Born May 8, 1903· Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
† Died February 26, 1971
31Roles★ 6.6Average rating
Emerging from Marseille’s lively vaudeville, operetta and music-hall circuit, Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin adopted the stage name Fernandel after marrying Henriette Manse, sister of his close collaborator Jean Manse. Launching his screen career in 1930, he quickly became one of France’s leading comic actors, celebrated for the irascible village priest in the Don Camillo series, a role that ceme…
