Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1903-05-08
- Day of Death1971-02-26 (67 years)
- Place of BirthMarseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Also Known AsФернандельFernand Joseph Désiré ContandinFernand Contandin
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...Read More
Acting Career
- 1970
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
As: Antonin
- 1968
Allo ! Fernandel
As: Monsieur Fernand
- 1968
The Man in the Buick
As: Armand Favrot
- 1967
L'Amateur
As: Fernand
- 1966
Father's Trip
As: Quantin, Jura farmer
- 1966
Your Money or Your Life
As: Charles Migue
- 1965
Don Camillo in Moscow
As: Don Camillo Tarocci
- 1964
That Tender Age
As: Adolphe Lartigue
1964Relax Yourself Darling
As: François Faustin
1963My Wife's Husband
As: Fernand Jouvin
1963Good King Dagobert
As: M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1963Blague dans le coin
As: Jeff Burlington
1963The Trip to Biarritz
As: Guillaume Dodut
1962The Changing of the Guard
As: Attilio Capellaro
1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments
As: Dieu / God
1962Assassin in the Phonebook
As: Albert Rimond
1961Dynamite Jack
As: Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1961The Last Judgment
As: The widower
1961Don Camillo: Monsignor
As: Don Camillo Tarocci
1961Cocagne
As: Marc-Antoine
1960Croesus
As: Crésus
1960The Boss
As: Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
1959The Cow and I
As: Charles Bailly
1959The Woman's Confidant
As: Giuliano Goberti
1959Gangster Boss
As: Antoine Venturen
1958Life Together
As: Marcel Caboufigue
1958The Law Is the Law
As: Ferdinand Pastorelli
1958Les Vignes du Seigneur
As: Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1958Paris Holiday
As: Fernydel
1957Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
As: Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957Sénéchal the Magnificent
As: François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957The Man in the Raincoat
As: Albert Constantin
1956The Virtuous Bigamist
As: Paul Verdier
1956Honoré de Marseille
As: Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
- 1956
Around the World in Eighty Days
As: French Coachman
1956Don Juan
As: Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956Fernandel the Dressmaker
As: Fernand Vignard
- 1955
Don Camillo's Last Round
As: Don Camillo Tarocci
1955Spring, Autumn and Love
As: Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1954Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
As: Ali Baba
1954The Sheep Has Five Legs
As: Edouard de Saint-Forget
1954Mademoiselle Nitouche
As: Célestin / Floridor
1953The Most Wanted Man
As: Joe Calvet
- 1953
The Return of Don Camillo
As: Don Camillo Tarocci
1953Carnival
As: Dardamelle
1953The Wild Oat
As: Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
1952Forbidden Fruit
As: Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1952French Touch
As: Mario Marius
- 1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
As: Don Camillo Tarocci
1951The Red Inn
As: The Monk
1951The Hunting Ground
As: Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1951Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
As: Adhémar Pomme
1951The Sleepwalker
As: Victor Boniface
1951Topaze
As: Albert Topaze
1950Caught in the Foreign Legion
As: Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1950Three Sinners
As: Noël Annequin
1950Tu m'as sauvé la vie
As: Fortuné Richard
1950Three Feet in a Bed
As: Casimir
1950I'm in the Revue
As: Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
1949We Request an Assassin
As: Bob
1949The Heroic Mr. Boniface
As: Boniface
1948The Cupboard Was Bare
As: Alfred Puc
1948Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
As: Martial Gonfaron
1948Emile the African
As: Emile Boulard
1947Escale au soleil
As: Guide
1947Irma la voyante
As: Irma / Le client
1946Rooster Heart
As: Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1946Pétrus
As: Pétrus
1946L'Aventure de Cabassou
As: Cabassou
1945Naïs
As: Toine
1945St. Val's Mystery
As: Désiré Le Sec
1945Hoboes in Paradise
As: Pons
1943Adrien
As: Adrien Moulinet
1943Love Around the Clock
As: Antonin
1943Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
As: Vincent Fleuret
1943A Dog's Life
As: Gustave Bourdillon
1943The Lucky Star
As: Auguste
1942Little Nothings
As: Astier
1942Simple-Minded
As: Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1941The Suitors Club
As: Antoine Valoisir
1941The Italian Straw Hat
As: Fadinard
1941The Acrobat
As: Ernest Sauce
1940The Wonderful Night
As: le berger
1940The Well-Digger's Daughter
As: Félipe Rambert
1940Monsieur Hector
As: Hector
1940The Mondesir Heir
As: Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1939Fric-Frac
As: Marcel
1939Berlingot and Company
As: François Arnaud
1939The Five Cents of Lavarede
As: Armand Lavarède
1939Raphaël le tatoué
As: Modeste Manosque
1938Ernest the Rebel
As: Ernest Pic
1938Tricoche and Cacolet
As: Tricoche
1938Barnabé
As: Barnabé
1938Heartbeat
As: Irénée Fabre
1938Hercule
As: Hercule Maffre
1937Harvest
As: Urbain Gedemus
1937The Kings of Sport
As: Acteur
1937Life Dances On
As: Fabien Coutissol
1937Ignace
As: Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1937The Smart People of the 11th
As: The orderly Patard
1937François 1er
As: Honorin
1937Josette
As: Albert Durandal
1936One of the Legion
As: Fernand Espitalion
1936Les Gaîtés de la finance
As: Marivol Lambinet
1935Jim la houlette
As: Moluchet
1935Ferdinand the Roisterer
As: Ferdinand Piat
1934The Lafleur Cavalryman
As: Fernand Lafleur
1934I Have an Idea
As: Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1934The Free Trade Hotel
As: Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1934Angele
As: Saturnin
1934Skylark
As: Michelet
1934Les Bleus de la marine
As: Lafraise
1934Le train de 8 H 47
As: Croquebol
1934A Night of Madness
As: Fernand
1934The Amorous Garrison
As: (Paul, un "deuxième classe")
1934Maruche
As: Maruche
1934The Bread Peddler
As: Billenbuis
1933Love and Cool Water
As: Eloi, le chauffeur
1933The Orderly
As: Etienne
1933Le Coq du régiment
As: Medard
1933Le Jugement de minuit
As: Sam Hackitt
1933Lidoire
As: Lidoire
1932Fun in the Barracks
As: Vanderague
1932No Women
As: Casimir
1932Lilac
As: le garçon d'honneur
1932He
As: Isidore
1931Night attack
As: L'amant
1931The end combine
As: Joseph, le valet de chambre
1931Baby's Laxative
As: Truchet
1931Bric a Brac and Company
As: Fernand
1931Black and White
As: Le groom
1930The best hostess
As: Lucien Pivoine
1930I have something to tell you
As: l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage