
Fernandel
Known for exceptional acting in global cinema.
Profession
Acting
Birthday
8 May 1903
Age
123 Years
Born In
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Total Projects
158
Years Active
93 Yrs
Avg Rating
6.7 ★
Overview
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...
Known For
Filmography

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L'Âge d'or de la pub
L'Âge d'or de la pub
as Self (archive footage)

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Les Rois de la comédie
Les Rois de la comédie
as Self (archive footage)

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Le Petit Monde de Fernandel
Le Petit Monde de Fernandel

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The Phoney War
The Phoney War
as Self - Actor (archive footage)

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1958: Those Who Said No
1958: Those Who Said No
as Self (archive footage)

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Fernandel c'est moi
Fernandel c'est moi

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Sacrée Soirée
Sacrée Soirée
as Self (archive footage)

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Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self

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Champs-Elysées
Champs-Elysées
as Self (archive footage)

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Happy He Who Like Ulysses
Happy He Who Like Ulysses
as Antonin

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Stasera Fernandel
Stasera Fernandel
as Monsieur Fernand

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The Man in the Buick
The Man in the Buick
as Armand Favrot

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L'Amateur
L'Amateur
as Fernand

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Father's Trip
Father's Trip
as Quantin, Jura farmer

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Your Money or Your Life
Your Money or Your Life
as Charles Migue

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Don Camillo in Moscow
Don Camillo in Moscow
as Don Camillo Tarocci

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That Tender Age
That Tender Age
as Adolphe Lartigue

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Relax Yourself Darling
Relax Yourself Darling
as François Faustin

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My Wife's Husband
My Wife's Husband
as Fernand Jouvin

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Good King Dagobert
Good King Dagobert
as M. Pelletan / Le roi Dagobert

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Blague dans le coin
Blague dans le coin
as Jeff Burlington

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The Trip to Biarritz
The Trip to Biarritz
as Guillaume Dodut

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The Changing of the Guard
The Changing of the Guard
as Attilio Capellaro

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The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self

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The Devil and the Ten Commandments
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
as Dieu / God

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Assassin in the Phonebook
Assassin in the Phonebook
as Albert Rimond

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Dynamite Jack
Dynamite Jack
as Dynamite Jack / Antoine Espérandieu

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The Last Judgment
The Last Judgment
as The widower

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Don Camillo: Monsignor
Don Camillo: Monsignor
as Don Camillo Tarocci

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Cocagne
Cocagne
as Marc-Antoine

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Croesus
Croesus
as Crésus

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The Boss
The Boss
as Justin Migonnet, professor of philosophy in Arles

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The Cow and I
The Cow and I
as Charles Bailly

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The Woman's Confidant
The Woman's Confidant
as Giuliano Goberti

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Gangster Boss
Gangster Boss
as Antoine Venturen

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Discorama
Discorama
as Self

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Life Together
Life Together
as Marcel Caboufigue

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The Law Is the Law
The Law Is the Law
as Ferdinand Pastorelli

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Les Vignes du Seigneur
Les Vignes du Seigneur
as Henri Levrier, l'ami d'Hubert, producteur de champagne

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Paris Holiday
Paris Holiday
as Fernydel

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Easiest Profession
Easiest Profession
as Baptistin Lachaud aka 'Tistin'

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Sénéchal the Magnificent
Sénéchal the Magnificent
as François, Lucien Sénéchal

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The Man in the Raincoat
The Man in the Raincoat
as Albert Constantin

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The Virtuous Bigamist
The Virtuous Bigamist
as Paul Verdier

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Honoré de Marseille
Honoré de Marseille
as Honoris, le guerrier grec, Honorius, le romain, Honoré maître tailleur à Marseille

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Around the World in 80 Days
Around the World in 80 Days
as French Coachman

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Don Juan
Don Juan
as Sganarelle / Falso Don Juan

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Fernandel the Dressmaker
Fernandel the Dressmaker
as Fernand Vignard

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Cinépanorama
Cinépanorama
as Self

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Don Camillo's Last Round
Don Camillo's Last Round
as Don Camillo Tarocci

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Spring, Autumn and Love
Spring, Autumn and Love
as Fernand "Noël" Sarrazin, nougatier

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Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves
as Ali Baba

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The Sheep Has Five Legs
The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Edouard de Saint-Forget

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Mademoiselle Nitouche
Mademoiselle Nitouche
as Célestin / Floridor

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The Most Wanted Man
The Most Wanted Man
as Joe Calvet

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The Return of Don Camillo
The Return of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci

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Carnival
Carnival
as Dardamelle

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The Wild Oat
The Wild Oat
as Félicien Hébrard, Valorgue baker

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Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit
as Dr. Charles Pellegrin

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French Touch
French Touch
as Mario Marius

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The Little World of Don Camillo
The Little World of Don Camillo
as Don Camillo Tarocci

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The Red Inn
The Red Inn
as The Monk

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The Hunting Ground
The Hunting Ground
as Urbain Coindet, paysan et conseiller municipal

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Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
Adhémar or the Toy of Destiny
as Adhémar Pomme

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The Sleepwalker
The Sleepwalker
as Victor Boniface

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Topaze
Topaze
as Albert Topaze

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Caught in the Foreign Legion
Caught in the Foreign Legion
as Luc, doorman of the "Miramar"

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Three Sinners
Three Sinners
as Noël Annequin

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Tu m'as sauvé la vie
Tu m'as sauvé la vie
as Fortuné Richard

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Three Feet in a Bed
Three Feet in a Bed
as Casimir

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I'm in the Revue
I'm in the Revue
as Philippe, devout house painter

