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Fernand Raynaud

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

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