Fernand Raynaud
Biography
André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud (May 19, 1926 – September 28, 1973), was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer. Fernand Raynaud was one of the most renowned standup comedians among French comic actors of the 1950s and 1960s. He began his career playing and singing in cabarets and music halls, then he gained popularity through performances broadcast on television. He's renowned for playing typical, average Frenchmen characters, especially the silly ones, making funny faces and using mime and slapstick humor. In 1973, Raynaud was killed in a car crash in Le Cheix, near Riom, France. Source: Article "Fernand Raynaud" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Movie Appearances
It Happened on the 36 Candles
as Self (uncredited)
1957
Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud
1971
It's Not My Business
as Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard
1962
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Julien Brulebois
1969
Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle
as Self
1999
Bourreau d'enfant
as Self (archive footage)
2011
Life is beautiful
as Cameo (uncredited)
1956
Daddy's Gang
as Fernand Jérôme
1956
Fernand cherche du boulot
as Fernand
1954
Fernand the Tramp
as Fernand
1957
Auguste
as Auguste
1961
Houla-Houla
as Fernand
1959
Minute papillon
1959
La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2022
Sheep
as Fernand Castel
1960
L'extraordinaire Fernand Raynaud sur scène
as Self (archive footage)
2001
La Marraine de Charley
as Charley Rivoise
1959
The Sicilian
as Fernand
1958
Fernand cow-boy
as Fernand Mignot
1956
Salut Berthe !
as Adrien Chautard
1968
