Fernand CharpinFilmography

Born:: January 1, 1886 in Marseilles, France
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: With all the hue and cry over Raimu's brilliant performances in Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles Trilogy of 1930-1935 (Marius, Fanny, Cesar), it has sometimes been forgotten that Fernand Charpin was equally superb in those three films. The well-fed Charpin was cast as Honore Panisse, the affable...Read More

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Le Secret De Madame Clapain

Actors: Michele Alfa, Raymond Rouleau, Fernand Charpin

1943
Ceux Du Rivage

Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Line Noro, Fernand Charpin, Aimé Clariond

1943
Le Voile Bleu

Actors: Gaby Morlay, Elvire Popesco, Pierre Larquey, Fernand Charpin

Synopsis: Le Voile Bleu is a tear-stained "perservering through the years" drama starring Gaby Morlay. During WW1, Red Cross nurse Louise (Morlay) loses her soldier-husband in battle. Shortly thereafter, her newborn baby dies. Once she's come to terms with her grief, Louise vows to devote her life to caring Read More

1942
Le Mistral

Actors: Orane Demazis, Ginette Leclerc, Fernand Charpin, Andrex

1942
Le Camion Blanc

Actors: Blanchette Brunoy, Marguerite Moreno, Jules Berry, Fernand Charpin

1942
Signe Illisible

Actors: Gaby Sylvia, Rosine Luguet, André Luguet, Fernand Charpin

1942
La Fille Du Puisatier

Actors: Raimu, Josette Day, Fernandel, Fernand Charpin, Line Noro, Georges Grey

Synopsis: The Well-Digger's Daughter served to reunite star Raimu and writer/director Marcel Pagnol, who'd earlier scored an international hit with the "Marseilles trilogy" (Fanny, Marius, Cesar). The title character played by Josette Day, is impregnated by aviator George Gray. Her father, Raimu, orders Read More

1941
La Nuit Merveilleuse

Actors: Fernandel, Janine Darcey, Milly Mathis, Fernand Charpin

1940
Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie

Actors: Jacqueline Laurent, Milly Mathis, Fernandel

1940
They Met on Skis

Actors: Max Dearly

Synopsis: WW2 seems light years away in the French romantic comedy They Met on Skis. Directed by Henri Sokai, a past master of "mountain" films, the story is set in the French Alps in late 1939. A rivalry between two elderly innkeepers seriously threatens the romance between their respective offspring Read More

1940
Le Grand Elan

Actors: Max Dearly, Fernand Charpin

1939
Le Chemin De L'Honneur

Actors: Renée Saint-Cyr, Henri Garat, Marcelle Geniat, Fernand Charpin

1939
Le Club Des Fadas

Actors: Alida Rouffe, Fernand Charpin, Paul Dullac

1939
Berlingot Et Cie

Actors: Suzy Prim, Fernandel, Fernand Charpin, Jean Brochard

1939
Le Paradis Des Voleurs

Actors: Paulette Dubost, Alida Rouffe, Roland Toutain, Fernand Charpin

1939
Tourbillon De Paris

Actors: Claire Jordan, Ray Ventura, Paul Misraki

Synopsis: Originally Tourbillon de Paris, this film details the misadventures of a group of French military-school students. The plot is merely an excuse to showcase the considerable talents of bandleader Ray Ventura and his orchestra, most of whom play students so as to justify their presence in the film. Read More

1939
Les Otages

Actors: Annie Vernay, Mady Berry, Fernand Charpin, Saturnin Fabre

Synopsis: No less a literary luminary than Jean Anouilh was responsible for the dialogue exchanges in Les Otages (The Hostages). Set during WWI, the film takes place in a tiny French village, occupied by the Germans. When an enemy officer is killed, five villagers are taken hostage, sentenced to execution Read More

1939
Ma Tante Dictateur

Actors: Gaby Wagner, Marguerite Moreno, Fernand Charpin

1939
Le Schpountz

Actors: Fernandel, Orane Demazis, Robert Vattier, Fernand Charpin

Synopsis: Le Schpountz (Heartbeat) stars Fernandel as a feckless country boy named Saturnin. Convinced that he's a great lover (if only he could find someone to love), Saturnin is derisively labelled a "schpountz" by his friends and neighbors. He eventually proves that he's got a lot more compassion than Read More

