Pierre Tornade
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1930
- Died
- March 7, 2012 (aged 82)
- Birthplace
- Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
Biography
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. Source: Article "Pierre Tornade" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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Filmography
L'Huissier
Movie · as The commissioner
Nestor Burma
TV · as Commissaire Faroux · 39 eps
Asterix and the Big Fight
Movie · as Obélix (voice)
Les Gauloises blondes
Movie · as Biturix
To Our Late Husband
Movie · as Radetsky
La Belle Anglaise
TV · as Raoul · 4 eps
Palace
TV · as Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client" · 1 ep
Le Dindon
Movie · as Pinchard
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Movie · as Capitaine Cromières
Asterix in Britain
Movie · as Obélix (voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar
Movie · as Obélix (voice)
Lucky Luke
TV · as Averell Dalton (voice) · 52 eps
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Movie · as (voice)
Salut la puce
Movie · as Alfred
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Movie · as Henri Brainville, mayor
Signé Furax
Movie · as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Le Charlatan
Movie
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Movie · as Marjavel
Général... nous voilà...!
Movie · as Julien Berger
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Movie · as Averell Dalton
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Movie · as Robert Ferry
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Movie · as Capitaine Marcus
Le Passe-muraille
Movie · as Lecuyer
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Movie · as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Le Jour de gloire
Movie · as Le maire
Forget Me, Mandoline
Movie · as Jean-Paul Tardu
The Common Man
Movie · as Colin
The French Detective
Movie · as Commissioner Pignol
The Dangerous Mission
Movie · as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Raging Fists
Movie · as Jo, bar owner
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Movie · as Capitaine Dumont
Midi Première
TV · as Self · 2 eps
Shut Up, Gulli
Movie · as The Captain
Impossible Is Not French
Movie · as Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
Le Permis de conduire
Movie · as Le directeur de la banque
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie · as Le commandant Moulinot
Le Charlatan
Movie
Antoine and Sebastian
Movie · as Max
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Movie · as Le commissaire
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Movie · as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Right of the Maddest
Movie · as Le gendarme motorisé
Pot-Bouille
TV · as campardon · 7 eps
Daisy Town
Movie · as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
The Hideout
Movie · as Léopold
Three Men on a Horse
Movie · as Jo Gabardine
The Devil by the Tail
Movie · as Schwartz - le second complice
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Movie · as Léon , the cheated husband
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Movie · as Grosswiller, businessman
The Brain
Movie · as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
Asterix and Cleopatra
Movie · as (voice)
Beru and These Women
Movie · as Policier
Salut Berthe !
Movie · as Father Fauvel
The Little Bather
Movie · as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie · as Inspector
The Tattoo
Movie · as le brigadier de Montignac
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
TV · as Joseph Torrence · 13 eps
L'Homme du Picardie
TV · as Malbosc · 40 eps
Le Capitaine Fracasse
TV · 6 eps
Asterix the Gaul
Movie · as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Movie
The Madman of Lab Four
Movie · as DST inspector
The Oldest Profession
Movie · as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
The Night of the Generals
Movie · as Orderly (uncredited)
Deux Romains en Gaule
Movie · as Un ancien combattant gaulois
L'Amateur
TV · 1 ep
Vidocq
TV · as Gontran Tornifon · 13 eps
Tender Scoundrel
Movie · as Le client du garage
A Woman in White Revolts
Movie · as Ambulance man (uncredited)
The Restaurant
Movie · as Le second maître d'hôtel
Three Disordered Children
Movie · as Un agent en faction
Funny Money
Movie · as Le gardien de prison
A Young World
Movie · as Le voisin père de l'enfant
The Gendarme in New York
Movie · as Médecin de bord
Les baratineurs
Movie · as Thès
Song of the World
Movie
Seule a Paris
TV · as Paul · 52 eps
Les Gorilles
Movie · as A police officer
Le Petit Nicolas
Movie · as 'Le Bouillon'
Jaloux comme un tigre
Movie · as (uncredited)
The Reluctant Spy
Movie · as An Inspector (uncredited)
Bebert and the Train
Movie · as Gendarme (uncredited)
Quand on est deux
TV · as Le chef déménageur · 1 ep
Nina
Movie · as Un inspecteur
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Movie · as Le barman
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV · as Jules · 1 ep
Crazy in the Noodle
Movie · as Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
That damn Amédée
Movie · as Le Magicien
Les Truands
Movie · as Le ministre