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)

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (9)

• 2023L'Âge d'or de la pub — Self (archive footage)
• 2023Les Rois de la comédie — Self (archive footage)
• 2019The Phoney War — Self - Actor (archive footage)
• 20181958: Those Who Said No — Self (archive footage)
• Sacrée soirée — Self (archive footage)
• Champs-Elysées — Self, Self (archive footage)
• The Merv Griffin Show — Self
• Discorama — Self
• Cinépanorama — Self