Andrex (1907–1989) was a French

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.Andrew p.125 Andrex was a close friend of the comedian

Fernandel Fernand Joseph Désiré Contandin (8 May 1903 – 26 February 1971), better known as Fernandel, was a French actor and singer. Born near Marseille, France, to Désirée Bedouin and Denis Contandin, originating in Perosa Argentina, an Occitan t ...

and appeared in many films alongside him. He was married to the actress Ginette Baudin.

Partial filmography

* ''Toine'' (1932) * ''Le coq du régiment'' (1933) * ''Les Bleus de la marine'' (1934) - Le lieutenant * ''

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'' (1934) - Louis * ''

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'' (1935) - Gabi * ''Ferdinand le noceur'' (1935) - Un client du bordel (uncredited) * ''La brigade en jupons'' (1936) * '' Josette'' (1937) - Lucien * ''Les dégourdis de la 11ème'' (1937) - Le sergent * ''Ignace'' (1937) - Serge de Montroc * ''

Life Dances On ''Life Dances On'' or ''Christine'' or ''Dance Program'' (French: ''Un carnet de bal'') is a 1937 French drama film directed by Julien Duvivier and starring Marie Bell, Françoise Rosay and Louis Jouvet. It was partly shot at the Neuilly Studio ...

'' (1937) - Paul * ''

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'' (1937) - Robert * ''L'affaire du courrier de Lyon'' (1937) - L'avocat de Lesurques * ''

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'' (1938) - Honoré Arnaud * ''

The Strange Monsieur Victor ''The Strange Monsieur Victor'' (French: ''L'Étrange Monsieur Victor'') is a 1938 French-German drama film directed by Jean Grémillon and starring Raimu, Pierre Blanchar and Madeleine Renaud. It was shot at the Tempelhof Studios in Berlin. The ...

'' (1938) - Robert Cerani * ''

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'' (1938) - André Dubreuil * ''Vacances payées'' (1938) - Gangster #1 * ''Le dompteur'' (1938) - Bertrand * ''

Hôtel du Nord ''Hôtel du Nord'' is a 1938 French drama film directed by Marcel Carné that stars Arletty, Louis Jouvet, Annabella, and Jean-Pierre Aumont. It tells the story of two couples in Paris, one being a prostitute and her pimp and the other two you ...

'' (1938) - Kenel * ''Les gangsters du château d'If'' (1939) - Bimbo * '' The Five Cents of Lavarede'' (1939) - Jim Strong * ''

Behind the Facade ''Behind the Facade'' (French: ''Derrière la façade'') is a 1939 French drama film directed by Georges Lacombe and Yves Mirande and starring Lucien Baroux, Jules Berry and André Lefaur.Aitken p.511 The film's sets were designed by the art di ...

'' (1939) - André Laurent, l'employé de banque * ''

Nightclub Hostess ''Nightclub Hostess'' (French title: ''L'Entraîneuse'') is a 1940 French language motion picture drama directed by Albert Valentin. The screenplay was written by Charles Spaak. The film stars Michèle Morgan, Gilbert Gil, Gisèle Préville, J ...

'' (1939) - Marcel * ''

Fric-Frac ''Fric-Frac'' is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Maurice Lehmann and Claude Autant-Lara, starring Fernandel, Arletty and Michel Simon. It tells the story of Marcel, an assistant to a jeweller, who befriends a couple of criminals who want to ...

'' (1939) - Petit-Louis * ''

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'' (1939) - Môme de Dieu (Kid of God) * ''Une idée à l'eau'' (1940) - Le deuxième scénariste * ''

Parade en sept nuits ''Parade en sept nuits'' is a 1941 French film. Plot In a dog pound, one of the dog tells stories about his former life, including adventures in a circus. Production Production commenced in 1940 at Francoeur Studios in Paris, but was interrupted ...

'' (1941) - Tonin - le séducteur * ''Le club des soupirants'' (1941) - Maxime * ''Un chapeau de paille d'Italie'' (1941) - Achille de Rosalba * ''Simplet'' (1942) - Rascasse * ''Les petits riens'' (1942) - Mesnard * '' A Woman in the Night'' (1943) - Le charbonnier * ''La bonne étoile'' (1943) - Maurice Carissol * ''Le mistral'' (1943) - Charles * ''

Madly in Love ''Madly in Love'' ( it, Innamorato pazzo) is a 1981 Italian romantic comedy film written and directed by Castellano & Pipolo, starring Adriano Celentano and Ornella Muti. Plot Cristina, the princess of a fictional monarchical state named Saint T ...

'' (1943) - Ulysse * ''

Madame et son flirt ''Madame et son flirt'' is a 1946 French film starring Giselle Pascal. It recorded admissions in France of 1,659,306.

