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.

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Known For

Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud
Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud
It's Not My Business
It's Not My Business
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle
Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle
Bourreau d'enfant
Bourreau d'enfant
Daddy's Gang
Daddy's Gang
Fernand cherche du boulot
Fernand cherche du boulot
Fernand the Tramp
Fernand the Tramp

Filmography

2022 La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président
as Self (archive footage)
2021 Fernand Raynaud, les plus grands sketchs
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Les 60 ans du one-man-show
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Fernand Raynaud
as Self (archive footage)
2011 Bourreau d'enfant
as Self (archive footage)
2009 Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
as Self (archive footage)
2001 L'extraordinaire Fernand Raynaud sur scène
as Self (archive footage)
1999 Fernand Raynaud - En spectacle
as Self
1975 Système 2
as Self (archive footage)
1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self (archive footage)
1972 Midi trente
as Self
1972 Le Grand Échiquier
as Self (archive footage)
1971 Bonne Année de Fernand Raynaud
as
1969 L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Julien Brulebois
1968 Salut Berthe !
as Adrien Chautard
1962 We Will Go to Deauville
as (uncredited)
1962 It's Not My Business
as Fernand Raynaud/Antoine Gaspard
1961 Auguste
as Auguste
1961 L'inénarrable Fernand Raynaud
as Self
1960 Sheep
as Fernand Castel