (Paul, un "deuxième classe")
(1933) Love and Cool Water
as Eloi, le chauffeur
(1938) Hercule
as Hercule Maffre
(1932) He
as Isidore
(1934) Le train de 8 H 47
as Croquebol
(1956) Around the World in Eighty Days
as French Coachman
(1936) Une histoire pétillante
as ---
(1931) Bric a Brac and Company
as Fernand
(1933) The Orderly
as Etienne
(1934) A Night of Madness
as Fernand
(1936) Les Gaîtés de la finance
as Marivol Lambinet
(1949) We Request an Assassin
as Bob
(1932) No Women
as Casimir
(1947) Irma la voyante
as Irma / Le client
(1931) The end combine
as Joseph, le valet de chambre
(1945) Hoboes in Paradise
as Pons
(1934) I Have an Idea
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
(2000) Fernandel c'est moi
as ---
(1943) A Dog's Life
as Gustave Bourdillon
(1933) Lidoire
as Lidoire
(2019) The Phoney War
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
(1931) Night attack
as L'amant
(1932) Un homme sans nom
as ---
(1934) The Bread Peddler
as Billenbuis
(1962) The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
(1968) Allo ! Fernandel
as Monsieur Fernand
(1959) Discorama
as Self
(1967) L'Amateur
as Fernand
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1982) Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)