Fernandel
Acting Born May 8, 1903 Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France 24 credits
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").
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- The Merv Griffin Show (1962) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self
- Champs-Elysées (1982) as Self (archive footage)
- Sacrée soirée (1987) as Self (archive footage)
- Cinépanorama (1956) as Self
- Discorama (1959) as Self
- Around the World in 80 Days (1956) as French Coachman
- Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954) as Ali Baba
- Don Camillo's Last Round (1955) as Don Camillo Tarocci
- The Little World of Don Camillo (1952) as Don Camillo Tarocci
- Pétrus (1946) as Pétrus
- L'Amateur (1967) as Fernand
- Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961) as Don Camillo Tarocci
- The Cow and I (1959) as Charles Bailly
- Paris Holiday (1958) as Fernydel
- Don Juan (1956) as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
- The Boss (1960) as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
- Cocagne (1961) as Marc-Antoine
- L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023) as Self (archive footage)
- Stasera Fernandel (1968) as Monsieur Fernand
- The Law Is the Law (1958) as Ferdinand Pastorelli
- Fric-Frac (1939) as Marcel
- Croesus (1960) as Crésus
- The Return of Don Camillo (1953) as Don Camillo Tarocci