Fernandel
Known for Acting · 157 credits
- Born
- 1903-05-08
- Died
- 1971-02-26
- Place of birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Also known as
- Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin · Fernand Contandin · Фернан Жозеф Дезире Контанден
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
TV Shows (7)
Movies (150)
The Cow and I
1959
as Charles Bailly
I Have an Idea
1934
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
as French Coachman
Ernest the Rebel
1938
as Ernest Pic
The Acrobat
1941
as Ernest Sauce
The Smart People of the 11th
1937
as The orderly Patard
Heartbeat
1938
as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
as Edouard de Saint-Forget
Night attack
1931
as L'amant
The Lucky Star
1943
as Auguste
Monsieur Hector
1940
as Hector
The Man in the Raincoat
1957
as Albert Constantin
Simple-Minded
1942
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
Fric-Frac
1939
as Marcel
Lidoire
1933
as Lidoire
Gangster Boss
1959
as Antoine Venturen
Ferdinand the Roisterer
1935
as Ferdinand Piat
Easiest Profession
1957
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Fernand Jouvin
Pétrus
1946
as Pétrus
Cocagne
1961
as Marc-Antoine
Par habitude
1932
The Man in the Buick
1968
as Armand Favrot
Hercule
1938
as Hercule Maffre
Tricoche and Cacolet
1938
as Tricoche
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
1949
as Boniface
St. Val's Mystery
1945
as Désiré Le Sec
That Tender Age
1964
as Adolphe Lartigue
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940
as Félipe Rambert
Three Feet in a Bed
1950
as Casimir
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950
as Fortuné Richard
Ignace
1937
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
The Darling of Paris
1931
Little Nothings
1941
as Astier
Berlingot and Company
1939
as François Arnaud
The Last Judgment
1961
as The widower
Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956
as Fernand Vignard
The Red Inn
1951
as The Monk
No Women
1932
as Casimir
The Rooster of the Regiment
1933
as Medard
The Free Trade Hotel
1934
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Dieu / God
Josette
1937
as Albert Durandal
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954
as Ali Baba
Lilac
1932
as le garçon d'honneur
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Honoré de Marseille
1956
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
as Don Camillo Tarocci
The Return of Don Camillo
1953
as Don Camillo Tarocci
Don Juan
1956
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Les Vignes du Seigneur
1958
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Caught in the Foreign Legion
1950
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
Love and Cool Water
1933
as Eloi, le chauffeur
The Lafleur Cavalryman
1934
as Fernand Lafleur
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970
as Antonin
Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Charles Migue
French Touch
1952
as Mario Marius
Maruche
1934
as Maruche
Emile the African
1948
as Emile Boulard
I have something to tell you
1930
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
Croesus
1960
as Crésus
The Law Is the Law
1958
as Ferdinand Pastorelli
La Terreur de la pampa
1933
Ça colle
1933
Forbidden Fruit
1952
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
Harvest
1937
as Urbain Gedemus
The Virtuous Bigamist
1956
as Paul Verdier
Don Camillo's Last Round
1955
as Don Camillo Tarocci
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
The Boss
1960
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
Life Dances On
1937
as Fabien Coutissol
The Kings of Sport
1937
as Acteur
Navy Blue
1934
as Lafraise
The Wild Oat
1953
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1943
as Vincent Fleuret
Relax Yourself Darling
1964
as François Faustin
The Cupboard Was Bare
1948
as Alfred Puc
Baby's Laxative
1931
as Truchet
Le Gros Lot
1933
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
as Guillaume Dodut
Le Jugement de minuit
1933
as Sam Hackitt
The Most Wanted Man
1953
as Joe Calvet
Raphaël le tatoué
1939
as Modeste Manosque
Life Together
1958
as Marcel Caboufigue
Paris Holiday
1958
as Fernydel
Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
as Armand Lavarède
The Italian Straw Hat
1941
as Fadinard
L'Aventure de Cabassou
1946
as Cabassou
The best hostess
1930
as Lucien Pivoine
Three Sinners
1950
as Noël Annequin
Good King Dagobert
1963
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
as Don Camillo Tarocci
He
1932
as Isidore
The Amorous Garrison
1934
as Frédéric, rider
Fun in the Barracks
1932
as Vanderague
Un homme sans nom
1932
Barnabé
1938
as Barnabé
Black and White
1931
as Le groom
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962
as Albert Rimond
Father's Trip
1966
as Quantin, Jura farmer
One of the Legion
1936
as Fernand Espitalion
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
The Sleepwalker
1951
as Victor Boniface
Les Gaîtés de la finance
1936
as Marivol Lambinet
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
as Célestin / Floridor
Dynamite Jack
1961
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
Naïs
1945
as Toine
The Orderly
1933
as Etienne
Francis the First
1937
as Honorin
Adrien
1943
as Adrien Moulinet
Hoboes in Paradise
1945
as Pons
Love Around the Clock
1943
as Antonin
Angele
1934
as Saturnin
Fernandel 3 films
Spring, Autumn and Love
1955
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
Carnival
1953
as Dardamelle
Jim la houlette
1935
as Moluchet
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961
as Don Camillo Tarocci
About Fernandel
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 wi… With 157 credits spanning from 1930 to 2023, Fernandel has appeared in 150 films and 7 TV shows.
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Most Popular Fernandel Movies
- The Cow and I (1959) — as Charles Bailly
- I Have an Idea (1934) — as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — as French Coachman
- Ernest the Rebel (1938) — as Ernest Pic
- The Acrobat (1941) — as Ernest Sauce
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