Fernand Raynaud
Acting · Writing
Born May 19, 1926, Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, France
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. Source: Article "Fernand Raynaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
- 2019Fernand Raynaud au Casino Théâtre de Genève — Self, Author
- 2011Bourreau d'enfant — Self (archive footage), Director
- 2004Heureux ? — Writer
- 2003En las arenas negras — Fernand Cyprien, de Chalamond
- 1999Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle — Self, Scenario Writer
- 1971Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud
- 1969L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus — Julien Brulebois
- 1968Salut Berthe ! — Adrien Chautard
- 1962It's Not My Business — Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard
- 1962We Will Go to Deauville — (uncredited)
- 1961Auguste — Auguste
- 1960Sheep — Fernand Castel
- 1959Houla-Houla — Fernand
- 1959La Marraine de Charley — Charley Rivoise
- 1959Minute papillon
- 1958Happy Arenas — Fernand Cyprien de Chalamond
- 1958The Sicilian — Fernand
- 1957Fernand the Tramp — Fernand
- 1956Daddy's Gang — Fernand Jérôme
- 1956Fernand cow-boy — Fernand Mignot
- 1956Life is beautiful — Cameo (uncredited)
- 1954Fernand cherche du boulot — Fernand
Appearances as themselves (14)
- 2022La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)
- 2021Fernand Raynaud, les plus grands sketchs — Self (archive footage)
- 2020Les 60 ans du one-man-show — Self (archive footage)
- 2011Fernand Raynaud — Self (archive footage)
- 2009Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4) — Self (archive footage)
- 2006Fernand Raynaud à Bobino — Self
- 2001L'extraordinaire Fernand Raynaud sur scène — Self (archive footage)
- Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self (archive footage)
- Système 2 — Self (archive footage)
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self (archive footage)
- Midi trente — Self
- 1961L'inénarrable Fernand Raynaud — Self
- 1957It Happened on the 36 Candles — Self (uncredited)
- Cinépanorama — Self