Person Details

Birthday: 1903-05-08 18:51:55

Death: 1971-02-26 18:51:55

Aliases: Фернандель , Fernard Contandin

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Marseille, France

Homepage:

Movie Involvements: 26

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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"). (Wikipedia)

Most Famous Work

Three Sinners
Average
7

Three Sinners

(1950) Noël Annequin
Harvest
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7

Harvest

(1937) Urbain Gedemus
Forbidden Fruit
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6

Forbidden Fruit

(1952) Dr. Charles Pellegrin
Naïs
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7

Naïs

(1945) Toine
Un carnet de bal
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8

Un carnet de bal

(1937) Fabien Coutissol
Angele
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7

Angele

(1934) Saturnin
The Phoney War
Average
8

The Phoney War

(2019) Self - Actor (archive footage)
Dynamite Jack
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8

Dynamite Jack

(1961) Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2023 Self (archive footage)
Lui-même (archives)
2019 Self - Actor (archive footage)
2018 Self (archive footage)
2000 N/A
1982 Self (archive footage)
Self
1970 Antonin
1968 Armand Favrot
1967 Fernand
1966 Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien
Charles Migue
1965 Don Camillo Tarocci
1964 Adolphe Lartigue
François Faustin
1963 Fernand Jouvin
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Jeff Burlington
Guillaume Dodut
1962 Attilio Capellaro
Self
Dieu / God
Albert Rimond
1961 Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
The widower
Don Camillo Tarocci
Marc-Antoine
1960 Crésus
Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles
1959 Charles Bailly
Giuliano Goberti
Antoine Venturen
Self
1958 Marcel Caboufigue
Ferdinand Pastorelli
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Fernydel
1957 Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin
François, Lucien Sénéchal
Albert Constantin
1956 Paul Verdier
Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
French Coachman
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Fernand Vignard
Self
1955 Don Camillo Tarocci
Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1954 Ali Baba
Edouard de Saint-Forget
Célestin / Floridor
1953 Joe Calvet
Dardamelle
Don Camillo Tarocci
Félicien Hébrard
1952 Dr. Charles Pellegrin
Mario Marius
Don Camillo Tarocci
1951 Le Moine
Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
Adhémar Pomme
Victor Boniface
Albert Topaze
1950 Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc
Noël Annequin
Fortuné Richard
Casimir
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
1949 Bob
Boniface
1948 Alfred Puc
Martial Gonfaron
Emile Boulard
1947 Irma / Le client
Guide
1946 Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
Pétrus
Cabassou
1945 Toine
Désiré Le Sec
Pons
1943 Adrien Moulinet
Antonin
Vincent Fleuret
Gustave Bourdillon
Auguste
1942 Astier
Simplet, le "fada" de Miéjour
1941 Antoine Valoisir
Fadinard
Ernest Sauce
1940 le berger
Félipe Rambert
Hector
Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1939 Marcel
François Arnaud
Armand Lavarède
Modeste Manosque
1938 Ernest Pic
Tricoche
Barnabé
Irénée Fabre
Hercule Maffre
1937 Urbain Gedemus
Acteur
Fabien Coutissol
Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
The orderly Patard
Honorin
Albert Durandal
1936 Fernand Espitalion
Marivol Lambinet
1935 Moluchet
Ferdinand Piat
1934 Fernand Lafleur
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
Boulot, le garçon d'étage
Saturnin
Michelet
Lafraise
N/A
Croquebol
Fernand
(Paul, un "deuxième classe")
Billenbuis
N/A
1933 Eloi, le chauffeur
N/A
Etienne
N/A
Medard
N/A
Sam Hackitt
Lidoire
N/A
1932 N/A
Vanderague
Casimir
N/A
le garçon d'honneur
Isidore
N/A
1931 L'amant
N/A
Joseph, le valet de chambre
Truchet
Fernand
Le groom
1930 Lucien Pivoine
l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Production

Year Role Movie/Tv
1971 Producer
Year Role Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1951 Director
1943 Director
1942 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

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