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We Request an Assassin
We Request an Assassin
as Bob

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The Heroic Mr. Boniface
The Heroic Mr. Boniface
as Boniface

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The Cupboard Was Bare
The Cupboard Was Bare
as Alfred Puc

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Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
Si ça peut vous faire plaisir
as Martial Gonfaron

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Emile the African
Emile the African
as Emile Boulard

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Escale au soleil
Escale au soleil
as Guide

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Irma la voyante
Irma la voyante
as Irma / Le client

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Rooster Heart
Rooster Heart
as Tulipe Barbaroux, ouvrier imprimeur

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Pétrus
Pétrus
as Pétrus

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L'Aventure de Cabassou
L'Aventure de Cabassou
as Cabassou

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Naïs
Naïs
as Toine

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St. Val's Mystery
St. Val's Mystery
as Désiré Le Sec

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Hoboes in Paradise
Hoboes in Paradise
as Pons

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Adrien
Adrien
as Adrien Moulinet

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Love Around the Clock
Love Around the Clock
as Antonin

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Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
Don't Shout it from the Rooftops
as Vincent Fleuret

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A Dog's Life
A Dog's Life
as Gustave Bourdillon

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The Lucky Star
The Lucky Star
as Auguste

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Simple-Minded
Simple-Minded
as Simplet, 'le fada de Miéjour'

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The Suitors Club
The Suitors Club
as Antoine Valoisir

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The Italian Straw Hat
The Italian Straw Hat
as Fadinard

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The Acrobat
The Acrobat
as Ernest Sauce

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Little Nothings
Little Nothings
as Astier

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The Wonderful Night
The Wonderful Night
as le berger

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The Well-Digger's Daughter
The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Félipe Rambert

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Monsieur Hector
Monsieur Hector
as Hector

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The Mondesir Heir
The Mondesir Heir
as Bien-Aimé, le facteur, le baron de Mondésir et ses aïeux

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Fric-Frac
Fric-Frac
as Marcel

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Berlingot and Company
Berlingot and Company
as François Arnaud

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The Five Cents of Lavarede
The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Armand Lavarède

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Raphaël le tatoué
Raphaël le tatoué
as Modeste Manosque

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Ernest the Rebel
Ernest the Rebel
as Ernest Pic

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Tricoche and Cacolet
Tricoche and Cacolet
as Tricoche

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Barnabé
Barnabé
as Barnabé

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Heartbeat
Heartbeat
as Irénée Fabre, 'le Schpountz'

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Hercule
Hercule
as Hercule Maffre

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Harvest
Harvest
as Urbain Gedemus

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The Kings of Sport
The Kings of Sport
as Acteur

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Life Dances On
Life Dances On
as Fabien Coutissol

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Ignace
Ignace
as Ignace Boitaclou, jeune paysan, ordonnance du colonel

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The Smart People of the 11th
The Smart People of the 11th
as The orderly Patard

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Francis the First
Francis the First
as Honorin

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Josette
Josette
as Albert Durandal

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One of the Legion
One of the Legion
as Fernand Espitalion

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Les Gaîtés de la finance
Les Gaîtés de la finance
as Marivol Lambinet

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Une histoire pétillante
Une histoire pétillante

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Jim la houlette
Jim la houlette
as Moluchet

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Ferdinand the Roisterer
Ferdinand the Roisterer
as Ferdinand Piat

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The Lafleur Cavalryman
The Lafleur Cavalryman
as Fernand Lafleur

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I Have an Idea
I Have an Idea
as Un passant dans la rue (uncredited)

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The Free Trade Hotel
The Free Trade Hotel
as Boulot, le garçon d'étage

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Angele
Angele
as Saturnin

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Skylark
Skylark
as Michelet

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Les Bleus de la marine
Les Bleus de la marine
as Lafraise

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Le Chéri de sa concierge
Le Chéri de sa concierge

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Le train de 8 H 47
Le train de 8 H 47
as Croquebol

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A Night of Madness
A Night of Madness
as Fernand

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The Amorous Garrison
The Amorous Garrison
as Frédéric, rider

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Maruche
Maruche
as Maruche

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The Bread Peddler
The Bread Peddler
as Billenbuis

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Love and Cool Water
Love and Cool Water
as Eloi, le chauffeur

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La Terreur de la pampa
La Terreur de la pampa

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The Orderly
The Orderly
as Etienne

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Le Gros Lot
Le Gros Lot

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Le Coq du régiment
Le Coq du régiment
as Medard

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L'Ordonnance malgré lui
L'Ordonnance malgré lui

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Le Jugement de minuit
Le Jugement de minuit
as Sam Hackitt

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Ça colle
Ça colle

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Lidoire
Lidoire
as Lidoire

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Un homme sans nom
Un homme sans nom

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Fun in the Barracks
Fun in the Barracks
as Vanderague

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No Women
No Women
as Casimir

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Vive la classe
Vive la classe

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Lilac
Lilac
as le garçon d'honneur

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Par habitude
Par habitude

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He
He
as Isidore

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Sailor's Song
Sailor's Song

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Pas un mot à ma femme
Pas un mot à ma femme

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Night attack
Night attack
as L'amant

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The Darling of Paris
The Darling of Paris

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The End Combine
The End Combine
as Joseph, le valet de chambre

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Baby's Laxative
Baby's Laxative
as Truchet

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Bric a Brac and Company
Bric a Brac and Company
as Fernand

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Black and White
Black and White
as Le groom

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The best hostess
The best hostess
as Lucien Pivoine

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I have something to tell you
I have something to tell you
as l'amant qui s'est trompé d'étage

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Fernandel 3 films