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