Acting
Fernandel
Born 1903-05-08
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Department: Acting
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
Prominent works featuring Fernandel
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Sacrée soirée
1987
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Around the World in 80 Days
1956
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The Merv Griffin Show
1962
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The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
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The Return of Don Camillo
1953
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Champs-Elysées
1982
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Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
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Don Camillo's Last Round
1955
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Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961
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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954
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Filmography & Credits
Complete career catalog (162 titles)
| Poster | Title | Character / Role | Type | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | L'Âge d'or de la pub | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Les Rois de la comédie | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2023 |
 | Le Petit Monde de Fernandel | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2020 |
 | The Phoney War | Self - Actor (archive footage) | Movie | 2019 |
 | 1958: Those Who Said No | Self (archive footage) | Movie | 2018 |
 | Fernandel c'est moi | Self / Appearance | Movie | 2000 |
 | Sacrée soirée | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1987 |
 | Champs-Elysées | Self | TV Series | 1982 |
| Champs-Elysées | Self (archive footage) | TV Series | 1982 |
 | The Cat | Producer | Movie | 1971 |
 | Happy He Who Like Ulysses | Antonin | Movie | 1970 |
 | Stasera Fernandel | Monsieur Fernand | TV Series | 1968 |
 | The Man in the Buick | Armand Favrot | Movie | 1968 |
 | L'Amateur | Fernand | TV Series | 1967 |
 | Father's Trip | Quantin, Jura farmer | Movie | 1966 |
 | Your Money or Your Life | Charles Migue | Movie | 1966 |
 | Don Camillo in Moscow | Don Camillo Tarocci | Movie | 1965 |
 | That Tender Age | Adolphe Lartigue | Movie | 1964 |
 | Relax Yourself Darling | François Faustin | Movie | 1964 |
 | My Wife's Husband | Fernand Jouvin | Movie | 1963 |
 | Good King Dagobert | M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert | Movie | 1963 |
 | Blague dans le coin | Jeff Burlington | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Trip to Biarritz | Guillaume Dodut | Movie | 1963 |
 | The Changing of the Guard | Attilio Capellaro | Movie | 1962 |
 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV Series | 1962 |
 | The Devil and the Ten Commandments | Dieu / God | Movie | 1962 |
 | Assassin in the Phonebook | Albert Rimond | Movie | 1962 |
 | Dynamite Jack | Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu | Movie | 1961 |
 | The Last Judgment | The widower | Movie | 1961 |
 | Don Camillo: Monsignor | Don Camillo Tarocci | Movie | 1961 |
 | Cocagne | Marc-Antoine | Movie | 1961 |
 | Croesus | Crésus | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Boss | Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles | Movie | 1960 |
 | The Cow and I | Charles Bailly | Movie | 1959 |
 | The Woman's Confidant | Giuliano Goberti | Movie | 1959 |
 | Gangster Boss | Antoine Venturen | Movie | 1959 |
 | Discorama | Self | TV Series | 1959 |
 | Life Together | Marcel Caboufigue | Movie | 1958 |
 | The Law Is the Law | Ferdinand Pastorelli | Movie | 1958 |
 | Les Vignes du Seigneur | Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne | Movie | 1958 |
 | Paris Holiday | Fernydel | Movie | 1958 |
 | Easiest Profession | Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin' | Movie | 1957 |
 | Sénéchal the Magnificent | François, Lucien Sénéchal | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Man in the Raincoat | Albert Constantin | Movie | 1957 |
 | The Virtuous Bigamist | Paul Verdier | Movie | 1956 |
 | Honoré de Marseille | Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille | Movie | 1956 |
 | Around the World in 80 Days | French Coachman | Movie | 1956 |
 | Don Juan | Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan | Movie | 1956 |
 | Fernandel the Dressmaker | Fernand Vignard | Movie | 1956 |
 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV Series | 1956 |
 | Don Camillo's Last Round | Don Camillo Tarocci | Movie | 1955 |
 | Spring, Autumn and Love | Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier | Movie | 1955 |
 | Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves | Ali Baba | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Sheep Has Five Legs | Edouard de Saint-Forget | Movie | 1954 |
 | Mademoiselle Nitouche | Célestin / Floridor | Movie | 1954 |
 | The Most Wanted Man | Joe Calvet | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Return of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci | Movie | 1953 |
 | Carnival | Dardamelle | Movie | 1953 |
 | The Wild Oat | Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker | Movie | 1953 |
 | Forbidden Fruit | Dr. Charles Pellegrin | Movie | 1952 |
 | French Touch | Mario Marius | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Little World of Don Camillo | Don Camillo Tarocci | Movie | 1952 |
 | The Red Inn | The Monk | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Hunting Ground | Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal | Movie | 1951 |
 | Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Adhémar Pomme | Movie | 1951 |
| Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny | Director | Movie | 1951 |
 | The Sleepwalker | Victor Boniface | Movie | 1951 |
 | Topaze | Albert Topaze | Movie | 1951 |
 | Caught in the Foreign Legion | Luc, doorman of the "Miramar" | Movie | 1950 |
 | Three Sinners | Noël Annequin | Movie | 1950 |
 | Tu m'as sauvé la vie | Fortuné Richard | Movie | 1950 |
 | Three Feet in a Bed | Casimir | Movie | 1950 |
 | I'm in the Revue | Philippe, devout house painter | Movie | 1950 |
 | We Request an Assassin | Bob | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Heroic Mr. Boniface | Boniface | Movie | 1949 |
 | The Cupboard Was Bare | Alfred Puc | Movie | 1948 |
 | Si ça peut vous faire plaisir | Martial Gonfaron | Movie | 1948 |
 | Emile the African | Emile Boulard | Movie | 1948 |
 | Escale au soleil | Guide | Movie | 1947 |
 | Irma la voyante | Irma / Le client | Movie | 1947 |
 | Rooster Heart | Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur | Movie | 1946 |
 | Pétrus | Pétrus | Movie | 1946 |
 | L'Aventure de Cabassou | Cabassou | Movie | 1946 |
 | Naïs | Toine | Movie | 1945 |
 | St. Val's Mystery | Désiré Le Sec | Movie | 1945 |
 | Hoboes in Paradise | Pons | Movie | 1945 |
 | Adrien | Adrien Moulinet | Movie | 1943 |
| Adrien | Director | Movie | 1943 |
 | Love Around the Clock | Antonin | Movie | 1943 |
 | Don't Shout it from the Rooftops | Vincent Fleuret | Movie | 1943 |
 | A Dog's Life | Gustave Bourdillon | Movie | 1943 |
 | The Lucky Star | Auguste | Movie | 1943 |
 | Simple-Minded | Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour' | Movie | 1942 |
| Simple-Minded | Director | Movie | 1942 |
 | The Suitors Club | Antoine Valoisir | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Italian Straw Hat | Fadinard | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Acrobat | Ernest Sauce | Movie | 1941 |
 | Little Nothings | Astier | Movie | 1941 |
 | The Wonderful Night | le berger | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Félipe Rambert | Movie | 1940 |
 | Monsieur Hector | Hector | Movie | 1940 |
 | The Mondesir Heir | Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux | Movie | 1940 |
 | Fric-Frac | Marcel | Movie | 1939 |
 | Berlingot and Company | François Arnaud | Movie | 1939 |
 | The Five Cents of Lavarede | Armand Lavarède | Movie | 1939 |
 | Raphaël le tatoué | Modeste Manosque | Movie | 1939 |
 | Ernest the Rebel | Ernest Pic | Movie | 1938 |
 | Tricoche and Cacolet | Tricoche | Movie | 1938 |
 | Barnabé | Barnabé | Movie | 1938 |
 | Heartbeat | Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz' | Movie | 1938 |
 | Hercule | Hercule Maffre | Movie | 1938 |
 | Harvest | Urbain Gedemus | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Kings of Sport | Acteur | Movie | 1937 |
 | Life Dances On | Fabien Coutissol | Movie | 1937 |
 | Ignace | Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel | Movie | 1937 |
 | The Smart People of the 11th | The orderly Patard | Movie | 1937 |
 | Francis the First | Honorin | Movie | 1937 |
 | Josette | Albert Durandal | Movie | 1937 |
 | One of the Legion | Fernand Espitalion | Movie | 1936 |
 | Les Gaîtés de la finance | Marivol Lambinet | Movie | 1936 |
 | Une histoire pétillante | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1936 |
 | Jim the Crook | Moluchet | Movie | 1935 |
 | Ferdinand the Roisterer | Ferdinand Piat | Movie | 1935 |
 | The Lafleur Cavalryman | Fernand Lafleur | Movie | 1934 |
 | I Have an Idea | Un passant dans la rue (uncredited) | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Free Trade Hotel | Boulot, le garçon d'étage | Movie | 1934 |
 | Angele | Saturnin | Movie | 1934 |
 | Skylark | Michelet | Movie | 1934 |
 | Navy Blue | Lafraise | Movie | 1934 |
| Le Chéri de sa concierge | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1934 | |
 | The Eight-Forty-Seven Train | Croquebol | Movie | 1934 |
 | A Night of Madness | Fernand | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Amorous Garrison | Frédéric, rider | Movie | 1934 |
 | Maruche | Maruche | Movie | 1934 |
 | The Bread Peddler | Billenbuis | Movie | 1934 |
 | Love and Cool Water | Eloi, le chauffeur | Movie | 1933 |
 | La Terreur de la pampa | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Orderly | Etienne | Movie | 1933 |
 | Le Gros Lot | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | The Rooster of the Regiment | Medard | Movie | 1933 |
 | L'Ordonnance malgré lui | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | Le Jugement de minuit | Sam Hackitt | Movie | 1933 |
 | Ça colle | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1933 |
 | Lidoire | Lidoire | Movie | 1933 |
| Un homme sans nom | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 | |
 | Fun in the Barracks | Vanderague | Movie | 1932 |
 | No Women | Casimir | Movie | 1932 |
 | Vive la classe | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
 | Lilac | le garçon d'honneur | Movie | 1932 |
 | Par habitude | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
 | He | Isidore | Movie | 1932 |
 | Sailor's Song | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1932 |
 | Pas un mot à ma femme | Self / Appearance | Movie | 1931 |
 | Night attack | L'amant | Movie | 1931 |
 | The Darling of Paris | Ficelle | Movie | 1931 |
 | The End Combine | Joseph, le valet de chambre | Movie | 1931 |
 | Baby's Laxative | Truchet | Movie | 1931 |
 | Bric a Brac and Company | Fernand | Movie | 1931 |
 | Black and White | Le groom | Movie | 1931 |
 | The best hostess | Lucien Pivoine | Movie | 1930 |
 | I have something to tell you | l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage | Movie | 1930 |
 | Fernandel 3 films | Self / Appearance | Movie | — |