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Something wrong?A horse-faced Marseille vaudevillian who turned physical comedy and that unmistakable grin into a French cinema institution - over 150 films, most memorably as the bumbling priest Don Camillo.
A life in dates
The CatFilm, 1971Producer1970Honorary CitizenshipAward1968
Stasera FernandelSeries, Monsieur Fernand
The Man in the BuickFilm, 1968Armand Favrot1967
L'AmateurSeries, Fernand1964
That Tender AgeFilm, Adolphe Lartigue1962
The Merv Griffin ShowSeries
The Devil and the Ten CommandmentsFilm, 1962Dieu / God1960Chevalier des Arts et des LettresAward
CroesusFilm, 1960Crésus1959
DiscoramaSeries1958
Life TogetherFilm, Marcel Caboufigue1956
CinépanoramaSeries
Around the World in 80 DaysFilm, 1956French Coachman1954Golden LeopardAward1953Knight of the Legion of HonourAward
The Most Wanted ManFilm, 1953Joe Calvet1951
The Red InnFilm, The Monk1946
PétrusFilm, Pétrus1940
The Well-Digger's DaughterFilm, Félipe Rambert1938
HeartbeatFilm, Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'1934
AngeleFilm, Saturnin1931
Baby's LaxativeFilm, Truchet1903Born8 May 1903Also in Deutsch
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Fernandel, 1937
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SpotifyFilmography 40
TCThe Cat
HUHappy He Who Like UlyssesTBThe Man in the Buick
DMDon Camillo in MoscowTAThat Tender Age
MHMy Wife's HusbandTCThe Devil and the Ten Commandments
DMDon Camillo: Monsignor
TJThe Last JudgmentCRCroesus
TBThe Boss
TIThe Cow and I
GBGangster Boss
TLThe Law Is the LawLTLife Together
PHParis Holiday
TRThe Man in the RaincoatADAround the World in 80 Days
DRDon Camillo's Last Round
ATAli Baba and the Forty Thieves
TLThe Sheep Has Five Legs
TCThe Return of Don Camillo
TOThe Wild OatTMThe Most Wanted Man
TCThe Little World of Don Camillo
FFForbidden FruitTIThe Red Inn
TOTopaze
TSThree SinnersPÉPétrus
NANaïsTDThe Well-Digger's Daughter
FFFric-FracHEHeartbeat
LOLife Dances On
HAHarvest
FFFrancis the FirstANAngele
LILilacBLBaby's Laxative162 credits on file
Television 7
SSSacrée soirée
CEChamps-ElyséesSFStasera FernandelLAL'AmateurTSThe Merv Griffin ShowDIDiscoramaCICinépanoramaAwards
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Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin was born in Marseille on 8 May 1903 to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, whose roots traced to Perosa Argentina in Italy's Turin province. He built his name in French vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues, where his timing and rubber face found their first audiences. His stage name came from his marriage to Henriette Manse, sister of his best friend and frequent collaborator Jean Manse - he was so devoted to her that his mother-in-law joked he was "Fernand d'elle," Fernand of her. From there he became a comedy star, carrying that peculiar mix of warmth and absurdity through a career that made him one of the most recognized faces in French film. He died on 26 February 1971.
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