Fernandel
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").
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Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
The Phoney War
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970
as Antonin
The Man in the Buick
1968
as Armand Favrot
Father's Trip
1966
as Quantin, Jura farmer
Your Money or Your Life
1966
as Charles Migue
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
as Don Camillo Tarocci
That Tender Age
1964
as Adolphe Lartigue
Relax Yourself Darling
1964
as François Faustin
My Wife's Husband
1963
as Fernand Jouvin
Good King Dagobert
1963
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Blague dans le coin
1963
as Jeff Burlington
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
as Guillaume Dodut
The Changing of the Guard
1962
as Attilio Capellaro
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Dieu / God
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962
as Albert Rimond
Dynamite Jack
1961
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
The Last Judgment
1961
as The widower
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961
as Don Camillo Tarocci
Cocagne
1961
as Marc-Antoine