Biography
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)
Filmography
all 156
Movies 150
self 8
TV Shows 6
Producer 1
Self (archive footage)
![L'Ă‚ge d'or de la pub](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/940127-l-age-d-or-de-la-pub.jpg)
L'Ă‚ge d'or de la pub (2023)
Movie
Lui-mĂŞme (archives)
![Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Fernandel, Jacques Tati, Bourvil, Louis de Funès - Les Rois de la comédie (2023)
Movie
Self - Actor (archive footage)
![The Phoney War](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/300928-the-phoney-war.jpg)
The Phoney War (2019)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
![1958: Those Who Said No](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/640477-1958-those-who-said-no.jpg)
1958: Those Who Said No (2018)
Movie
Self (archive footage) / Self
![Champs-Elysées](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/399750-champs-elysees.jpg)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
TV
Producer
![The Cat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/72836-the-cat.jpg)
The Cat (1971)
Movie
Fernando / Il signor Fernando
![Allo ! Fernandel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/813045-allo-fernandel.jpg)
Allo ! Fernandel (1968)
TV
Armand Favrot
![The Man in the Buick](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/73960-the-man-in-the-buick.jpg)
The Man in the Buick (1968)
Movie
Charles Migue
![Your Money or Your Life](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/92856-your-money-or-your-life.jpg)
Your Money or Your Life (1966)
Movie
Don Camillo
![Don Camillo in Moscow](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2556-don-camillo-in-moscow.jpg)
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
Movie
Adolphe Lartigue
![That Tender Age](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/105046-that-tender-age.jpg)
That Tender Age (1964)
Movie
François Faustin
![Relax Yourself Darling](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/58371-relax-yourself-darling.jpg)
Relax Yourself Darling (1964)
Movie
Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais
![My Wife's Husband](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/101014-my-wife-s-husband.jpg)
My Wife's Husband (1963)
Movie
Monsieur Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
![Good King Dagobert](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98720-good-king-dagobert.jpg)
Good King Dagobert (1963)
Movie
Jeff Burlington
![Blague dans le coin](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/357941-blague-dans-le-coin.jpg)
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Movie
Guillaume Dodut
![The Trip to Biarritz](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/117361-the-trip-to-biarritz.jpg)
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
Movie
Attilio Cappelaro
![The Changing of the Guard](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98730-the-changing-of-the-guard.jpg)
The Changing of the Guard (1962)
Movie
Albert Rimond
![Assassin in the Phonebook](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/124107-assassin-in-the-phonebook.jpg)
Assassin in the Phonebook (1962)
Movie
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
![Dynamite Jack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/89604-dynamite-jack.jpg)
Dynamite Jack (1961)
Movie
The widower
![The Last Judgment](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/64073-the-last-judgment.jpg)
The Last Judgment (1961)
Movie
Don Camillo
![Don Camillo: Monsignor](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2558-don-camillo-monsignor.jpg)
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
Movie
Marc-Antoine
![Cocagne](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/242548-cocagne.jpg)
Cocagne (1961)
Movie
Jules
![Croesus](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139748-croesus.jpg)
Croesus (1960)
Movie
Justin Migonet
![The Boss](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139740-le-caid.jpg)
The Boss (1960)
Movie
Charles Bailly - prisonnier de guerre
![The Cow and I](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/45016-the-cow-and-i.jpg)
The Cow and I (1959)
Movie
Le vétérinaire Giuliano Goberti
![The Woman's Confidant](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41822-le-confident-de-ces-dames.jpg)
The Woman's Confidant (1959)
Movie
Antoine Venturen
![Gangster Boss](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/98717-gangster-boss.jpg)
Gangster Boss (1959)
Movie
Marcel Caboufigue
![Life Together](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41252-life-together.jpg)
Life Together (1958)
Movie
Ferdinand Pastorelli
![The Law Is the Law](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41928-the-law-is-the-law.jpg)
The Law Is the Law (1958)
Movie
Henri LĂ©vrier
![Les Vignes du Seigneur](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/156742-les-vignes-du-seigneur.jpg)
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Movie
Fernydel
![Paris Holiday](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/67287-paris-holiday.jpg)
Paris Holiday (1958)
Movie
Baptistin Lachaud dit Tistin
![Le ChĂ´meur de Clochemerle](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/156170-le-chomeur-de-clochemerle.jpg)
Le ChĂ´meur de Clochemerle (1957)
Movie
François, Lucien Sénéchal
![Sénéchal the Magnificent](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139443-senechal-the-magnificent.jpg)
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
Movie
Albert Constantin
![The Man in the Raincoat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/139053-the-man-in-the-raincoat.jpg)
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Movie
6
Paul Verdier / Paolo Verdier
![The Virtuous Bigamist](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/105194-the-virtuous-bigamist.jpg)
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956)
Movie
Honoré de Marseille / Protis / Honorius
![Honoré de Marseille](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138822-honore-de-marseille.jpg)
Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Movie
French Coachman
![Around the World in Eighty Days](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/6159-around-the-world-in-eighty-days.jpg)
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
Movie
4.67
Sganarelle
![Don Juan](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138748-el-amor-de-don-juan.jpg)
Don Juan (1956)
Movie
Fernand Vignard
![Fernandel the Dressmaker](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/111577-fernandel-the-dressmaker.jpg)
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Movie
Don Camillo
![Don Camillo's Last Round](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2555-don-camillo-s-last-round.jpg)
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Movie
Fernand 'Noël' Sarrazin
![Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/138474-le-printemps-l-automne-et-l-amour.jpg)
Le Printemps, l'automne et l'amour (1955)
Movie
Édouard Saint-Forget / Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré et Etienne
![The Sheep Has Five Legs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41287-the-sheep-has-five-legs.jpg)
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Movie
CĂ©lestin / Floridor
![Mademoiselle Nitouche](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41289-mademoiselle-nitouche.jpg)
Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)
Movie
Joe Calvet
![The Most Wanted Man](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/65068-the-most-wanted-man.jpg)
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Movie
Don Camillo
![The Return of Don Camillo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2554-the-return-of-don-camillo.jpg)
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Movie
Dardamelle
![Carnival](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/154087-carnaval.jpg)
Carnival (1953)
Movie
FĂ©licien HĂ©brard - le boulanger
![The Wild Oat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137927-the-wild-oat.jpg)
The Wild Oat (1953)
Movie
Le docteur Charles Pellegrin
![Forbidden Fruit](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137964-forbidden-fruit.jpg)
Forbidden Fruit (1952)
Movie
Marius, dit Mario
![French Touch](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137940-french-touch.jpg)
French Touch (1952)
Movie
Don Camillo
![The Little World of Don Camillo](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/2559-don-camillo.jpg)
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Movie
The Monk
![The Red Inn](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/104309-the-red-inn.jpg)
The Red Inn (1951)
Movie
Urbain Coindet
![The Hunting Ground](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/156733-the-hunting-ground.jpg)
The Hunting Ground (1951)
Movie
Adhémar Pomme
![Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/152832-adhemar-ou-le-jouet-de-la-fatalite.jpg)
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)
Movie
Victor Boniface
![The Sleepwalker](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/41279-boniface-somnambule.jpg)
The Sleepwalker (1951)
Movie
Albert Topaze
![Topaze](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137883-topaze.jpg)
Topaze (1951)
Movie
Luc, portier du 'Miramar' et André Duroc
![Caught in the Foreign Legion](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/156740-uniformes-et-grandes-manoeuvres.jpg)
Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Movie
Noël Annequin
![Three Sinners](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/49908-three-sinners.jpg)
Three Sinners (1950)
Movie
Fortuné Richard
![Tu m'as sauvé la vie](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155940-tu-m-as-sauve-la-vie.jpg)
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)
Movie
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
![I'm in the Revue](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137359-i-m-in-the-revue.jpg)
I'm in the Revue (1950)
Movie
Alfred Puc
