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Fernandel

Fernandel

Birthday: 1903-05-08 | Place of Birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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)

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2023
Les Rois de la comédie

as    Self (archive footage)

1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses

as    Antonin

1968
The Man in the Buick

as    Armand Favrot

1968
Stasera Fernandel

as    Monsieur Fernand

1967
L'Amateur

as    Fernand

1966
Your Money or Your Life

as    Charles Migue

1966
Father's Trip

as    Quantin, Jura farmer

1965
Don Camillo in Moscow

as    Don Camillo Tarocci

1965
My Wife's Husband

as    Fernand Jouvin

1964
That Tender Age

as    Adolphe Lartigue

1964
Relax Yourself Darling

as    François Faustin

1963
The Devil and the Ten Commandments

as    Dieu / God

1963
The Trip to Biarritz

as    Guillaume Dodut

1963
Blague dans le coin

as    Jeff Burlington

1963
Good King Dagobert

as    M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

1962
Assassin in the Phonebook

as    Albert Rimond

1962
The Changing of the Guard

as    Attilio Capellaro

1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor

as    Don Camillo Tarocci

1961
Dynamite Jack

as    Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu

1961
Cocagne

as    Marc-Antoine

1961
The Last Judgment

as    The widower

1960
Croesus

as    Crésus

1960
The Boss

as    Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles

1959
Gangster Boss

as    Antoine Venturen

1959
The Cow and I

as    Charles Bailly

1959
Forbidden Fruit

as    Dr. Charles Pellegrin

1959
The Woman's Confidant

as    Giuliano Goberti

1959
The Virtuous Bigamist

as    Paul Verdier

1958
Paris Holiday

as    Fernydel