Pierre Tornade
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jan 21, 1930
- Died
- Mar 7, 2012 (aged 82)
- Place of birth
- Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
- Credits
- 88
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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Known for
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976Movie
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968Movie
(voice)
Asterix the Gaul
1967Movie
Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
Asterix in Britain
1986Movie
Obélix (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989Movie
Obélix (voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985Movie
Obélix (voice)
Filmography
Nestor Burma
1991TV
Commissaire Faroux
L'Huissier
1991Movie
The commissioner
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989Movie
Obélix (voice)
Palace
1988TV
Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
La Belle Anglaise
1988TV
Raoul
Les Gauloises blondes
1988Movie
Biturix
To Our Late Husband
1988Movie
Radetsky
Asterix in Britain
1986Movie
Obélix (voice)
Le Dindon
1986Movie
Pinchard
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
1986Movie
Capitaine Cromières
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985Movie
Obélix (voice)
Lucky Luke
1984TV
Averell Dalton (voice)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983Movie
(voice)
Salut la puce
1983Movie
Alfred
Signé Furax
1981Movie
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981Movie
Henri Brainville, mayor
Le Charlatan
1980Movie
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1979Movie
Marjavel
Général... nous voilà...!
1978Movie
Julien Berger
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
1978Movie
Averell Dalton
Le Passe-muraille
1977Movie
Lecuyer
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977Movie
Capitaine Marcus
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
1977Movie
Robert Ferry
Le Jour de gloire
1976Movie
Le maire
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976Movie
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Forget Me, Mandoline
1976Movie
Jean-Paul Tardu
The French Detective
1975Movie
Commissioner Pignol
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975Movie
Capitaine Dumont
The Dangerous Mission
1975Movie
Le sergent-chef Lapointe
The Common Man
1975Movie
Colin
Raging Fists
1975Movie
Jo, bar owner
Midi Première
1975TV
Self
Impossible Is Not French
1974Movie
Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
Shut Up, Gulli
1974Movie
The Captain
Operation Lady Marlene
1974Movie
Le commandant Moulinot
Le Charlatan
1974Movie
Le Permis de conduire
1974Movie
Le directeur de la banque
Antoine and Sebastian
1974Movie
Max
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973Movie
Le commissaire
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973Movie
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Right of the Maddest
1973Movie
Le gendarme motorisé
Pot-Bouille
1972TV
campardon
Daisy Town
1971Movie
Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
The Hideout
1971Movie
Léopold
Three Men on a Horse
1969Movie
Jo Gabardine
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969Movie
Grosswiller, businessman
The Brain
1969Movie
Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
The Devil by the Tail
1969Movie
Schwartz - le second complice
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969Movie
Léon , the cheated husband
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968Movie
(voice)
L'Homme du Picardie
1968TV
Malbosc
Beru and These Women
1968Movie
Policier
Salut Berthe !
1968Movie
Father Fauvel
The Tattoo
1968Movie
le brigadier de Montignac
Le Capitaine Fracasse
1968TV
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968Movie
Inspector
The Little Bather
1968Movie
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968TV
Joseph Torrence
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967Movie
Asterix the Gaul
1967Movie
Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
The Madman of Lab Four
1967Movie
DST inspector
L'Amateur
1967TV
The Oldest Profession
1967Movie
The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967Movie
Un ancien combattant gaulois
The Night of the Generals
1967Movie
Orderly (uncredited)
Vidocq
1967TV
Gontran Tornifon
Tender Scoundrel
1966Movie
Le client du garage
The Restaurant
1966Movie
Le second maître d'hôtel
Three Disordered Children
1966Movie
Un agent en faction
A Woman in White Revolts
1966Movie
Ambulance man (uncredited)
A Young World
1966Movie
Le voisin père de l'enfant
Funny Money
1966Movie
Le gardien de prison
Seule a Paris
1965TV
Paul
The Gendarme in New York
1965Movie
Médecin de bord
Song of the World
1965Movie
Les baratineurs
1965Movie
Thès
Les Gorilles
1964Movie
A police officer
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964Movie
(uncredited)
Le Petit Nicolas
1964Movie
'Le Bouillon'
Bebert and the Train
1963Movie
Gendarme (uncredited)
The Reluctant Spy
1963Movie
An Inspector (uncredited)
Quand on est deux
1962TV
Le chef déménageur
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959Movie
Le barman
Nina
1959Movie
Un inspecteur
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958TV
Jules
That damn Amédée
1957Movie
Le Magicien
Crazy in the Noodle
1957Movie
Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
Les Truands
1956Movie
Le ministre