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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Known For
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
French Coachman
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(1954)
Ali Baba
The Little World of Don Camillo
(1952)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Don Camillo's Last Round
(1955)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Don Camillo in Moscow
(1965)
Don Camillo Tarocci
The Return of Don Camillo
(1953)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Don Camillo: Monsignor
(1961)
Don Camillo Tarocci
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Dieu / God
The Red Inn
(1951)
Le Moine
Full Filmography
Acting
The best hostess
(1930)
Lucien Pivoine
I have something to tell you
(1930)
l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
Black and White
(1931)
Le groom
Baby's Laxative
(1931)
Truchet
Bric a Brac and Company
(1931)
Fernand
The end combine
(1931)
Joseph, le valet de chambre
Night attack
(1931)
L'amant
The Darling of Paris
(1931)
Pas un mot à ma femme
(1931)
Lilac
(1932)
le garçon d'honneur
Fun in the Barracks
(1932)
Vanderague
He
(1932)
Isidore
No Women
(1932)
Casimir
Un homme sans nom
(1932)
Sailor's Song
(1932)
Vive la classe
(1932)
Par habitude
(1932)
Le Coq du régiment
(1933)
Medard
Love and Cool Water
(1933)
Eloi, le chauffeur
The Orderly
(1933)
Etienne
Lidoire
(1933)
Lidoire
Ça colle
(1933)
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
(1933)
La Terreur de la pampa
(1933)
Le jugement de minuit
(1933)
Sam Hackitt
Le Gros Lot
(1933)
Angele
(1934)
Saturnin
The Lafleur Cavalryman
(1934)
Fernand Lafleur
Les Bleus de la marine
(1934)
Lafraise
The Free Trade Hotel
(1934)
Boulot, le garçon d'étage
Skylark
(1934)
Michelet
The Amorous Garrison
(1934)
(Paul, un "deuxième classe")
Le train de 8 H 47
(1934)
Croquebol
A Night of Madness
(1934)
Fernand
I Have an Idea
(1934)
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
The Bread Peddler
(1934)
Billenbuis
Maruche
(1934)
Le Chéri de sa concierge
(1934)
Jim la houlette
(1935)
Moluchet
Ferdinand the Roisterer
(1935)
Ferdinand Piat
One of the Legion
(1936)
Fernand Espitalion
Les Gaîtés de la finance
(1936)
Marivol Lambinet
Harvest
(1937)
Urbain Gedemus
Josette
(1937)
Albert Durandal
Ignace
(1937)
Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
Un carnet de bal
(1937)
Fabien Coutissol
François 1er
(1937)
Honorin
The Kings of Sport
(1937)
Acteur
The Smart People of the 11th
(1937)
The orderly Patard
Heartbeat
(1938)
Irénée Fabre
Ernest the Rebel
(1938)
Ernest Pic
Barnabé
(1938)
Barnabé
Tricoche and Cacolet
(1938)
Tricoche
Hercule
(1938)
Hercule Maffre
Fric-Frac
(1939)
Marcel
Raphaël le tatoué
(1939)
Modeste Manosque
The Five Cents of Lavarede
(1939)
Armand Lavarède
Berlingot and Company
(1939)
François Arnaud
The Well-Digger's Daughter
(1940)
Félipe Rambert
Monsieur Hector
(1940)
Hector
The Mondesir Heir
(1940)
Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
The Wonderful Night
(1940)
le berger
The Italian Straw Hat
(1941)
Fadinard
The Acrobat
(1941)
Ernest Sauce
The Suitors Club
(1941)
Antoine Valoisir
Simple-Minded
(1942)
Simplet, le "fada" de Miéjour
Little Nothings
(1942)
Astier
The Lucky Star
(1943)
Auguste
Adrien
(1943)
Adrien Moulinet
Love Around the Clock
(1943)
Antonin
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
(1943)
Vincent Fleuret
A Dog's Life
(1943)
Gustave Bourdillon
St. Val's Mystery
(1945)
Désiré Le Sec
Naïs
(1945)
Toine
Hoboes in Paradise
(1945)
Pons
Rooster Heart
(1946)
Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
Pétrus
(1946)
Pétrus
L'Aventure de Cabassou
(1946)
Cabassou
Irma la voyante
(1947)
Irma / Le client
