Loading amazing content...
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
May 8, 1903
Died
February 26, 1971
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also Known As
- Фернандель
- Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
- Fernand Contandin
Fernandel
1.1 Popularity
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"). (Wikipedia)
Known For
6.5
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
7.5
Self (archive footage)
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
7.7
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
8.0
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Phoney War
2019
8.0
Self (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No
2018
9.0
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
5.1
Self (archive footage)
Sacrée Soirée
1987
6.3
Self
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.3
Self (archive footage)
Champs-Elysées
1982
6.8
Antonin
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970
Credits
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.5
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)
2023
7.5
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
7.7
The Phoney War
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
8.0
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)
2018
8.0
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
9.0
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)
1987
5.1
Champs-Elysées
as Self
1982
6.3
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)
1982
6.3
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Antonin
1970
6.8
Stasera Fernandel
as Monsieur Fernand
1968
5.0
The Man in the Buick
as Armand Favrot
1968
6.3
L'Amateur
as Fernand
1967
0.0
Father's Trip
as Quantin, Jura farmer
1966
6.4
Your Money or Your Life
as Charles Migue
1966
5.9
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1965
7.1
That Tender Age
as Adolphe Lartigue
1964
5.8
Relax Yourself Darling
as François Faustin
1964
5.4
My Wife's Husband
as Fernand Jouvin
1963
6.6
Good King Dagobert
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1963
6.7
Blague dans le coin
as Jeff Burlington
1963
5.2
The Trip to Biarritz
as Guillaume Dodut
1963
6.7
The Changing of the Guard
as Attilio Capellaro
1962
6.7
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
6.2
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Dieu / God
1962
5.5
Assassin in the Phonebook
as Albert Rimond
1962
6.1
Dynamite Jack
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1961
7.3
The Last Judgment
as The widower
1961
6.4
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1961
6.9
Cocagne
as Marc-Antoine
1961
4.0
Croesus
as Crésus
1960
6.2
The Boss
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
1960
5.5
The Cow and I
as Charles Bailly
1959
6.7
The Woman's Confidant
as Giuliano Goberti
1959
5.1
Gangster Boss
as Antoine Venturen
1959
6.0
Discorama
as Self
1959
0.0
Life Together
as Marcel Caboufigue
1958
5.7
The Law Is the Law
as Ferdinand Pastorelli
1958
7.2
Les Vignes du Seigneur
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1958
5.8
Paris Holiday
as Fernydel
1958
5.2
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957
6.1
Sénéchal the Magnificent
as François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957
6.5
The Man in the Raincoat
as Albert Constantin
1957
6.4
The Virtuous Bigamist
as Paul Verdier
1956
6.0
Honoré de Marseille
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1956
5.7
Around the World in 80 Days
as French Coachman
1956
6.6
Don Juan
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956
5.9
Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand Vignard
1956
6.3
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1955
7.2
Spring, Autumn and Love
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1955
5.1
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Ali Baba
1954
6.2
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Edouard de Saint-Forget
1954
5.6
Mademoiselle Nitouche
as Célestin / Floridor
1954
5.6
The Most Wanted Man
as Joe Calvet
1953
6.0
The Return of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1953
7.2
Carnival
as Dardamelle
1953
7.2
The Wild Oat
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
1953
6.7
Forbidden Fruit
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1952
5.3
French Touch
as Mario Marius
1952
6.6
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci
1952
7.6
The Red Inn
