Fernandel
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)

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Happy He Who Like Ulysses (1970)
Antonin
The Man in the Buick (1968)
Armand Favrot
Father's Trip (1966)
Mr Quantin, paysan jurassien
Your Money or Your Life (1966)
Charles Migue
Don Camillo in Moscow (1965)
Don Camillo Tarocci
That Tender Age (1964)
Adolphe Lartigue
Relax Yourself Darling (1964)
François Faustin
My Wife's Husband (1963)
Fernand Jouvin
Good King Dagobert (1963)
M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert
Blague dans le coin (1963)
Jeff Burlington
The Trip to Biarritz (1963)
Guillaume Dodut
The Changing of the Guard (1962)
Attilio Capellaro
The Devil and the Ten Commandments (1962)
Dieu / God
Assassin in the Phonebook (1962)
Albert Rimond
Dynamite Jack (1961)
Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu
The Last Judgment (1961)
The widower
Don Camillo: Monsignor (1961)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Cocagne (1961)
Marc-Antoine
Croesus (1960)
Crésus
The Boss (1960)
Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles
The Cow and I (1959)
Charles Bailly
The Woman's Confidant (1959)
Giuliano Goberti
Gangster Boss (1959)
Antoine Venturen
Life Together (1958)
Marcel Caboufigue
The Law Is the Law (1958)
Ferdinand Pastorelli
Les Vignes du Seigneur (1958)
Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne
Paris Holiday (1958)
Fernydel
Le Chômeur de Clochemerle (1957)
Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'
Sénéchal the Magnificent (1957)
François, Lucien Sénéchal
The Man in the Raincoat (1957)
Albert Constantin
The Virtuous Bigamist (1956)
Paul Verdier
Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille
Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)
French Coachman
Don Juan (1956)
Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan
Fernandel the Dressmaker (1956)
Fernand Vignard
Don Camillo's Last Round (1955)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Spring, Autumn and Love (1955)
Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1954)
Ali Baba
The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Edouard de Saint-Forget
Mademoiselle Nitouche (1954)
Célestin / Floridor
The Most Wanted Man (1953)
Joe Calvet
The Return of Don Camillo (1953)
Don Camillo Tarocci
Carnival (1953)
Dardamelle
The Wild Oat (1953)
Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker
Forbidden Fruit (1952)
Dr. Charles Pellegrin
French Touch (1952)
Mario Marius
The Little World of Don Camillo (1952)
Don Camillo Tarocci
The Red Inn (1951)
Le Moine
The Hunting Ground (1951)
Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)
Adhémar Pomme
The Sleepwalker (1951)
Victor Boniface
Topaze (1951)
Albert Topaze
Caught in the Foreign Legion (1950)
Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"
Three Sinners (1950)
Noël Annequin
Tu m'as sauvé la vie (1950)
Fortuné Richard
Three Feet in a Bed (1950)
Casimir
I'm in the Revue (1950)
Le peintre en bâtiment dévot
We Request an Assassin (1949)
Bob
The Heroic Mr. Boniface (1949)
Boniface
The Cupboard Was Bare (1948)
Alfred Puc
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir (1948)
Martial Gonfaron
Emile the African (1948)
Emile Boulard
Irma la voyante (1947)
Irma / Le client
Rooster Heart (1946)
Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur
Pétrus (1946)
Pétrus
L'Aventure de Cabassou (1946)
Cabassou
Naïs (1945)
Toine
St. Val's Mystery (1945)
Désiré Le Sec
Hoboes in Paradise (1945)
Pons
Adrien (1943)
Adrien Moulinet
Love Around the Clock (1943)
Antonin
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops (1943)
Vincent Fleuret
A Dog's Life (1943)
Gustave Bourdillon
The Lucky Star (1943)
Auguste
Little Nothings (1942)
Astier
Simple-Minded (1942)
Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'
The Suitors Club (1941)
Antoine Valoisir
The Italian Straw Hat (1941)
Fadinard
The Acrobat (1941)
Ernest Sauce
The Wonderful Night (1940)
le berger
The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
Félipe Rambert
Monsieur Hector (1940)
Hector
The Mondesir Heir (1940)
Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux
Fric-Frac (1939)
Marcel
Berlingot and Company (1939)
François Arnaud
The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Armand Lavarède
Raphaël le tatoué (1939)
Modeste Manosque
Ernest the Rebel (1938)
Ernest Pic
Tricoche and Cacolet (1938)
Tricoche
Barnabé (1938)
Barnabé
Heartbeat (1938)
Irénée Fabre
Hercule (1938)
Hercule Maffre
Harvest (1937)
Urbain Gedemus
The Kings of Sport (1937)
Acteur
Life Dances On (1937)
Fabien Coutissol
Ignace (1937)
Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel
The Smart People of the 11th (1937)
The orderly Patard
François 1er (1937)
Honorin
Josette (1937)
Albert Durandal
One of the Legion (1936)
Fernand Espitalion
Les Gaîtés de la finance (1936)
Marivol Lambinet
Jim la houlette (1935)
Moluchet
Ferdinand the Roisterer (1935)
Ferdinand Piat
The Lafleur Cavalryman (1934)
Fernand Lafleur
I Have an Idea (1934)
Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)
The Free Trade Hotel (1934)
Boulot, le garçon d'étage
Angele (1934)
Saturnin
Skylark (1934)
Michelet
Les Bleus de la marine (1934)
Lafraise
Le Chéri de sa concierge (1934)
Le train de 8 H 47 (1934)
Croquebol
A Night of Madness (1934)
Fernand
The Amorous Garrison (1934)
(Paul, un "deuxième classe")
The Bread Peddler (1934)
Billenbuis
Maruche (1934)
Maruche
Love and Cool Water (1933)
Eloi, le chauffeur
La Terreur de la pampa (1933)
The Orderly (1933)
Etienne
Le Gros Lot (1933)
Le Coq du régiment (1933)
Medard
L'Ordonnance malgré lui (1933)
Le jugement de minuit (1933)
Sam Hackitt
Lidoire (1933)
Lidoire
Ça colle (1933)
Un homme sans nom (1932)
Fun in the Barracks (1932)
Vanderague
No Women (1932)
Casimir
Vive la classe (1932)
Lilac (1932)
le garçon d'honneur
Par habitude (1932)
He (1932)
Isidore
Sailor's Song (1932)
Night attack (1931)
L'amant
Pas un mot à ma femme (1931)
The Darling of Paris (1931)
The end combine (1931)
Joseph, le valet de chambre
Baby's Laxative (1931)
Truchet
Bric a Brac and Company (1931)
Fernand
Black and White (1931)
Le groom
The best hostess (1930)
Lucien Pivoine
I have something to tell you (1930)
l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage

Crew

The Cat (1971)
Producer
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny (1951)
Director
Adrien (1943)
Director
Simple-Minded (1942)
Director