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