Fernandel
Born: 1903-05-08
• 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").
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Filmography
L'Âge d'or de la pub
Les Rois de la comédie
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
The Phoney War
1958: Those Who Said No
Fernandel c'est moi
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
The Man in the Buick
Father's Trip
Your Money or Your Life
Don Camillo in Moscow
That Tender Age
Relax Yourself Darling
My Wife's Husband
Good King Dagobert
Blague dans le coin
The Trip to Biarritz
The Changing of the Guard
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
Assassin in the Phonebook
Dynamite Jack
The Last Judgment
Don Camillo: Monsignor
Cocagne
Croesus
The Boss
The Cow and I
The Woman's Confidant
Gangster Boss
Life Together
The Law Is the Law
Les Vignes du Seigneur
Paris Holiday
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle
Sénéchal the Magnificent
The Man in the Raincoat
The Virtuous Bigamist
Honoré de Marseille
Around the World in 80 Days
Don Juan
Fernandel the Dressmaker
Don Camillo's Last Round
Spring, Autumn and Love
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Mademoiselle Nitouche
The Most Wanted Man
The Return of Don Camillo
Carnival
The Wild Oat
Forbidden Fruit
French Touch
The Little World of Don Camillo
The Red Inn
The Hunting Ground
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
The Sleepwalker
Topaze
Caught in the Foreign Legion
Three Sinners
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Three Feet in a Bed
I'm in the Revue
We Request an Assassin
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
The Cupboard Was Bare
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Emile the African
Escale au soleil
Irma la voyante
Rooster Heart
Pétrus
L'Aventure de Cabassou
Naïs
St. Val's Mystery
Hoboes in Paradise
Adrien
Love Around the Clock
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
A Dog's Life
The Lucky Star
Simple-Minded
The Suitors Club
The Italian Straw Hat
The Acrobat
Little Nothings
The Wonderful Night
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Monsieur Hector
The Mondesir Heir
Fric-Frac
Berlingot and Company
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Raphaël le tatoué
Ernest the Rebel
Tricoche and Cacolet
Barnabé
Heartbeat
Hercule
Harvest