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Fernandel

Comedian / Film Director / Actor | * 05/08/1903 († 67, 02/26/1971) | Marseille (France)
Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French comic actor. Born in Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, a town located in the province of Turin, Italy, He became a comedy star, first gaining 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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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 frequent genres for this person: Comedies | Drama | Romance / Love

Known for these Movies & Shows

In a village of the Po valley where the earth is hard and life miserly, the priest and the communist mayor are always fighting to be the head of the community. If in secret, they admired and liked eac ...

Don Camillo

Certification unknown

1952 | 3.8/5 | 1h 47min
Comedy
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A pompous grocer’s assistant in Marseille annoys a visiting film crew so much that they prank him with a phony acting contract; believing it to be real, the “schpountz” heads to Paris for his ne ...

Heartbeat

Certification unknown

1938 | 3.4/5 | 2h 40min
Comedy
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Is it because his father was a groom that Adhémar Pomme has a long horse head and a horse- toothed smile? Maybe but the fact is that his head has invariably caused laughter whatever the circumstances ...

Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny

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1951 | 3.0/5 | 1h 29min
Comedy
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A lord’s servant, Ali Baba, is sent to retrieve a slave for his master, but ends up on an adventure filled with gold, mischief, love, and forty famous thieves instead. ...

Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves

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1954 | 3.2/5 | 1h 32min
Adventure, Comedy
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Awards & Nominations for Fernandel

Knight of The Legion of Honour Knight of The National Order of Merit Chevalier Des Arts Et Des Lettres Officier De L’instruction Publique Golden Leopard Honorary citizenship Ordre national du Mérite
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Movies with Fernandel as Actor(141)