'' (1946) - Gérard Sauvaget * '' The Woman in Red'' (1947) - Le chef des gangsters * '' The Three Cousins'' (1947) - Claude * ''

Manon ''Manon'' () is an ''opéra comique'' in five acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Henri Meilhac and Philippe Gille, based on the 1731 novel '' L'histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut'' by the Abbé Prévost. It was first ...

'' (1949) - Le trafiquant * ''

The Heroic Monsieur Boniface ''The Heroic Monsieur Boniface'' (French: ''L'Héroïque Monsieur Boniface'') is a 1949 French comedy film directed by Maurice Labro and starring Fernandel, Andrex, Gaston Orbal and Liliane Bert.Rège p.582 It was shot at the Photosonor Studios in ...

'' (1949) - Charlie * ''Uniformes et grandes manoeuvres'' (1950) - André Duroc * '' The Sleepwalker'' (1951) - Charlie, le chef des gangsters * ''Adhémar ou le jouet de la fatalité'' (1951) - Tisalé * ''La Table-aux-crevés'' (1951) - Frédéric Gari * ''

The Sheep Has Five Legs ''The Five-Legged Sheep'' (french: Le Mouton à cinq pattes) is a 1954 French comedy film directed by Henri Verneuil. It won the Golden Leopard at the Locarno International Film Festival and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Story. It's ...

'' (1954) - Un marin * ''

Spring, Autumn and Love ''Spring, Autumn and Love'' (French: ''Le printemps, l'automne et l'amour'') is a 1955 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Fernandel, Nicole Berger and Andrex.Parish p.177 The film's sets were designed by J ...

'' (1955) - Blancard * ''

Four Days in Paris ''Four Days in Paris'' (French: ''Quatre jours à Paris'') is a 1955 French musical comedy film directed by André Berthomieu and starring Luis Mariano, Geneviève Kervine and Jane Sourza.Shiri p.147 It was shot in Eastmancolor at the Boulog ...

'' (1955) - Le brigadier * ''

If Paris Were Told to Us ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cas ...

'' (1956) - Paulus * ''

If All the Guys in the World ''If All the Guys in the World'' (original French title: ''Si tous les gars du monde'') is a 1956 French adventure film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring André Valmy, Jean Gaven, Marc Cassot, Georges Poujouly, Doudou Babet. Plot A ...

'' (1956) - Le docteur Lagarrigue * ''Les promesses dangereuses'' (1956) * ''

The Virtuous Bigamist ''The Virtuous Bigamist'' (french: Sous le ciel de Provence, it, Era di venerdì 17) is a 1956 French-Italian comedy drama film directed by Mario Soldati. It is a remake of the Italian film ''Four Steps in the Clouds'', written by Giuseppe Amato, ...

'' (1956) - Frédéric * '' Honoré de Marseille'' (1956) - Pastèque * ''Vacances explosives!'' (1957) - Joe Ravello dit Monsieur Jo * ''Paris clandestin'' (1957) - Max * ''

C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles ''C'est arrivé à 36 chandelles'' is a French film directed by Henri Diamant-Berger, it was released in cinemas on October 16, 1957. Plot A young woman is distraught that she can't marry the man she loves but finds happiness whilst appearin ...

'' (1957) - Andrex (uncredited) * ''La p... sentimentale'' (1958) - Tony - le souteneur * ''

Interpol Against X ''Interpol Against X'' (French: ''Interpol contre X'') is a 1960 French crime film directed by Maurice Boutel and starring Howard Vernon, Maria Vincent and Andrex.Rège p.137 It is also known by the alternative title of ''Dossier AST-555''. Cast ...

'' (1960) - Mathias * '' Cocagne'' (1961) - Amedee * ''

Magnet of Doom ''Magnet of Doom'' (french: L'Aîné des Ferchaux, "The Elder Ferchaux"), also known as ''An Honorable Young Man'', is a 1963 Cinema of France, French film, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville, based on the novel of the same title by Georges Simenon. ...

'' (1963) - M. Andrei * ''

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'' (1964) - Antoine * ''

L'Âge ingrat ''That Tender Age'' (French: ''L'Âge ingrat''), is a 1964 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier that unites two major stars in Jean Gabin and Fernandel.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.163 It recounts how two families are drawn together by an eng ...

'' (1964) - Le camionneur (uncredited) * '' Your Money or Your Life'' (1966) - Le chef de convoi * ''La honte de la famille'' (1969) - Etouvant * ''Charles and Lucie'' (1979) - Le patron du bar 'Quand même' (uncredited) * ''

Cap Canaille Cap Canaille is a headland situated in the Bouches-du-Rhône ''département'', in southern France, on the Mediterranean Sea coast between the towns Cassis and La Ciotat and about 27 km (16 mi) from the centre of Marseille. At , it is th ...

'' (1983) - Pascal Andreucci (final film role)

References

Bibliography

* Andrew, Dudley. ''Mists of Regret: Culture and Sensibility in Classic French Film''. Princeton University Press, 1995.

External links

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