![The Cupboard Was Bare](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/137158-the-cupboard-was-bare.jpg)
The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
Movie
Martial Gonfaron
![Si ça peut vous faire plaisir](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/357943-si-ca-peut-vous-faire-plaisir.jpg)
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir (1948)
Movie
Émile Boulard
![Emile the African](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/313639-emile-l-africain.jpg)
Emile the African (1948)
Movie
Le guide
![Escale au soleil](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/894298-escale-au-soleil.jpg)
Escale au soleil (1947)
Movie
PĂ©trus
![PĂ©trus](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/75464-petrus.jpg)
PĂ©trus (1946)
Movie
Toine
![NaĂŻs](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/136666-nais.jpg)
NaĂŻs (1945)
Movie
Le détective Désiré, Henri Le Sec
![St. Val's Mystery](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/154229-st-val-s-mystery.jpg)
St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Movie
Adrien Moulinet
![Adrien](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159681-adrien.jpg)
Adrien (1943)
Movie
Vincent Fleuret
![Don't Shout it from the Rooftops](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159733-ne-le-criez-pas-sur-les-toits.jpg)
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops (1943)
Movie
Gustave Bourdillon
![A Dog's Life](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/228334-une-vie-de-chien.jpg)
A Dog's Life (1943)
Movie
Auguste
![The Lucky Star](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159690-la-bonne-etoile.jpg)
The Lucky Star (1943)
Movie
Simplet
![Simple-Minded](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/136145-simplet.jpg)
Simple-Minded (1942)
Movie
Antoine Valoisir
![The Suitors Club](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/293898-le-club-des-soupirants.jpg)
The Suitors Club (1941)
Movie
Ernest Sauce
![The Acrobat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159363-l-acrobate.jpg)
The Acrobat (1941)
Movie
Le berger
![The Wonderful Night](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/308359-la-nuit-merveilleuse.jpg)
The Wonderful Night (1940)
Movie
FĂ©lipe Rambert
![The Well-Digger's Daughter](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/135764-the-well-digger-s-daughter.jpg)
The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
Movie
Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux
![The Mondesir Heir](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/157837-l-heritier-des-mondesir.jpg)
The Mondesir Heir (1940)
Movie
Marcel
![Fric-Frac](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/33282-fric-frac.jpg)
Fric-Frac (1939)
Movie
François Arnaud
![Berlingot and Company](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/114245-berlingot-and-company.jpg)
Berlingot and Company (1939)
Movie
Armand Lavarède
![The Five Cents of Lavarede](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/135251-the-five-cents-of-lavarede.jpg)
The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Movie
Modeste Manosque, alias Raphaël
![Raphaël le tatoué](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/114243-raphael-le-tatoue.jpg)
Raphaël le tatoué (1939)
Movie
Ernest Pic
![Ernest the Rebel](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/157819-ernest-the-rebel.jpg)
Ernest the Rebel (1938)
Movie
Tricoche
![Tricoche and Cacolet](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/156542-tricoche-et-cacolet.jpg)
Tricoche and Cacolet (1938)
Movie
Barnabé
![Barnabé](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/158497-barnabe.jpg)
Barnabé (1938)
Movie
Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'
![Heartbeat](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/123710-le-schpountz.jpg)
Heartbeat (1938)
Movie
Hercule Maffre
![Hercule](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/180791-hercule.jpg)
Hercule (1938)
Movie
Urbain Gedemus
![Harvest](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/134795-harvest.jpg)
Harvest (1937)
Movie
Fabien Coutissol
![Un carnet de bal](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/112171-dance-program.jpg)
Un carnet de bal (1937)
Movie
Le soldat Ignace Boitaclou
![Ignace](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159443-ignace.jpg)
Ignace (1937)
Movie
L'ordonnance Patard
![The Smart People of the 11th](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159416-les-degourdis-de-la-11eme.jpg)
The Smart People of the 11th (1937)
Movie
Honorin
![François 1er](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/153371-francois-1er.jpg)
François 1er (1937)
Movie
Albert Durandal aka Albertal
![Josette](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159711-josette.jpg)
Josette (1937)
Movie
Fernand Espitalion
![One of the Legion](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159517-un-de-la-legion.jpg)
One of the Legion (1936)
Movie
Marivol Lambinet
![Les Gaîtés de la finance](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155451-les-gaites-de-la-finance.jpg)
