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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Filmography
all 156
Movies 150
self 8
TV Shows 6
Producer 1
Self (archive footage)
L'Âge d'or de la pub (2023)
Movie
Lui-même (archives)
Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
Movie
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel (2020)
Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
The Phoney War (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
1958: Those Who Said No (2018)
Movie
Fernandel c'est moi (2000)
Movie
Self (archive footage) / Self
Champs-Elysées (1982)
TV
Producer
The Cat (1971)
Movie
Antonin
Happy He Who Like Ulysses (1970)
Movie
Fernando / Il signor Fernando
Allo ! Fernandel (1968)
TV
Armand Favrot
The Man in the Buick (1968)
Movie
Fernand
L'Amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand (1967)
TV
Quantin
Le Voyage du père (1966)
Movie
Charles Migue
Your Money or Your Life (1966)
Movie
Don Camillo
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
Movie
Adolphe Lartigue
That Tender Age (1964)
Movie
François Faustin
Relax Yourself Darling (1964)
Movie
Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais
My Wife's Husband (1963)
Movie
Monsieur Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Good King Dagobert (1963)
Movie
Jeff Burlington
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Movie
Guillaume Dodut
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
Movie
Attilio Cappelaro
The Changing of the Guard (1962)
Movie
Self
The Merv Griffin Show (1962)
TV
Dieu / God
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Movie
Albert Rimond
Assassin in the Phonebook (1962)
Movie
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
Dynamite Jack (1961)
Movie
The widower
The Last Judgment (1961)
Movie
Don Camillo
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
Movie
Marc-Antoine
Cocagne (1961)
Movie
Jules
Croesus (1960)
Movie
Justin Migonet
The Boss (1960)
Movie
Charles Bailly - prisonnier de guerre
The Cow and I (1959)
Movie
Le vétérinaire Giuliano Goberti
The Woman's Confidant (1959)
Movie
Antoine Venturen
Gangster Boss (1959)
Movie
Self
Discorama (1959)
TV
Marcel Caboufigue
Life Together (1958)
Movie
Ferdinand Pastorelli
The Law Is the Law (1958)
Movie
Henri Lévrier
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Movie
Fernydel
Paris Holiday (1958)
Movie
Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle (1957)
Movie
François, Lucien Sénéchal
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
Movie
Albert Constantin
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Movie
6
Paul Verdier / Paolo Verdier
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956)
Movie
Honoré de Marseille / Protis / Honorius
Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Movie
French Coachman
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Movie
4.67
Sganarelle
Don Juan (1956)
Movie
Fernand Vignard
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Movie
Self
Cinépanorama (1956)
TV
Don Camillo
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Movie
Fernand 'Noël' Sarrazin
Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955)
Movie
Ali Baba
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
Movie
6
Édouard Saint-Forget / Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré et Etienne
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Movie
Célestin / Floridor
Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)
Movie
Joe Calvet
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Movie
Don Camillo
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Movie
Dardamelle
Carnival (1953)
Movie
Félicien Hébrard - le boulanger
The Wild Oat (1953)
Movie
Le docteur Charles Pellegrin
Forbidden Fruit (1952)
Movie
Marius, dit Mario
French Touch (1952)
Movie
Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Movie
The Monk
The Red Inn (1951)
Movie
Urbain Coindet
The Hunting Ground (1951)
Movie
Adhémar Pomme
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)
Movie
Victor Boniface
The Sleepwalker (1951)
Movie
Albert Topaze
Topaze (1951)
Movie
Luc, portier du 'Miramar' et André Duroc
Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Movie
Noël Annequin
Three Sinners (1950)
Movie
Fortuné Richard
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)
Movie
Casimir
Three Feet in a Bed (1950)
Movie
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
I'm in the Revue (1950)
Movie
Bob
We Request an Assassin (1949)
Movie
Boniface
The Heroic Mr. Boniface (1949)
Movie
Alfred Puc
