Fernand Raynaud
Biography
André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud (May 19, 1926 – September 28, 1973), was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.
Fernand Raynaud was one of the most renowned standup comedians among French comic actors of the 1950s and 1960s. He began his career playing and singing in cabarets and music halls, then he gained popularity through performances broadcast on television. He's renowned for playing typical, average Frenchmen characters, especially the silly ones, making funny faces and using mime and slapstick humor. In 1973, Raynaud was killed in a car crash in Le Cheix, near Riom, France.
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Full filmography
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self (archive footage)
- Midi trente (1972) as Self
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Système 2 (1975) as Self (archive footage)
- Auguste (1961) as Auguste
- Sheep (1960) as Fernand Castel
- La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président (2022) as Self (archive footage)
- Salut Berthe ! (1968) as Adrien Chautard
- The Sicilian (1958) as Fernand
- We Will Go to Deauville (1962) as (uncredited)
- L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus (1969) as Julien Brulebois
- Fernand cow-boy (1956) as Fernand Mignot
- Life is beautiful (1956) as Cameo (uncredited)
- Fernand Raynaud au Casino Théâtre de Genève (2019) as Self
- Les 60 ans du one-man-show (2020) as Self (archive footage)
- Happy Arenas (1958) as Fernand Cyprien de Chalamond
- It's Not My Business (1962) as Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard
- Daddy's Gang (1956) as Fernand Jérôme
- Houla-Houla (1959) as Fernand
- Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) (2009) as Self (archive footage)
- Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle (1999) as Self
- Fernand cherche du boulot (1954) as Fernand
- La Marraine de Charley (1959) as Charley Rivoise