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Fernandel (1903–1971)
Actor | Soundtrack | Producer
The apocryphal biography of Fernand Contandin tells the invention of his artistic name Fernandel by his sister-in-law ("Voici le Fernand d'elles"). At the beginning of the thirties he became a ...
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Known for
Masterpieces of European cinema: The Little World of Don Camillo (1952),
Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951),
Adrien (1943),
Heartbeat (1938)
Details
May
8,
1903 (died Feb
26,
1971)
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5' 6½"
(1.69m)
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Filmography | Edit filmography
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$9.5MM
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Singing During the Occupation (1976)
Self (archive footage), Performer ("Elle a tout ça", "On m'Appelle Simplet") |
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My Wife's Husband (1963)
Fernand Jouvin - un restaurateur marseillais, Performer ("La Caissière du Grand Café") |
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Honoré de Marseille (1956)
Honoré de Marseille / Protis / Honorius, Performer ("Quel Plaisir ! Quel Travail !", "Tout ça c'est Marseille", "Oh ! Honoré") |
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$6MM
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$42MM
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$42MM
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The Sheep Has Five Legs (1954)
Édouard Saint-Forget / Les quintuplés : Alain, Bernard, Charles, Désiré et Etienne |
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Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité (1951)
Adhémar Pomme, Director, Performer ("Le Rire est un Instant Divin") |
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The Heroic Mr. Boniface (1949)
Boniface, Performer ("Extraordinaire", "Ah ! Dites-moi", "Je Voudrais Embrasser tes Yeux") |
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Emile the African (1948)
Émile Boulard, Performer ("Emile ! Qu'est-ce que tu fais ?", "Dans la Brousse") |
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Coeur de coq (1946)
Tulipe, Performer ("J'ai mon Coeur qui Fait Tic-Tac", "O mio Amore", "Je suis Irrésistible", "Cocococotte") |
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Une vie de chien (1943)
Gustave Bourdillon, Performer ("Y a le Petit Cochon", "Mon Coeur sur votre Paillasson") |
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Simplet (1942)
Simplet, Director, Performer ("On m'Appelle Simplet", "Chanson du Suicide", "Moi je Danse le Swing sur un Air de Polka") |
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Le club des soupirants (1941)
Antoine Valoisir, Performer ("J'Aime toutes les Femmes", "Je Connais des Baisers", "C'est pour vous que je Chante") |
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The Mondesir Heir (1940)
Bienaimé de Mondésir, le baron de Mondésir & ses aïeux, Performer ("J'suis Discret") |
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Berlingot and Company (1939)
François Arnaud, Performer ("Pourquoi donc que tu me Vexes, Victor ?", "T'Aimer une Demi-Journée", "La Chanson du Forçat") |
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The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
Armand Lavarède, Performer ("Je suis une Petite Nature", "C'est comme ça à Calcutta") (uncredited) |
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Tricoche et Cacolet (1938)
Tricoche, Performer ("Si je Jouais du Trombone", "Nous Sommes des Fins Limiers", "Bonjour, Bonjour, Monsieur l'Amour", "Les Policiers") (uncredited) |
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Barnabé (1938)
Barnabé, Performer ("Un Baiser Mademoiselle Rose", "Barnabé", "Ne me dis plus tu...") |
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Ignace (1937)
Le soldat Ignace Boitaclou, Performer ("Ignace", "Redis-le me", "Quelle Famille !", "La Java des p'tits Galons", "Lequel des Deux", "Pour Être Ordonnance") |
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$100K
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Les dégourdis de la 11ème (1937)
L'ordonnance Patard, Performer ("Les Dégourdis", "C'est toujours comme ça") |
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Josette (1937)
Albert Durandal aka Albertal, Performer ("C'est la Fête à Tante Aurore", "Célestine", "Ton Amour me Fait Peur", "Aimer c'est toute la Vie") (uncredited) |
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Ferdinand le noceur (1935)
Ferdinand Piat, Performer ("Quand on est obligeant", "Faut tout prendre du bon côté") |
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Les bleus de la marine (1934)
Lafraise, Performer ("C'est dans la Mama", "Dans la Flotte") (uncredited) |
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Le coq du régiment (1933)
Médard, Performer ("Le Coq du Régiment", "Agathe", "Quand on est de Corvée") |
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| Past Television (7 titles) | Episodes |
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L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (2010)
(TV Movie) - Self (archive footage), Performer ("Barnabé", "J'Aime toutes les Femmes", "Elle a tout ça") |
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Les grands du rire (2007)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 2007), Performer ("Félicie aussi") (1 episode, 2007) |
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La Une est à vous (1973)
(TV Series) - Performer ("Félicie aussi") (1 episode, 1973), Self (1 episode, 1973)
Episode #1.16 (Dec
29,
1973)
Season 1,
Episode 16
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Self (archive footage),
Performer ("Félicie aussi")
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The Dinah Shore Show (1956)
(TV Series) - Self (1 episode, 1956)
Guest Host Bob Hope: Guest Stars Fernandel, Diana Dors, Yana, The Ted Heath Orchestra, Nanci Crompton (Feb
7,
1956)
Season 5,
Episode 43
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Les trésors de Marcel Pagnol (2019)
Self / Saturnin / Urbain Gedemus / Irénée Fabre / Toine / Albert Topaze (archive footage) |
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Duels (2016)
(TV Series) - Self - Comédien (1 episode, 2016)
Paris - Province, une rivalité capitale (Jan
28,
2016)
Season 3,
Episode 1
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Self - Comédien (archive footage)
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