4/15/38
Le Petit Chose

Actors: Arletty, Fernand Charpin, Robert Lynen, Jean Mercanton

Synopsis: Maurice Cloche's second directorial effort was Le Petit Chose, released in the U.S. as The Little Thing. Based on a novel by Alphonse Daudet, the film stars Robert Lynen and Jean Marcaton as two brothers. While Marcaton is sober and sensible, Lynen is a poetic dreamer. Forced to make his way in Read More

1938
The Baker's Wife

Actors: Raimu, Ginette Leclerc, Charles Moulin, Robert Vattier, Fernand Charpin, Maximilienne

Synopsis: The Baker's Wife (La Femme de Boulanger), though based on a novel by Jean Giono, was specially tailored by writer/director Marcel Pagnol for the talents of the incomparable Raimu. The star plays the new baker in the French community of Provence. One of Raimu's first customers is shepherd Charles Moulin Read More

1938
L'Ange Que J' Ai Vendu

Actors: Paulette Dubost, Jeanne Helbling, Fernand Charpin, André Alerme

1938
Au Soleil De Marseille

Actors: Henri Garat, Fernand Charpin

1937
Les Anges Noirs

Actors: Germaine Dermoz, Suzy Prim, Fernand Charpin, Paul Bernard

1937
Pépé le Moko

Actors: Jean Gabin, Mireille Balin, Line Noro, Lucas Gridoux, Gabriel Gabrio

Synopsis: Pepe le Moko (Jean Gabin) is a well-known criminal mastermind who eludes the French police by hiding in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows he is safe in this labyrinthine netherworld, where he is surrounded by his fellow thieves and cutthroats. Police inspector Slimane (Lucas Gridoux), who Read More

1937
Etes Vous Jalouse

Actors: Suzy Prim, Gabrielle Dorziat, André Luguet, Fernand Charpin

1937
La Belle Équipe

Actors: Viviane Romance, Charles Vanel, Jean Gabin, Charles Granval, Raymond Aimos

Synopsis: La Belle Equipe (The Good Crew) was the fourth of six smash hits in a row for director Julien Duvivier. The fortunes of five unemployed laborers take a radical turn for the better when they jointly win a 100,000-franc lottery prize. Jean Gabin, the self-appointed leader of the bunch, suggests that Read More

1936
La Dame de Vittel

Actors: Alice Field, Fernand Charpin

1936
César

Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, André Fouché, Milly Mathis

Synopsis: The final film in Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles trilogy (following Marius and Fanny), this drama follows Cesariot (Andre Fouche), an 18-year-old who has recently been led to believe that his father, Honore (Fernand Charpin), is not really his father at all. Honore dies without telling Cesariot about Read More

1935
Le Train De 8h47

Actors: Fernandel, Fernand Charpin, Fernand Ledoux

1934
Tartarin De Tarascon

Actors: Milly Mathis, Jenny Hélia, Raimu, Fernand Charpin

Synopsis: Marcel Pagnol was responsible for this film adaptation of Alphonse Daudet's novel Tartarin. The incomparable Raimu plays the title character, an irrepressible blabbermouth whose tall tales constantly get him into trouble, especially with the nobility. Charpin co-stars as Tartarin's best friend and Read More

1934
Le Barbier De Seville

Actors: Helene Robert, Josette Day, Andre Bauge, Fernand Charpin

Synopsis: This is a music performance film in which the Rossini opera, without English subtitles, is performed in French. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide Read More

1934
Chotard Et Cie

Actors: Fernand Charpin, Louis Seigner, Jeanne Boitel

1933
Les Bleus De L'Amour

Actors: Janine Crispin, Fernand Charpin, Roger Bourdin

1932
Fanny

Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe

Synopsis: In this sequel to Marcel Pagnol's Marius, which picks up roughly where the first film left off, sailor Marius (Pierre Fresney) has left for the sea, while his girlfriend Fanny (Orane Demazis) is pregnant with his child. Through she still loves Marius, Fanny bows to the pleas of her parents and Read More

1932
Moune Et Son Notaire

Actors: Milly Mathis, Fernand Charpin

1932
Marius

Actors: Raimu, Pierre Fresnay, Orane Demazis, Fernand Charpin, Alida Rouffe, Paul Dullac

Synopsis: In this touching romance, the first in Marcel Pagnol's Marseilles trilogy (the other two being Fanny and Cesar, Pierre Fresnay stars as Marius, a young man tending bar who dreams of a life at sea. Because he so desires to become a sailor, he cannot commit to marriage even though he loves Fanny (Orane Demazis Read More

1931

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