Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 – 7 March 2012) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998.
Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 – 7 March 2012) was a French actor. He appeared in more than 120 films and television shows between 1956 and 1998.
He was born Pierre Tournadre on 21 January 1930 in Bort-les-Orgues in the department of Corrèze. He began his theatrical career at 25 in Elle est folle, Carole at the théâtre du Palais-Royal. In 1956, he played in the musical comedy Irma la douce by Alexandre Breffort and Marguerite Monnot and then made his film debut in Les Truands, where he adopted his stage name, Tornade. The next year, he played a theater role in Pericles, Prince of Tyre before joining the Branquignols troupe of Robert Dhéry, which also included Jean Lefebvre, Michel Serrault and Micheline Dax.
He then became very demanded on television and appeared in several sitcoms such as Thierry la Fronde (1963), Le Chevalier d'Harmental (1966), Les Sept de l'escalier quinze B (1967) and Les Dossiers de l'agence O (1968). Because of his tall and imposing stature, he often appeared as a policeman or a soldier. His most famous roles were the father's victim in The Common Man (1975), Captain Dumont in the series Now Where Did the 7th Company Get to? (1973) and commissioner Florimond Faroux in the series Nestor Burma.
A famous voice actor, he moonlighted as village chief Vitalstatistix in animated films Asterix le Gaul (1967), Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) and The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976). He later voiced Averell Dalton in Lucky Luke animated films Daisy Town (1971) and La Ballade des Dalton (1978) and Lucky Luke the Lucky Cowboy (1983). He also voiced Obelix in four other animated films of Asterix, these include Asterix Versus Caesar (1985), Asterix in Britain (1986), Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) and Asterix Conquers America (1994).
He was named Chevalier (Knight) of the National Order of Merit in 1996. Tornade died on 7 March 2012 in Rambouillet hospital after several days in a coma. He had fallen accidentally in the stairway of his Yvelines residence the previous week and had been comatose since then.
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Filmography (Movies)
L'Huissier
Character:The commissioner
Release Date:03/01/1991
Asterix and the Big Fight
Character:Obélix (voice)
Release Date:04/10/1989
Les Gauloises blondes
Character:Biturix
Release Date:15/08/1988
To Our Late Husband
Character:Radetsky
Release Date:24/02/1988
Asterix in Britain
Character:Obélix (voice)
Release Date:03/12/1986
Le Dindon
Character:Pinchard
Release Date:14/07/1986
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Character:Capitaine Cromières
Release Date:17/01/1986
Asterix vs. Caesar
Character:Obélix (voice)
Release Date:06/03/1985
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Character:(voice)
Release Date:30/09/1983
Salut la puce
Character:Alfred
Release Date:12/01/1983
Signé Furax
Character:Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Release Date:01/04/1981
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Character:Henri Brainville, mayor
Release Date:18/03/1981
Le Charlatan
Character:
Release Date:03/09/1980
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Character:Marjavel
Release Date:11/10/1979
Général... nous voilà !
Character:Julien Berger
Release Date:18/10/1978
Le Passe-muraille
Character:Lecuyer
Release Date:24/12/1977
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Character:Capitaine Marcus
Release Date:07/12/1977
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Character:Robert Ferry
Release Date:30/03/1977
Le Jour de gloire
Character:Le maire
Release Date:08/12/1976
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Character:Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Release Date:26/06/1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
Character:Jean-Paul Tardu
Release Date:03/03/1976
The French Detective
Character:Commissioner Pignol
Release Date:10/12/1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Character:Capitaine Dumont
Release Date:10/12/1975
The Dangerous Mission
Character:Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Release Date:22/04/1975
The Common Man
Character:Colin
Release Date:26/02/1975
Raging Fists
Character:Jo, bar owner
Release Date:12/02/1975
Impossible Is Not French
Character:Albert Lombard
Release Date:11/12/1974
Shut Up, Gulli
Character:The Captain
Release Date:30/10/1974
Operation Lady Marlene
Character:Le commandant Moulinot
Release Date:01/09/1974
Le Charlatan
Character:
Release Date:01/06/1974
Le Permis de conduire
Character:Le directeur de la banque
Release Date:30/04/1974
Antoine and Sebastian
Character:Max
Release Date:16/01/1974
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Character:Le commissaire
Release Date:11/09/1973
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Character:Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
Release Date:24/05/1973
The Right of the Maddest
Character:Le gendarme motorisé
Release Date:27/03/1973
Daisy Town
Character:Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
Release Date:01/11/1971
The Hideout
Character:Léopold
Release Date:21/07/1971
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Jo Gabardine
Release Date:12/12/1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Character:Grosswiller, businessman
Release Date:18/04/1969
The Brain
Character:Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
Release Date:07/03/1969
The Devil by the Tail
Character:Schwartz - le second complice
Release Date:07/02/1969
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Character:Léon , the cheated husband
Release Date:05/02/1969
Asterix and Cleopatra
Character:(voice)
Release Date:19/12/1968
Beru and These Women
Character:Policeman
Release Date:23/10/1968
Salut Berthe !
Character:Father Fauvel
Release Date:20/08/1968
The Tattoo
Character:Brigadier
Release Date:17/08/1968
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Character:Inspector
Release Date:24/04/1968
The Little Bather
Character:Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Release Date:22/03/1968
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Character:
Release Date:24/12/1967
Asterix the Gaul
Character:Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
Release Date:20/12/1967
The Madman of Lab Four
Character:DST inspector
Release Date:29/11/1967
The Oldest Profession
Character:The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Release Date:07/04/1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
Character:Un ancien combattant gaulois
Release Date:25/02/1967
The Night of the Generals
Character:Orderly (uncredited)
Release Date:29/01/1967
Tender Scoundrel
Character:Le client du garage
Release Date:12/12/1966
The Restaurant
Character:Le second maître d'hôtel
Release Date:09/09/1966
Three Disordered Children
Character:Un agent en faction
Release Date:01/06/1966
A Woman in White Revolts
Character:Ambulance man (uncredited)
Release Date:25/03/1966
A Young World
Character:Le voisin père de l'enfant
Release Date:25/03/1966
Funny Money
Character:Le gardien de prison
Release Date:09/03/1966
The Gendarme in New York
Character:Médecin de bord
Release Date:28/10/1965
Song of the World
Character:
Release Date:07/10/1965
Les baratineurs
Character:Thès
Release Date:01/02/1965
Les Gorilles
Character:A police officer
Release Date:23/12/1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
Character:(uncredited)
Release Date:16/06/1964
Le petit Nicolas
Character:'Le Bouillon'
Release Date:01/01/1964
Bebert and the Train
Character:Gendarme (uncredited)
Release Date:03/12/1963
The Reluctant Spy
Character:An Inspector (uncredited)
Release Date:03/09/1963
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Character:Le barman
Release Date:24/03/1959
Nina
Character:Un inspecteur
Release Date:16/01/1959
That damn Amédée
Character:Le Magicien
Release Date:02/06/1957
Crazy in the Noodle
Character:Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
Release Date:14/05/1957
Les Truands
Character:Le ministre
Release Date:27/04/1956
Television Appearances
Nestor Burma
Character:Commissaire Faroux
Palace
Character:Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
La Belle Anglaise
Character:Raoul
Lucky Luke
Character:Averell Dalton (voice)
Midi Première
Character:Self
Pot-Bouille
Character:campardon
L'Homme du Picardie
Character:Malbosc
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character:Joseph Torrence
L'Amateur
Character:
Vidocq
Character:Gontran Tornifon
Seule a Paris
Character:Paul
Quand on est deux
Character:Le chef déménageur
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Character:Jules
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