The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
Movie
Martial Gonfaron
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir (1948)
Movie
Émile Boulard
Emile the African (1948)
Movie
Le guide
Escale au soleil (1947)
Movie
Self
Irma la voyante (1947)
Movie
Tulipe
Rooster Heart (1946)
Movie
Pétrus
Pétrus (1946)
Movie
Cabassou
L'Aventure de Cabassou (1946)
Movie
Toine
Naïs (1945)
Movie
Le détective Désiré, Henri Le Sec
St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Movie
Pons
Hoboes in Paradise (1945)
Movie
Adrien Moulinet
Adrien (1943)
Movie
Antonin
Love Around the Clock (1943)
Movie
Vincent Fleuret
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops (1943)
Movie
Gustave Bourdillon
A Dog's Life (1943)
Movie
Auguste
The Lucky Star (1943)
Movie
Astier
Little Nothings (1942)
Movie
Simplet
Simple-Minded (1942)
Movie
Antoine Valoisir
The Suitors Club (1941)
Movie
Fadinard
The Italian Straw Hat (1941)
Movie
Ernest Sauce
The Acrobat (1941)
Movie
Le berger
The Wonderful Night (1940)
Movie
Félipe Rambert
The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
Movie
Hector
Monsieur Hector (1940)
Movie
Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux
The Mondesir Heir (1940)
Movie
Marcel
Fric-Frac (1939)
Movie
François Arnaud
Berlingot and Company (1939)
Movie
Armand Lavarède
The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Movie
Modeste Manosque, alias Raphaël
Raphaël le tatoué (1939)
Movie
Ernest Pic
Ernest the Rebel (1938)
Movie
Tricoche
Tricoche and Cacolet (1938)
Movie
Barnabé
Barnabé (1938)
Movie
Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
Heartbeat (1938)
Movie
Hercule Maffre
Hercule (1938)
Movie
Urbain Gedemus
Harvest (1937)
Movie
Fernand
The Kings of Sport (1937)
Movie
Fabien Coutissol
Un carnet de bal (1937)
Movie
Le soldat Ignace Boitaclou
Ignace (1937)
Movie
L'ordonnance Patard
The Smart People of the 11th (1937)
Movie
Honorin
François 1er (1937)
Movie
Albert Durandal aka Albertal
Josette (1937)
Movie
Fernand Espitalion
One of the Legion (1936)
Movie
Marivol Lambinet
Les Gaîtés de la finance (1936)
Movie
Moluchet
Jim la houlette (1935)
Movie
Ferdinand Piat
Ferdinand the Roisterer (1935)
Movie
Fernand Lafleur
The Lafleur Cavalryman (1934)
Movie
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
I Have an Idea (1934)
Movie
Boulot
The Free Trade Hotel (1934)
Movie
Saturnin
Angele (1934)
Movie
Méchelet
Skylark (1934)
Movie
Lafraise
Les Bleus de la marine (1934)
Movie
Eugene Crochard
Le Chéri de sa concierge (1934)
Movie
Croquebol
Le train de 8 H 47 (1934)
Movie
Fernand
A Night of Madness (1934)
Movie
Frédéric, un cavalier
The Amorous Garrison (1934)
Movie
Maruche
Maruche (1934)
Movie
Billenbuis
The Bread Peddler (1934)
Movie
Eloi, le chauffeur
Love and Cool Water (1933)
Movie
Billy Forster
La Terreur de la pampa (1933)
Movie
Étienne
The Orderly (1933)
Movie
Actor
Le Gros Lot (1933)
Movie
Médard
Le Coq du régiment (1933)
Movie
Alfred Leveneux
L'Ordonnance malgré lui (1933)
Movie
Sam Hackitt
Le jugement de minuit (1933)
Movie
Actor
Ça colle (1933)
Movie
Lidoire
Lidoire (1933)
Movie
Un homme sans nom (1932)
Movie
Vanderague
Fun in the Barracks (1932)
Movie
Casimir
No Women (1932)
Movie
Moussin
Vive la classe (1932)
Movie
le garçon d'honneur
Lilac (1932)
Movie
Valentin Bourgeasse
Par habitude (1932)
Movie
Isidore
He (1932)
Movie
Sailor's Song (1932)
Movie
Le commissaire
Night attack (1931)
Movie
Not a word to my wife (1931)
Movie
The Darling of Paris (1931)
Movie
Joseph, le valet de chambre
The end combine (1931)
Movie
Truchet
Baby's Laxative (1931)
Movie
Fernand
Bric a Brac and Company (1931)
Movie
Le groom
Black and White (1931)
Movie
Lucien Pivoine
The best hostess (1930)
Movie
Pierre Demaire - l'amant
I have something to tell you (1930)
Movie
Fernandel 3 films
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-05-08
Deathday1971-02-26 (67 years old)
Birth NameFernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
Birth Place5th arrondissement of Marseille, France
ReligionCatholicism
SpouseHenriette-Félicie Manse
ChildrenFranck Fernandel
SiblingsFransined
RelativesJean Manse
CitizenshipsFrance
Residences12th arrondissement of Marseille · 16th arrondissement of Paris · Carry-le-Rouet · 9th arrondissement of Paris, France
Also Known AsФернандель, Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, Fernand Contandin
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Golden Leopard, honorary citizenship, National Order of Merit, officier de l’Instruction publique, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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