Cast & creator
Fernandel
Best known for The Merv Griffin Show, Sacrée soirée, Champs-Elysées
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)
Also known as: Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, Fernand Contandin, Фернан Жозеф Дезире Контанден
154
film credits
8
television credits
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1930–2023 · acting roles
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (162)
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The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Sacrée soirée
Self (archive footage)
1987
Champs-Elysées
Self
1982Champs-Elysées
Self (archive footage)
1982
Discorama
Self
1959
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Around the World in 80 Days
French Coachman
1956
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Edouard de Saint-Forget
1954
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Self (archive footage)
2023
L'Amateur
Fernand
1967
The Cow and I
Charles Bailly
1959
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Dieu / God
1962
Heartbeat
Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
1938
Don Camillo's Last Round
Don Camillo Tarocci
1955
1958: Those Who Said No
Self (archive footage)
2018
The Cat
Producer
1971
The Return of Don Camillo
Don Camillo Tarocci
1953
My Wife's Husband
Fernand Jouvin
1963
Three Feet in a Bed
Casimir
1950
The Little World of Don Camillo
Don Camillo Tarocci
1952
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Don Camillo Tarocci
1961
Croesus
Crésus
1960
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba
1954
Pétrus
Pétrus
1946
Fric-Frac
Marcel
1939
The Smart People of the 11th
The orderly Patard
1937
I Have an Idea
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
1934
The Man in the Raincoat
Albert Constantin
1957
The Law Is the Law
Ferdinand Pastorelli
1958
Stasera Fernandel
Monsieur Fernand
1968
Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo Tarocci
1965
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Martial Gonfaron
1948
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Fernand Vignard
1956
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Félipe Rambert
1940
The Man in the Buick
Armand Favrot
1968
Your Money or Your Life
Charles Migue
1966
The Red Inn
The Monk
1951
Les Rois de la comédie
Self (archive footage)
2023
The Acrobat
Ernest Sauce
1941
Par habitude
1932
Night attack
L'amant
1931
Father's Trip
Quantin, Jura farmer
1966
Maruche
Maruche
1934
The Woman's Confidant
Giuliano Goberti
1959
The Changing of the Guard
Attilio Capellaro
1962
Simple-Minded
Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
1942Simple-Minded
Director
1942
Hercule
Hercule Maffre
1938
Josette
Albert Durandal
1937
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Adhémar Pomme
1951Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Director
1951
One of the Legion
Fernand Espitalion
1936
The Most Wanted Man
Joe Calvet
1953
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
1958
The Rooster of the Regiment
Medard
1933
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
Boniface
1949
The Wild Oat
Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
1953
Navy Blue
Lafraise
1934
Life Together
Marcel Caboufigue
1958
Caught in the Foreign Legion
Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
1950
Life Dances On
Fabien Coutissol
1937
No Women
Casimir
1932
He
Isidore
1932
Monsieur Hector
Hector
1940
We Request an Assassin
Bob
1949
Blague dans le coin
Jeff Burlington
1963
Good King Dagobert
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
1963
The Free Trade Hotel
Boulot, le garçon d'étage
1934
Cocagne
Marc-Antoine
1961
Le Jugement de minuit
Sam Hackitt
1933
That Tender Age
Adolphe Lartigue
1964
St. Val's Mystery
Désiré Le Sec
1945
The Boss
Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
1960
Don Juan
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
1956
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Fortuné Richard
1950
Hoboes in Paradise
Pons
1945
The Trip to Biarritz
Guillaume Dodut
1963
The Last Judgment
The widower
1961
Easiest Profession
Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
1957
Ça colle
1933
The Virtuous Bigamist
Paul Verdier
1956
Assassin in the Phonebook
Albert Rimond
1962
The Kings of Sport
Acteur
1937
A Dog's Life
Gustave Bourdillon
1943
Lidoire
Lidoire
1933
Paris Holiday
Fernydel
1958
The Phoney War
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2019
L'Aventure de Cabassou
Cabassou
1946
The Hunting Ground
Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
1951
Honoré de Marseille
Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
1956
Emile the African
Emile Boulard
1948
The Lucky Star
Auguste
1943
Tricoche and Cacolet
Tricoche
1938
Ignace
Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
1937
Gangster Boss
Antoine Venturen
1959
Love and Cool Water
Eloi, le chauffeur
1933
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Armand Lavarède
1939
Bric a Brac and Company
Fernand
1931
Fun in the Barracks
Vanderague
1932
Les Gaîtés de la finance
Marivol Lambinet
1936Un homme sans nom
1932
A Night of Madness
Fernand
1934
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Antonin
1970
French Touch
Mario Marius
1952
Mademoiselle Nitouche
Célestin / Floridor
1954
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
Vincent Fleuret
1943
The Italian Straw Hat
Fadinard
1941
Ferdinand the Roisterer
Ferdinand Piat
1935
Love Around the Clock
Antonin
1943
The Bread Peddler
Billenbuis
1934
I have something to tell you
l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage
1930
The Amorous Garrison
Frédéric, rider
1934
Spring, Autumn and Love
Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
1955
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933
The Eight-Forty-Seven Train
Croquebol
1934
Relax Yourself Darling
François Faustin
1964
The Suitors Club
Antoine Valoisir
1941
Raphaël le tatoué
Modeste Manosque
1939
Angele
Saturnin
1934
Black and White
Le groom
1931
Naïs
Toine
1945
Lilac
le garçon d'honneur
1932
The Darling of Paris
Ficelle
1931
La Terreur de la pampa
1933
Dynamite Jack
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
1961
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
Ernest the Rebel
Ernest Pic
1938
Forbidden Fruit
Dr. Charles Pellegrin
1952
Three Sinners
Noël Annequin
1950
The Mondesir Heir
Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
1940
Sailor's Song
1932Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934
Berlingot and Company
François Arnaud
1939
The Cupboard Was Bare
Alfred Puc
1948
Little Nothings
Astier
1941
Francis the First
Honorin
1937
Escale au soleil
Guide
1947
Sénéchal the Magnificent
François, Lucien Sénéchal
1957
Baby's Laxative
Truchet
1931
I'm in the Revue
Philippe, devout house painter
1950
Harvest
Urbain Gedemus
1937
Le Gros Lot
1933
The Lafleur Cavalryman
Fernand Lafleur
1934
The Sleepwalker
Victor Boniface
1951
Rooster Heart
Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
1946
Pas un mot à ma femme
1931
The best hostess
Lucien Pivoine
1930
Carnival
Dardamelle
1953
Topaze
Albert Topaze
1951
Vive la classe
1932
Barnabé
Barnabé
1938
Fernandel 3 films
The Orderly
Etienne
1933
Une histoire pétillante
1936
The Wonderful Night
le berger
1940
Skylark
Michelet
1934
Adrien
Adrien Moulinet
1943Adrien
Director
1943
Jim the Crook
Moluchet
1935
The End Combine
Joseph, le valet de chambre
1931
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
Irma la voyante
Irma / Le client
1947