Fernandel
Known for: Acting
Born: May 8, 1903
Died: February 26, 1971
Place of birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
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)
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Filmography
151 movies · 7 TV shows, newest first
6.5
L'Âge d'or de la pub
2023
6.3
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
7.7
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
2020
8.0
The Phoney War
2019
8.0
1958: Those Who Said No
2018
9.0
Fernandel c'est moi
2000
5.7
Sacrée soirée
1987
6.8
Champs-Elysées
1982
7.4
The Cat
1971
6.9
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
1970
6.0
Stasera Fernandel
1968
6.4
The Man in the Buick
1968
8.0
L'Amateur
1967
6.6
Father's Trip
1966
6.0
Your Money or Your Life
1966
7.1
Don Camillo in Moscow
1965
5.9
That Tender Age
1964
5.7
Relax Yourself Darling
1964
6.7
My Wife's Husband
1963
7.2
Good King Dagobert
1963
5.8
Blague dans le coin
1963
6.7
The Trip to Biarritz
1963
7.1
The Changing of the Guard
1962
6.8
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
5.6
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
6.3
Assassin in the Phonebook
1962
8.0
Dynamite Jack
1961
6.4
The Last Judgment
1961
6.9
Don Camillo: Monsignor
1961
5.0
Cocagne
1961
6.3
Croesus
1960
5.6
The Boss
1960
6.7
The Cow and I
1959
5.8
The Woman's Confidant
1959
6.1
Gangster Boss
1959
8.0
Discorama
1959
6.1
Life Together
1958
7.2
The Law Is the Law
1958
6.0
Les Vignes du Seigneur
1958
5.6
Paris Holiday
1958
6.1
Easiest Profession
1957
6.8
Sénéchal the Magnificent
1957
6.6
The Man in the Raincoat
1957
6.3
The Virtuous Bigamist
1956
6.2
Honoré de Marseille
1956
6.7
Around the World in 80 Days
1956
6.3
Don Juan
1956
6.3
Fernandel the Dressmaker
1956
8.7
Cinépanorama
1956
7.3
Don Camillo's Last Round
1955
5.1
Spring, Autumn and Love
1955
6.2
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
1954
5.8
The Sheep Has Five Legs
1954
5.8
Mademoiselle Nitouche
1954
5.8
The Most Wanted Man
1953
7.2
The Return of Don Camillo
1953
7.8
Carnival
1953
6.9
The Wild Oat
1953
5.8
Forbidden Fruit
1952
6.9
French Touch
1952
7.6
The Little World of Don Camillo
1952
6.8
The Red Inn
1951
7.0
The Hunting Ground
1951
5.8
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
1951
6.0
The Sleepwalker
1951
6.9
Topaze
1951
5.5
Caught in the Foreign Legion
1950
7.0
Three Sinners
1950
6.0
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
1950
6.2
Three Feet in a Bed
1950
5.3
I'm in the Revue
1950
5.7
We Request an Assassin
1949
6.2
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
1949
6.3
The Cupboard Was Bare
1948
6.7
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
1948
6.3
Emile the African
1948
NR
Escale au soleil
1947
10.0
Irma la voyante
1947
6.7
Rooster Heart
1946
6.0
Pétrus
1946
7.3
L'Aventure de Cabassou
1946
6.2
Naïs
1945
7.0
St. Val's Mystery
1945
7.5
Hoboes in Paradise
1945
6.8
Adrien
1943
6.3
Love Around the Clock
1943
5.8
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
1943
6.8
A Dog's Life
1943
6.0
The Lucky Star
1943
5.9
Simple-Minded
1942
7.0
The Suitors Club
1941
6.8
The Italian Straw Hat
1941
7.8
The Acrobat
1941
7.7
Little Nothings
1941
6.3
The Wonderful Night
1940
7.1
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940
5.8
Monsieur Hector
1940
5.5
The Mondesir Heir
1940
6.1
Fric-Frac
1939
6.8
Berlingot and Company
1939
5.8
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
5.9
Raphaël le tatoué
1939
6.2
Ernest the Rebel
1938
7.7
Tricoche and Cacolet
1938
5.5
Barnabé
1938
6.9
Heartbeat
1938
6.7
Hercule
1938
6.8
Harvest
1937
6.6
The Kings of Sport
1937
7.0
Life Dances On
1937
6.0
Ignace
1937
5.0
The Smart People of the 11th
1937
5.7
Francis the First
1937
7.0
Josette
1937
5.0
One of the Legion
1936
6.7
Les Gaîtés de la finance
1936
NR
Une histoire pétillante
1936
6.2
Jim the Crook
1935
6.7
Ferdinand the Roisterer
1935
6.3
The Lafleur Cavalryman
1934
10.0
I Have an Idea
1934
7.0
The Free Trade Hotel
1934
6.5
Angele
1934
5.3
Skylark
1934
6.7
Navy Blue
19349.0
Le Chéri de sa concierge
1934
5.1
The Eight-Forty-Seven Train
1934
7.0
A Night of Madness
1934
7.0
The Amorous Garrison
1934
9.0
Maruche
1934
8.0
The Bread Peddler
1934
7.0
Love and Cool Water
1933
8.0
La Terreur de la pampa
1933
6.4
The Orderly
1933
8.0
Le Gros Lot
1933
6.3
The Rooster of the Regiment
1933
10.0
L'Ordonnance malgré lui
1933
10.0
Le Jugement de minuit
1933
9.0
Ça colle
1933
5.3
Lidoire
19337.0
Un homme sans nom
1932
6.4
Fun in the Barracks
1932
6.5
No Women
1932
7.0
Vive la classe
1932
5.9
Lilac
1932
10.0
Par habitude
1932
6.0
He
1932
8.0
Sailor's Song
1932
10.0
Pas un mot à ma femme
1931
5.3
Night attack
1931
7.7
The Darling of Paris
1931
5.3
The End Combine
1931
5.7
Baby's Laxative
1931
5.5
Bric a Brac and Company
1931
6.1
Black and White
1931
10.0
The best hostess
1930
7.0
I have something to tell you
1930
NR
Fernandel 3 films
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