Fernandel
Acting
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…
Filmography
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L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
The Phoney War
2019
1958: Those Who Said No
2018
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
Sacrée soirée
1987
Champs-Elysées
1982
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970
Stasera Fernandel
1968
The Man in the Buick
1968
L'Amateur
1967
Father's Trip
1966
Your Money or Your Life
1966
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
That Tender Age
1964
Relax Yourself Darling
1964
My Wife's Husband
1963
Good King Dagobert
1963
Blague dans le coin
1963
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
The Changing of the Guard
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962
Dynamite Jack
1961
The Last Judgment
1961
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961
Cocagne
1961
Croesus
1960
The Boss
1960
The Cow and I
1959
The Woman's Confidant
1959
Gangster Boss
1959
Discorama
1959
Life Together
1958
The Law Is the Law
1958
Les Vignes du Seigneur
1958
Paris Holiday
1958
Easiest Profession
1957
Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957
The Man in the Raincoat
1957
The Virtuous Bigamist
1956
Honoré de Marseille
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
Don Juan
1956
Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956
Cinépanorama
1956
Don Camillo's Last Round
1955
Spring, Autumn and Love
1955
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
The Most Wanted Man
1953
The Return of Don Camillo
1953
Carnival
1953
The Wild Oat
1953
Forbidden Fruit
1952
French Touch
1952
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
The Red Inn
1951
The Hunting Ground
1951
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951
The Sleepwalker
1951
Topaze
1951
Caught in the Foreign Legion
1950
Three Sinners
1950
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950
Three Feet in a Bed
1950
I'm in the Revue
1950
We Request an Assassin
1949
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
1949
The Cupboard Was Bare
1948
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
1948
Emile the African
1948
Escale au soleil
1947
Irma la voyante
1947
Rooster Heart
1946
Pétrus
1946
L'Aventure de Cabassou
1946