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 | 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 | Happy He Who Like Ulysses | Antonin | 1970-07-08 |
Movie | The Man in the Buick | Armand Favrot | 1968-01-12 |
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 | Relax Yourself Darling | François Faustin | 1964-08-19 |
Movie | That Tender Age | Adolphe Lartigue | 1964-12-23 |
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 | Assassin in the Phonebook | Albert Rimond | 1962-03-02 |
Movie | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Dieu / God | 1962-09-14 |
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 | Dynamite Jack | Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu | 1961-11-03 |
Movie | The Last Judgment | The widower | 1961-10-26 |
Movie | The Boss | Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles | 1960-05-31 |
Movie | Croesus | Crésus | 1960-09-21 |
Movie | Gangster Boss | Antoine Venturen | 1959-03-20 |
Movie | The Cow and I | Charles Bailly | 1959-12-16 |
Movie | The Woman's Confidant | Giuliano Goberti | 1959-06-20 |
Movie | Les Vignes du Seigneur | Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne | 1958-06-20 |
Movie | Paris Holiday | Fernydel | 1958-04-05 |
Movie | The Law Is the Law | Ferdinand Pastorelli | 1958-09-17 |
Movie | Life Together | Marcel Caboufigue | 1958-09-24 |
Movie | Sénéchal the Magnificent | François, Lucien Sénéchal | 1957-05-24 |
Movie | The Man in the Raincoat | Albert Constantin | 1957-02-22 |
Movie | Le Chômeur de Clochemerle | Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin | 1957-11-11 |
Movie | Fernandel the Dressmaker | Fernand Vignard | 1956-04-13 |
Movie | Don Juan | Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan | 1956-05-09 |
Series | Cinépanorama | 1956-02-04 | |
Movie | The Virtuous Bigamist | Paul Verdier | 1956-12-20 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | French Coachman | 1956-10-17 |
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 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Ali Baba | 1954-12-24 |
Movie | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Edouard de Saint-Forget | 1954-09-24 |
Movie | The Wild Oat | Félicien Hébrard | 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 | The Hunting Ground | Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal | 1951-10-10 |
Movie | Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Adhémar Pomme | 1951-09-14 |
Movie | The Red Inn | Le Moine | 1951-10-19 |
Movie | Three Feet in a Bed | Casimir | 1950-04-19 |
Movie | Tu m'as sauvé la vie | Fortuné Richard | 1950-09-20 |
Movie | I'm in the Revue | Le peintre en bâtiment dévot | 1950-02-18 |
Movie | Three Sinners | Noël Annequin | 1950-10-10 |
Movie | Caught in the Foreign Legion | Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc | 1950-11-08 |
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 | The Cupboard Was Bare | Alfred Puc | 1948-10-29 |
Movie | Si ça peut vous faire plaisir | Martial Gonfaron | 1948-09-01 |
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 | Naïs | Toine | 1945-11-17 |
Movie | Hoboes in Paradise | Pons | 1945-07-15 |
Movie | St. Val's Mystery | Désiré Le Sec | 1945-09-19 |
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 | Love Around the Clock | Antonin | 1943-11-10 |
Movie | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet | 1943-12-22 |
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 | Monsieur Hector | Hector | 1940-12-13 |
Movie | The Mondesir Heir | Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux | 1940-05-07 |
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 | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Un carnet de bal | Fabien Coutissol | 1937-09-09 |
Movie | The Kings of Sport | Acteur | 1937-09-17 |
Movie | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus | 1937-10-28 |
Movie | Les Gaîtés de la finance | Marivol Lambinet | 1936-02-07 |
Movie | One of the Legion | Fernand Espitalion | 1936-10-02 |
Movie | Jim la houlette | Moluchet | 1935-11-01 |
Movie | Ferdinand the Roisterer | Ferdinand Piat | 1935-02-22 |
Movie | Le train de 8 H 47 | Croquebol | 1934-05-25 |
Movie | A Night of Madness | Fernand | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | The Amorous Garrison | (Paul, un "deuxième classe") | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Maruche | 1934-03-23 | |
Movie | Les Bleus de la marine | Lafraise | 1934-09-26 |
Movie | Skylark | Michelet | 1934-10-11 |
Movie | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur | 1934-12-20 |
Movie | Angele | Saturnin | 1934-10-26 |
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 | Le jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt | 1933-01-27 |
Movie | Lidoire | Lidoire | 1933-01-01 |
Movie | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | 1933-02-03 | |
Movie | Le Coq du régiment | Medard | 1933-06-06 |
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 | Black and White | Le groom | 1931-03-27 |
Movie | Bric a Brac and Company | Fernand | 1931-04-14 |
Movie | The end combine | Joseph, le valet de chambre | 1931-07-01 |
Movie | Baby's Laxative | Truchet | 1931-06-21 |
Movie | The Darling of Paris | 1931-10-09 | |
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 |