Les Gaîtés de la finance (1936)
Movie
Moluchet
![Jim la houlette](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155554-jim-la-houlette.jpg)
Jim la houlette (1935)
Movie
Ferdinand Piat
![Ferdinand the Roisterer](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159428-ferdinand-le-noceur.jpg)
Ferdinand the Roisterer (1935)
Movie
Fernand Lafleur
![The Lafleur Cavalryman](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/157990-le-cavalier-lafleur.jpg)
The Lafleur Cavalryman (1934)
Movie
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
![I Have an Idea](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/157841-j-ai-une-idee.jpg)
I Have an Idea (1934)
Movie
Saturnin
![Angele](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/133840-angele.jpg)
Angele (1934)
Movie
MĂ©chelet
![Skylark](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/321724-ademai-aviateur.jpg)
Skylark (1934)
Movie
Eugene Crochard
![Le Chéri de sa concierge](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
Le Chéri de sa concierge (1934)
Movie
Croquebol
![Le train de 8 H 47](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/159513-le-train-de-8-h-47.jpg)
Le train de 8 H 47 (1934)
Movie
Frédéric, un cavalier
![The Amorous Garrison](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/357946-la-garnison-amoureuse.jpg)
The Amorous Garrison (1934)
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Maruche
![Maruche](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/174226-maruche.jpg)
Maruche (1934)
Movie
Billenbuis
![The Bread Peddler](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/546207-the-bread-peddler.jpg)
The Bread Peddler (1934)
Movie
Eloi, le chauffeur
![Love and Cool Water](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/119228-d-amour-et-d-eau-fraiche.jpg)
Love and Cool Water (1933)
Movie
Billy Forster
![La Terreur de la pampa](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/726241-la-terreur-de-la-pampa.jpg)
La Terreur de la pampa (1933)
Movie
Étienne
![The Orderly](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/155694-l-ordonnance.jpg)
The Orderly (1933)
Movie
Alfred Leveneux
![L'Ordonnance malgré lui](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/381630-ordonnance-malgre-lui.jpg)
L'Ordonnance malgré lui (1933)
Movie
Sam Hackitt
![Le jugement de minuit](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/173998-le-jugement-de-minuit.jpg)
Le jugement de minuit (1933)
Movie
Lidoire
![Lidoire](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/278520-lidoire.jpg)
Lidoire (1933)
Movie
Vanderague
![Fun in the Barracks](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/105051-fun-in-barracks.jpg)
Fun in the Barracks (1932)
Movie
Casimir
![No Women](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/73033-pas-de-femmes.jpg)
No Women (1932)
Movie
Moussin
![Vive la classe](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/381546-vive-la-classe.jpg)
Vive la classe (1932)
Movie
le garçon d'honneur
![Lilac](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/105025-lilac.jpg)
Lilac (1932)
Movie
Valentin Bourgeasse
![Par habitude](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/381670-par-habitude.jpg)
Par habitude (1932)
Movie
Isidore
![He](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/112168-he.jpg)
He (1932)
Movie
Le commissaire
![Night attack](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/335496-attaque-nocturne.jpg)
Night attack (1931)
Movie
Joseph, le valet de chambre
![The end combine](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/337883-la-fine-combine.jpg)
The end combine (1931)
Movie
Truchet
![Baby's Laxative](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/10078-baby-s-laxative.jpg)
Baby's Laxative (1931)
Movie
Le groom
![Black and White](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/133241-black-and-white.jpg)
Black and White (1931)
Movie
Lucien Pivoine
![The best hostess](https://images.moviefit.me/t/o/133143-la-meilleure-bobonne.jpg)
The best hostess (1930)
Movie
Pierre Demaire - l'amant
![I have something to tell you](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/t/o.jpg)
I have something to tell you (1930)
Movie
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1903-05-08
Deathday1971-02-26 (67 years old)
Birth NameFernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
Birth Place5th arrondissement of Marseille, France
ReligionCatholicism
SpouseHenriette-FĂ©licie Manse
ChildrenFranck Fernandel
SiblingsFransined
RelativesJean Manse
CitizenshipsFrance
Residences12th arrondissement of Marseille · 16th arrondissement of Paris · Carry-le-Rouet · 9th arrondissement of Paris, France
Also Known AsФернандель, Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin, Fernand Contandin
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Golden Leopard, honorary citizenship, National Order of Merit, officier de l’Instruction publique, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
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