Fernandel

Fernandel
Birth Name: Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin
Born: May 8, 1903
Marseilles, France
Career: 1931-1971
Countries: France
Genre/Type: Comedy
Born Fernand Joseph Desire Contandin, Fernandel was a great French comedy star with a long, toothy face and a shy manner. The son of a music-hall entertainer, he began performing while still a child; in his teens he supported himself in a variety of jobs while gaining experience as an amateur comedian and singer. In 1922 he turned professional, soon becoming popular in vaudeville, operettas, and music-hall revues. He debuted onscreen in 1930, going on to perform in many minor films before becoming very popular with his serious role in the screen adaptation of Maupassant's Le Rosier de Madame Husson (1932). For the next four decades he was France's top comedic actor, giving more than 100 comic performances onscreen; occasionally he also had dramatic roles. He was perhaps best-loved for his portrayal of the humorously indomitable, eccentric priest at war with the town's communist mayor in the "Don Camillo" series. Also popular outside of France, he occasionally appeared in Italian and American productions; his first Hollywood film was Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) in which he played David Niven's coachman. Fernandel also directed or co-produced a few of his own films.

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Filmography

Movie/Film Released Rating Role Buy
Fernandel: Flamboyant 2006 Performer [Starring]
Heureux Qui Comme Ulysse 1969 Actor [Starring]
La Bourse Et La Vie 1966 Actor [Starring]
Le Voyage du Père 1966 Actor [Starring]
Il Compagno Don Camillo 1965 Actor [Starring]
L'Age Ingrat 1964 Actor [Starring]
Relaxe Toi Cherie 1964 Actor [Starring]
Blague Dans le Coin 1963 Actor [Starring]
La Cuisine au Beurre 1963 Actor [Starring]
Le Bon Roi Dagobert 1963 Actor [Starring]
Le Voyage A Biarritz 1963 Actor [Starring]
En Avant La Musique 1962 Actor [Starring]
Le Diable Et Les Dix Commandements 1962 Actor [Starring]
Cocagne 1961 Actor [Starring]
Don Camillo Monseigneur 1961 Actor [Starring]
Dynamite Jack 1961 Actor [Starring]
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On DVD: "Joy House," "The Witman Boys" (From IFC. 12 August 2008, 7:49 AM, PDT)
"Collègues, Les (1999);Vie rêvée de Vincent Scotto, La (1973) (TV);Âge ingrat, L' (1964);Cherchez l'idole (1963);Cambio della guardia, Il (1962)"
Franck Fernandel was born in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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