Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1903-05-08 (68 years old)
Deathday
1971-02-26
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also known As
Фернандель
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
Fernand Contandin
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"). (Wikipedi...
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1933
1961
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1953
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1955
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1952
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1958
as Fernydel
1947
as Guide
1951
as The Monk
1951
as Victor Boniface
1937
as Urbain Gedemus
1965
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1934
as Saturnin
1939
as Marcel
1932
as le garçon d'honneur
1931
as Le groom
1943
as Auguste
1937
as Albert Durandal
1954
as Ali Baba
1950
as Fortuné Richard
1938
as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
1951
as Albert Topaze
1953
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
1960
as Crésus
1963
as Fernand Jouvin
1932
1932
1941
as Fadinard
1934
as Maruche
1933
as Sam Hackitt
1933
1962
as Dieu / God
1937
as The orderly Patard
1956
as Paul Verdier
1937
as Fabien Coutissol
1951
as Adhémar Pomme
1957
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1952
as Mario Marius
1953
as Joe Calvet
1959
as Antoine Venturen
1956
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1950
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1954
as Edouard de Saint-Forget
1958
as Ferdinand Pastorelli
1937
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1940
as Félipe Rambert
1951
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1946
as Cabassou
1955
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1964
as Adolphe Lartigue
1942
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1961
as The widower
1936
as Fernand Espitalion
1957
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1939
as Modeste Manosque
1938
as Ernest Pic
1959
as Charles Bailly
1939
as Armand Lavarède
1958
as Marcel Caboufigue
1942
as Astier
1964
as François Faustin
1954
as Célestin / Floridor
1963
as Jeff Burlington
1943
as Adrien Moulinet
1939
as François Arnaud
1950
as Casimir
1961
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1962
as Albert Rimond
1938
as Barnabé
1935
as Ferdinand Piat
1953
as Dardamelle
1952
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1932
as Vanderague
1963
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1948
as Alfred Puc
1935
as Moluchet
1941
as Ernest Sauce
1934
as Fernand Lafleur
1950
as Noël Annequin
1945
as Désiré Le Sec
1970
as Antonin
1940
as Hector
1963
as Guillaume Dodut
1934
as Lafraise
1957
as Albert Constantin
1943
as Antonin
1968
as Armand Favrot
1959
as Giuliano Goberti
1956
as Fernand Vignard
1966
as Charles Migue
1933
as Medard
1949
as Boniface
1966
as Quantin, Jura farmer
1937
as Honorin
1931
as Truchet
1945
as Toine
1934
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1946
as Pétrus
1946
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1940
as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1958
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1956
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1961
as Marc-Antoine
1937
as Acteur
1962
as Attilio Capellaro
1930
as Lucien Pivoine
1960
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1938
as Tricoche
1950
as Philippe, devout house painter
1948
as Martial Gonfaron
1941
as Antoine Valoisir
1934
as Michelet
1932
1948
as Emile Boulard
1930
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
1943
as Vincent Fleuret
1940
as le berger
1934
as Frédéric, rider
1938
as Hercule Maffre
1933
as Eloi, le chauffeur
1932
as Isidore
1934
as Croquebol
1956
as French Coachman
1931
as Fernand
1933
as Etienne
1934
as Fernand
1936
as Marivol Lambinet
1949
as Bob
1932
as Casimir
1947
as Irma / Le client
1931
as Joseph, le valet de chambre
1945
as Pons
1934
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1943
as Gustave Bourdillon
1933
as Lidoire
2019
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
1931
as L'amant
1934
as Billenbuis
1951
as Director
1942
as Director
1943
as Director
1971
as Producer
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