Fernand Raynaud


André Gustave Fernand Raynaud, best known as Fernand Raynaud, was a French stand-up comic star, an actor and a singer.

Biography

Fernand Raynaud was one of the most renowned standup comedians among French comic actors of the 50s and 60s. 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.

Sketch comedy

Cinema

Fernand Raynaud sung the following songs, most of them written by Raymond Mamoudy and played by Marcel Rossi :