as The Monk
1951
6.8
The Hunting Ground
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1951
6.5
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
as Adhémar Pomme
1951
5.7
The Sleepwalker
as Victor Boniface
1951
5.6
Topaze
as Albert Topaze
1951
6.8
Caught in the Foreign Legion
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1950
1.0
Three Sinners
as Noël Annequin
1950
6.8
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Fortuné Richard
1950
5.4
Three Feet in a Bed
as Casimir
1950
5.6
I'm in the Revue
as Philippe, devout house painter
1950
4.8
We Request an Assassin
as Bob
1949
5.0
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
as Boniface
1949
6.0
The Cupboard Was Bare
as Alfred Puc
1948
6.2
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
as Martial Gonfaron
1948
6.5
Emile the African
as Emile Boulard
1948
7.0
Escale au soleil
as Guide
1947
0.0
Irma la voyante
as Irma / Le client
1947
10.0
Rooster Heart
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1946
6.2
Pétrus
as Pétrus
1946
5.9
L'Aventure de Cabassou
as Cabassou
1946
5.0
Naïs
as Toine
1945
5.9
St. Val's Mystery
as Désiré Le Sec
1945
6.5
Hoboes in Paradise
as Pons
1945
7.0
Adrien
as Adrien Moulinet
1943
6.3
Love Around the Clock
as Antonin
1943
6.0
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Vincent Fleuret
1943
5.0
A Dog's Life
as Gustave Bourdillon
1943
6.5
The Lucky Star
as Auguste
1943
4.7
Simple-Minded
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1942
5.7
The Suitors Club
as Antoine Valoisir
1941
6.0
The Italian Straw Hat
as Fadinard
1941
5.5
The Acrobat
as Ernest Sauce
1941
6.8
Little Nothings
as Astier
1941
7.0
The Wonderful Night
as le berger
1940
5.5
The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Félipe Rambert
1940
7.0
Monsieur Hector
as Hector
1940
4.7
The Mondesir Heir
as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1940
3.5
Fric-Frac
as Marcel
1939
6.0
Berlingot and Company
as François Arnaud
1939
5.8
The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Armand Lavarède
1939
5.3
Raphaël le tatoué
as Modeste Manosque
1939
5.6
Ernest the Rebel
as Ernest Pic
1938
5.5
Tricoche and Cacolet
as Tricoche
1938
7.1
Barnabé
as Barnabé
1938
5.2
Heartbeat
as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
1938
6.8
Hercule
as Hercule Maffre
1938
6.0
Harvest
as Urbain Gedemus
1937
6.8
The Kings of Sport
as Acteur
1937
6.3
Life Dances On
as Fabien Coutissol
1937
6.9
Ignace
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1937
5.7
The Smart People of the 11th
as The orderly Patard
1937
5.2
Francis the First
as Honorin
1937
5.6
Josette
as Albert Durandal
1937
7.0
One of the Legion
as Fernand Espitalion
1936
4.6
Les Gaîtés de la finance
as Marivol Lambinet
1936
5.0
Une histoire pétillante
1936
0.0
Jim la houlette
as Moluchet
1935
5.8
Ferdinand the Roisterer
as Ferdinand Piat
1935
6.5
The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Fernand Lafleur
1934
5.0
I Have an Idea
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1934
0.0
The Free Trade Hotel
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1934
5.5
Angele
as Saturnin
1934
6.4
Skylark
as Michelet
1934
3.5
Les Bleus de la marine
as Lafraise
1934
6.5
🎬
Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934
0.0
Le train de 8 H 47
as Croquebol
1934
3.9
A Night of Madness
as Fernand
1934
0.0
The Amorous Garrison
as Frédéric, rider
1934
7.0
Maruche
as Maruche
1934
0.0
The Bread Peddler
as Billenbuis
1934
7.0
Love and Cool Water
as Eloi, le chauffeur
1933
4.0
La Terreur de la pampa
1933
0.0
The Orderly
as Etienne
1933
6.0
Le Gros Lot
1933
0.0
Le Coq du régiment
as Medard
1933
6.2
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933
0.0
Le Jugement de minuit
as Sam Hackitt
1933
0.0
Ça colle
1933
0.0
Lidoire
as Lidoire
1933
4.5
🎬
Un homme sans nom
1932
0.0
Fun in the Barracks
as Vanderague
1932
6.2
No Women
as Casimir
1932
3.0
Vive la classe
1932
5.0
Lilac
as le garçon d'honneur
1932
5.6
Par habitude
1932
0.0
He
as Isidore
1932
5.9
Sailor's Song
1932
0.0
Night attack
as L'amant
1931
3.7
Pas un mot à ma femme
1931
0.0
The Darling of Paris
1931
7.0
The end combine
as Joseph, le valet de chambre
1931
4.0
Baby's Laxative
as Truchet
1931
5.7
Bric a Brac and Company
as Fernand
1931
4.8
Black and White
as Le groom
1931
6.0
The best hostess
as Lucien Pivoine
1930
0.0
I have something to tell you
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
1930
7.0
Fernandel 3 films
N/A
0.0