Personal Info
Birth date
1910-09-18 (114 Years)
Day of death
1976-01-31
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Avignon, Vaucluse, France
Also known as
-Fernand Sardou
Biography
Fernand Sardou (September 18, 1910 – January 31, 1976) was a French singer and actor. Sardou was the father of Michel Sardou, and he married Jackie Rollin (Jackie Sardou), an actress. His two grandsons are French novelist Romain Sardou and French actor Davy Sardou. Source: Article "Fernand Sardou" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
Midi Première
10
Overview:
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez
7
Overview:
The ambitious police officer Cruchot is transferred to St. Tropez. He's struggling with crimes such as persistent nude swimming, but even more with his teenage daughter, who's trying to impress her rich friends by telling them her father was a millionaire and owned a yacht in the harbor.Rififi
7.8
Overview:
Out of prison after a five-year stretch, jewel thief Tony turns down a quick job his friend Jo offers him, until he discovers that his old girlfriend Mado has become the lover of local gangster Pierre Grutter during Tony's absence. Expanding a minor smash-and-grab into a full-scale jewel heist, Tony and his crew appear to get away clean, but their actions after the job is completed threaten the lives of everyone involved.Perched on a Tree
5.289
Overview:
Henry Roubier, a French promoter, and Enrico Mazzini, an Italian, have signed an agreement guaranteeing them a stranglehold on European highways. While driving on the roads of the south, Roubier takes two young hitchhikers, but an unfortunate swerve the car rushes by Henri and its occupants on the top of a pine tree onto the side of a cliff.La Parisienne
5.654
Overview:
The spoiled daughter of the French Ambassador tricks one of his aides into marrying her.The Overtaxed
7.098
Overview:
Mr. Pezzella owns and operates a well-established luxury-clothing store. He does not like and does not consider it right to pay taxes and therefore uses a tax consultant to be able to evade more taxes.Forbidden Fruit
5.7
Overview:
A doctor, leading an agreed life of the provincial petty bourgeoisie, falls in love with a young woman. As their relationship deepens, he becomes violently jealous and blames her for her dating and friendships.Grand-père
NYR
Overview:
Trouble is started by one of the unfortunate girls, ensconced in a chateau by a generous lady so they can recuperate,but a grandfather and a teacher cause the little drama to be soon forgotten.The Wild Oat
6.7
Overview:
A small village is torn apart by a quarrel between the baker and the italian grocery tenant, mother of a pregnant young girl. She accuses the baker's son, doing his military service in Algeria, to be the father of the would be child. Offended, the baker refuses to deliver bread to the villagers standing on the mother's side.The Spies
6.5
Overview:
A doctor at a run-down psychiatric hospital is offered a large sum of money to shelter a new patient. Soon the place is full of suspicious and secretive characters, all apparently international secret agents trying to find out who and what the patient is.Picnic on the Grass
6.388
Overview:
Etienne Alexis, a candidate for president of the new Europe, is a scientist promoting artificial insemination for social betterment and therapy to eliminate passion. To celebrate his engagement to a cousin, he hosts an aseptic picnic, where mother nature asserts herself. A shepherd's flute conjures a windstorm that throws Alexis together with the luscious Nénette, a farm lass who wants to have a baby but is unimpressed with men.The Terror with Women
NYR
Overview:
Aimé Morin, a good-natured bookseller, is also one of the candidates in the local elections of his small town. He is well-liked by most but he also has political enemies. Among them is Lagarde, a journalist close to the latter. Lagarde takes advantage of Morin being on holiday in Paris to try and tarnish his reputation. His machination unfortunately works and poor Aimé finds himself mistaken for a sex maniac.Letters from My Windmill
6.8
Overview:
Set in the countryside of Provence, the film is based on three tales from Alphonse Daudet's 1869 short story collection Letters from My Windmill: "The Three Low Masses", "The Elixir of Father Gaucher" and "The Secret of Master Cornille".Savage Triangle
6
Overview:
Based on the novel of the same name by writer Edouard Peisson, this Jean Delannoy film display one boy’s unconditional love for his mother, despite her tragic mistreatment of him. After being raised by a shepherd for the past 12 years, Simon (Pierre-Michel Beck) is reunited with his mother Marie (Madeleine Robinson). Marie is a prostitute in Marseilles and is now stable enough to welcome Simon back into her life. Unaware of her profession at first, Simon is happy to have his mom back, but in time he learns how she makes her living. This troubles Simon but he continues to love her, despite not loving her chosen profession. His anger toward this issue gets directed toward Marie’s louse of a boyfriend, Paul (Frank Villard), and the result is a heartfelt tale about love and family.Manon of the Spring