as Self - Actor (archive footage)2019 The Phoney War
as Self (archive footage)2018 1958: Those Who Said No
as Antonin1970 Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Armand Favrot1968 The Man in the Buick
as Charles Migue1966 Your Money or Your Life
as Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien1966 Le voyage du père
as Don Camillo1965 Don Camillo in Moscow
as François Faustin1964 Relax Yourself Darling
as Adolphe Lartigue1964 That Tender Age
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert1963 Good King Dagobert
as Guillaume Dodut1963 The Trip to Biarritz
as Fernand Jouvin1963 My Wife's Husband
as Jeff Burlington1963 Blague dans le coin
as Attilio Capellaro1962 The Changing of the Guard
as Dieu / God1962 The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Albert Rimond1962 Assassin in the Phonebook
as Don Camillo1961 Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Marc-Antoine1961 Cocagne
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu1961 Dynamite Jack
as The widower1961 The Last Judgment
as Crésus1960 Croesus
as Justin Migonnet, professeur de philosophie à Arles1960 Le Caïd
as Charles Bailly1959 The Cow and I
as Antoine Venturen1959 Gangster Boss
as Giuliano Goberti1959 Le confident de ces dames
as Ferdinand Pastorelli1958 The Law Is the Law
as Marcel Caboufigue1958 Life Together
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne1958 Les vignes du Seigneur
as Fernydel1958 Paris Holiday
as Albert Constantin1957 The Man in the Raincoat
as François, Lucien Sénéchal1957 Sénéchal the Magnificent
as Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin1957 Le chômeur de Clochemerle
as French Coachman1956 Around the World in Eighty Days
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan1956 Don Juan
as Paul Verdier1956 The Virtuous Bigamist
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille1956 Honoré de Marseille
as Fernand Vignard1956 Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier1955 Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour
as Don Camillo1955 Don Camillo's Last Round
as Célestin / Floridor1954 Mademoiselle Nitouche
as Ali Baba1954 Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Edouard de Saint-Forget1954 The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Félicien Hébrard1953 The Wild Oat
as Dardamelle1953 Carnival
as Joe Calvet1953 The Most Wanted Man
as Don Camillo1953 The Return of Don Camillo
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin1952 Forbidden Fruit
as Mario Marius1952 French Touch
as Don Camillo1952 Don Camillo
as Adhémar Pomme1951 Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
as Le Moine1951 The Red Inn
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal1951 The Hunting Ground
as Albert Topaze1951 Topaze
as Victor Boniface1951 The Sleepwalker
as Le peintre en bâtiment dévot1950 I'm in the Revue
as Fortuné Richard1950 Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Casimir1950 Three Feet in a Bed
as Noël Annequin1950 Three Sinners
as Luc, portier du "Miramar" et André Duroc1950 Caught in the Foreign Legion
as Bob1949 We Request an Assassin
as Boniface1949 The Heroic Mr. Boniface
as Alfred Puc1948 The Cupboard Was Bare
as Emile Boulard1948 Emile the African
as Martial Gonfaron1948 Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
as Irma / Le client1947 Irma la voyante
as Pétrus1946 Pétrus
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur1946 Rooster Heart
as Cabassou1946 L'aventure de Cabassou
as Toine1945 Naïs
as Désiré Le Sec1945 St. Val's Mystery
as Pons1945 Hoboes in Paradise
as Adrien Moulinet1943 Adrien
as Antonin1943 Love Around the Clock
as Auguste1943 The Lucky Star
as Vincent Fleuret1943 Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Gustave Bourdillon1943 A Dog's Life
as Astier1942 Little Nothings
as Simplet, le "fada" de Miéjour1942 Simple-Minded
as Fadinard1941 The Italian Straw Hat
as Ernest Sauce1941 The Acrobat
as Antoine Valoisir1941 The Suitors Club
as Félipe Rambert1940 The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Hector1940 Monsieur Hector
as le berger1940 The Wonderful Night
as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux1940 The Mondesir Heir
as François Arnaud1939 Berlingot and Company
as Armand Lavarède1939 The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Marcel1939 Fric-Frac
as Modeste Manosque1939 Raphaël le tatoué
as Ernest Pic1938 Ernest the Rebel
as Tricoche1938 Tricoche and Cacolet
as Barnabé1938 Barnabé
as Hercule Maffre1938 Hercule
as Irénée Fabre1938 Heartbeat
as Acteur1937 The Kings of Sport
as Urbain Gedemus1937 Harvest
as Fabien Coutissol1937 Dance Card
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel1937 Ignace
as Honorin1937 François 1er
as The orderly Patard1937 The Smart People of the 11th
as Albert Durandal1937 Josette
as Fernand Espitalion1936 One of the Legion
as Marivol Lambinet1936 Les gaîtés de la finance
as Ferdinand Piat1935 Ferdinand the Roisterer
as Moluchet1935 Jim la houlette
1934 Maruche
as (Paul, un "deuxième classe")1934 The Amorous Garrison
as Fernand Lafleur1934 The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Fernand1934 A Night of Madness
as Croquebol1934 Le train de 8 H 47
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)1934 I Have an Idea
as Michelet1934 Skylark
1934 Le chéri de sa concierge
1934 The Bread Peddler
as Lafraise1934 Les bleus de la marine
as Saturnin1934 Angele
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage1934 The Free Trade Hotel
as Sam Hackitt1933 Le jugement de minuit
as Lidoire1933 Lidoire
1933 Ça colle
1933 La terreur de la pampa
as Medard1933 Le coq du régiment
as Eloi, le chauffeur1933 Love and Cool Water
1933 L'ordonnance malgré lui
1933 Le gros lot
as Etienne1933 The Orderly
as Vanderague1932 Fun in Barracks
1932 Un homme sans nom
as Casimir1932 No Women
as le garçon d'honneur1932 Lilac
1932 Vive la classe
as Isidore1932 He
1932 Sailor's Song
as Le groom1931 Black and White
as Fernand1931 Bric a Brac and Company
as Truchet1931 Baby's Laxative
1931 The Darling of Paris
as Joseph, le valet de chambre1931 The end combine
as L'amant1931 Night attack
as Lucien Pivoine1930 The best hostess
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage1930 I have something to tell you

TV Shows/Series with Fernandel as Actor(6)

as himself1982 Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)1982 Champs-Elysées
as Monsieur Fernand1968 Allo ! Fernandel
as himself1962 The Merv Griffin Show
as himself1959 Discorama
as himself1956 Cinépanorama

Movies with Fernandel as Crew(4)

Production/Producer1971 The Cat
Directing/Director1951 Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Directing/Director1943 Adrien
Directing/Director1942 Simple-Minded

Citizenship: France
Born: Friday, 05/08 1903 (May) in Marseille (France)
Died: Friday, 02/26 1971 (February) in Paris (aged: 67)
Zodiac sign: Taurus (Chinese zodiac sign: Rabbit)
Languages: French (FR)
Employer: Banque nationale de crédit
Member of: 93e régiment d'artillerie de montagne
Spouses (current/former): Henriette-Félicie Manse
Children: Franck Fernandel
Siblings: Fransined
Related to: Jean Manse
Other names for Fernandel (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Фернандель"
"Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin"
"Fernand Contandin"
Fernandel frequently works together with these people:
Jean Manse (27x, Crew)
Andrex (24x, Actor)
René Génin (16x, Actor)
Édouard Delmont (16x, Actor)
Henri Arius (15x, Actor)
Manuel Gary (14x, Actor)
Jean Boyer (14x, Crew)
Marcel Pagnol (13x, Crew)
Maurice Cammage (12x, Crew)
Henri Verneuil (11x, Crew)
Gaston Orbal (11x, Actor)
Charles Aznavour (4x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:4018, Added: 03/23/2018, Last updated: 04/21/2024