
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 | Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | 2023-01-01 |
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 | Quantin, Jura farmer | 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 | My Wife's Husband | Fernand Jouvin | 1963-12-20 |
Movie | The Trip to Biarritz | Guillaume Dodut | 1963-03-15 |
Movie | Blague dans le coin | Jeff Burlington | 1963-11-13 |
Movie | Good King Dagobert | M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert | 1963-11-20 |
Movie | Assassin in the Phonebook | Albert Rimond | 1962-03-02 |
Movie | The Changing of the Guard | Attilio Capellaro | 1962-10-31 |
Movie | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Dieu / God | 1962-09-14 |
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, professor of philosophy in 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 aka '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 | Honoré de Marseille | Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille | 1956-12-12 |
Movie | Around the World in Eighty Days | French Coachman | 1956-10-17 |
Movie | The Virtuous Bigamist | Paul Verdier | 1956-12-20 |
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, 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 | 1951-04-27 |
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 | The Monk | 1951-10-19 |
Movie | I'm in the Revue | Philippe, devout house painter | 1950-02-18 |
Movie | Three Feet in a Bed | Casimir | 1950-04-19 |
Movie | Three Sinners | Noël Annequin | 1950-10-10 |
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 | 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 | Rooster Heart | Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur | 1946-12-26 |
Movie | Pétrus | Pétrus | 1946-10-02 |
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 | Don't Shout it from the Rooftops | Vincent Fleuret | 1943-07-14 |
Movie | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet | 1943-12-22 |
Movie | Love Around the Clock | Antonin | 1943-11-10 |
Movie | Simple-Minded | Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour' | 1942-09-11 |
Movie | The Acrobat | Ernest Sauce | 1941-05-06 |
Movie | Little Nothings | Astier | 1941-04-11 |
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 | Hercule | Hercule Maffre | 1938-03-05 |
Movie | Heartbeat | Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz' | 1938-04-15 |
Movie | Ernest the Rebel | Ernest Pic | 1938-09-23 |
Movie | Tricoche and Cacolet | Tricoche | 1938-09-06 |
Movie | Barnabé | Barnabé | 1938-05-14 |
Movie | The Smart People of the 11th | The orderly Patard | 1937-03-12 |
Movie | Francis the First | Honorin | 1937-02-17 |
Movie | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel | 1937-04-30 |
Movie | Josette | Albert Durandal | 1937-01-22 |
Movie | Life Dances On | Fabien Coutissol | 1937-09-09 |
Movie | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus | 1937-10-28 |
Movie | The Kings of Sport | Acteur | 1937-09-17 |
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 | Le train de 8 H 47 | Croquebol | 1934-05-25 |
Movie | A Night of Madness | Fernand | 1934-04-27 |
Movie | The Amorous Garrison | Frédéric, rider | 1934-03-24 |
Movie | Maruche | Maruche | 1934-03-23 |
Movie | Le Chéri de sa concierge | 1934-08-10 | |
Movie | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur | 1934-12-20 |
Movie | Les Bleus de la marine | Lafraise | 1934-09-26 |
Movie | The Free Trade Hotel | Boulot, le garçon d'étage | 1934-11-10 |
Movie | I Have an Idea | Un passant dans la rue (uncredited) | 1934-12-13 |
Movie | Angele | Saturnin | 1934-10-26 |
Movie | Skylark | Michelet | 1934-10-11 |
Movie | Le Jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt | 1933-01-27 |
Movie | Lidoire | Lidoire | 1933-01-01 |
Movie | Ça colle | 1933-01-01 | |
Movie | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | 1933-02-03 | |
Movie | Le Gros Lot | 1933-08-01 | |
Movie | Love and Cool Water | Eloi, le chauffeur | 1933-12-01 |
Movie | Le Coq du régiment | Medard | 1933-06-06 |
Movie | La Terreur de la pampa | 1933-10-27 | |
Movie | The Orderly | Etienne | 1933-08-25 |
Movie | Par habitude | 1932-03-03 | |
Movie | He | Isidore | 1932-02-15 |
Movie | Lilac | le garçon d'honneur | 1932-03-13 |
Movie | Sailor's Song | 1932-01-14 | |
Movie | Fun in the Barracks | Vanderague | 1932-09-18 |
Movie | Vive la classe | 1932-05-27 | |
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 | Pas un mot à ma femme | 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 |