6.5
Overview:
Marcel Pagnol's adaptation of his own novel Manon des sources, the story of a shepherdess who exacts her revenge on the townsfolk she blames for killing her father, in two parts: Manon des sources and Ugolin.Mirror
6.3
Overview:
Portrait of a two-faced man. By day he is rich, brilliant and respectable financial officer Lussac; at night, he becomes "Mirror", a ruthless gang leader in Marseilles.The Hunting Ground
6.5
Overview:
In a small village, a farmer discovers his wife has committed suicide, but suspicions of murder arise, dividing the community. Amidst the conflict, he develops feelings for a young woman who is the sister of a man harboring a personal grudge against him.L'or du duc
1
Overview:
A young duke marries a girl, also penniless, and moves into a bus left him by an uncle, with their ten children. At last he finds the bus is made of solid gold.Que les hommes sont bêtes
2
Overview:
Sylvie is a young cashier in a Montmartre café, "le bar des Philosophes", owned and run by Monsieur Marcel, a former safe cracker. One day, the pretty creature accepts to give a helping hand to two regulars, Francis and Josélito. But what the naive girl does not know is that the two men are gangsters and that they plan to steal 50 million francs deposited in the safe of Maître Roland Devert, a charming young notary. Actually things do not go according to plan all the more as a love story between the notary and Sylvie was not at all on the two gangsters' agenda.Three Sinners
6.7
Overview:
A man assists his gravely ill wife to die and wants to face justice for this, but his brothers try everything to keep the family's name clean.Follow Me Young Man
5
Overview:
Françoise, a charming young saleswoman for a leading jeweller, is being courted in vain by a billionaire shipowner. He attributes her failure to the existence of a rival, and decides to have her followed by a private detective. Françoise, commissioned by her boss to transport a valuable necklace to Cannes, is accompanied by a bodyguard charged with her safety. Françoise, the bodyguard and the detective meet on the train and a series of misunderstandings ensue.Acting
2021Michel Sardou, les meilleures chansons as Self (archive footage)
1976Les Grands Moyens as Camille Conségude
1975Système 2 (1 Episode) as Self
1975Midi Première (2 Episodes) as Self
1974Un curé de choc (1 Episode) as Le curé Maximin
1974The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir as Duvallier (segment "Le roi d'Yvetot")
1973Na ! as Verger
1972Seduction Squad as Pizarel, un guardien de prison
1972Le soldat Laforêt as Le vagabond
1972Midi trente (2 Episodes) as Self
1971Perched on a Tree as L'adjudant-chef
1970Maurin des Maures (26 Episodes) as Ripert
1968Le Curé de Cucugnan as le curé
1965Tell Me Whom to Kill as Monsieur Pestel
1965Le Train Bleu s'arrête 13 fois (13 Episodes) as Le commissaire
1965L'or du duc as Unknown
1965The Real Bargain as Unknown
1964Le Gendarme de Saint-Tropez as Farmer on tractor
1964Hard Boiled Ones as Inspector
1963La bande à Bobo as Mayor
1963Where Are You From, Johnny? as Gustave, dit "Le Shérif"
1963Cadavres en vacances as Monsieur Lever
1963Of Flesh and Blood as Gendarme
1962Story of San Michele as Petit-Piere
1962La Flambée as Stettin
1960Mum's the Word as Marius
1960Business as Commissioner Masson
1959Picnic on the Grass as Nino, le père de Nénette
1959The Overtaxed as Ernesto
1959Vice Squad as Commissioner Masson
1959Discorama (1 Episode) as Self
1958Follow Me Young Man as Emile
1958Sunday Encounter as le brigadier
1958Why Women Sin as Mario the Toulonnais
1958Not Delivered as Monsieur Arpaillargues
1957La Parisienne as Fernand le Barman
1957Filous et compagnie as Unknown
1957The Spies as Pierre
1957L'irrésistible Catherine as Bouche
1957Love in Jamaica as Maxime de Saint-Maxime
1957Que les hommes sont bêtes as M. Marcel
1957Élisa as Mr. Alfred
1956The Terror with Women as Police commissioner
1956Plaisir du théâtre (1 Episode) as Stettin
1956Mémoires d'un flic as Politician
1955Four Days in Paris as Mr Montaron
1955M'sieur la Caille as Riri
1955Rififi as First Gambler
1955Spring, Autumn and Love as Calvette, the cafe boss (uncredited)
1954On the Bench as Monsieur Canavez
1954Letters from My Windmill as M. Charnigue
1954Service Entrance as Scarfatti, le conservateur du Louvre
1953Virgile as Latripe
1953Napoleon Road as Mayor of Bourg-sur-Bléone
1953When You Read This Letter as Mechanic
1953The Wild Oat as Brigadier
1953The Call of Destiny as Dottore Aldo Guarneri
1953Manon of the Spring as Philoxène, le maire
1953Ugolin as Philoxène, le maire
1952Forbidden Fruit as Fontvielle
1952Ma femme, ma vache et moi as Unknown
1951The Hunting Ground as M.Forgeral
1951Savage Triangle as L'inspecteur
1951Cœur-sur-Mer as Titin
1950Oriental Port as Gustave
1950Three Sinners as The mechanic
1948Si ça peut vous faire plaisir as Joseph Castanino
1948Le voleur se porte bien as Cabassol, chauffeur
1947Mirror as A Folco gang member
1945Les Cadets de l'océan as Auguste
1945Bifur 3 as Trucker
1939Grand-père as Young man
1939The Mill in the Sun as Unknown
1934I Have an Idea as Un passager dans le train (uncredited)