Escale au soleil
(1947)
Guide
The Cupboard Was Bare
(1948)
Alfred Puc
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
(1948)
Martial Gonfaron
Emile the African
(1948)
Emile Boulard
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
(1949)
Boniface
We Request an Assassin
(1949)
Bob
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
(1950)
Fortuné Richard
Caught in the Foreign Legion
(1950)
Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc
Three Feet in a Bed
(1950)
Casimir
Three Sinners
(1950)
Noël Annequin
I'm in the Revue
(1950)
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
The Red Inn
(1951)
Le Moine
The Sleepwalker
(1951)
Victor Boniface
Topaze
(1951)
Albert Topaze
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
(1951)
Adhémar Pomme
The Hunting Ground
(1951)
Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
The Little World of Don Camillo
(1952)
Don Camillo Tarocci
French Touch
(1952)
Mario Marius
Forbidden Fruit
(1952)
Dr. Charles Pellegrin
The Return of Don Camillo
(1953)
Don Camillo Tarocci
The Wild Oat
(1953)
Félicien Hébrard
The Most Wanted Man
(1953)
Joe Calvet
Carnival
(1953)
Dardamelle
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
(1954)
Ali Baba
The Sheep Has Five Legs
(1954)
Edouard de Saint-Forget
Mademoiselle Nitouche
(1954)
Célestin / Floridor
Don Camillo's Last Round
(1955)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Spring, Autumn and Love
(1955)
Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
The Virtuous Bigamist
(1956)
Paul Verdier
Honoré de Marseille
(1956)
Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
Fernandel the Dressmaker
(1956)
Fernand Vignard
Don Juan
(1956)
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Around the World in Eighty Days
(1956)
French Coachman
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
(1957)
Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin
The Man in the Raincoat
(1957)
Albert Constantin
Sénéchal the Magnificent
(1957)
François, Lucien Sénéchal
Paris Holiday
(1958)
Fernydel
The Law Is the Law
(1958)
Ferdinand Pastorelli
Life Together
(1958)
Marcel Caboufigue
Les Vignes du Seigneur
(1958)
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Gangster Boss
(1959)
Antoine Venturen
The Cow and I
(1959)
Charles Bailly
The Woman's Confidant
(1959)
Giuliano Goberti
Croesus
(1960)
Crésus
The Boss
(1960)
Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles
Don Camillo: Monsignor
(1961)
Don Camillo Tarocci
The Last Judgment
(1961)
The widower
Dynamite Jack
(1961)
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
Cocagne
(1961)
Marc-Antoine
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
(1962)
Dieu / God
Assassin in the Phonebook
(1962)
Albert Rimond
The Changing of the Guard
(1962)
Attilio Capellaro
My Wife's Husband
(1963)
Fernand Jouvin
Blague dans le coin
(1963)
Jeff Burlington
Good King Dagobert
(1963)
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
The Trip to Biarritz
(1963)
Guillaume Dodut
That Tender Age
(1964)
Adolphe Lartigue
Relax Yourself Darling
(1964)
François Faustin
Don Camillo in Moscow
(1965)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Your Money or Your Life
(1966)
Charles Migue
Father's Trip
(1966)
Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien
The Man in the Buick
(1968)
Armand Favrot
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
(1970)
Antonin
Fernandel c'est moi
(2000)
1958: Those Who Said No
(2018)
Self (archive footage)
The Phoney War
(2019)
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
(2020)
Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie
(2023)
Lui-même (archives)
L'Âge d'or de la pub
(2023)
Self (archive footage)
Directing
Production