Pierre Tornade
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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Acted in
Nestor Burma
1991
as Commissaire Faroux
L'Huissier
1991
as The commissioner
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
as Obélix (voice)
Palace
1988
as Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
La Belle Anglaise
1988
as Raoul
Les Gauloises blondes
1988
as Biturix
To Our Late Husband
1988
as Radetsky
Asterix in Britain
1986
as Obélix (voice)
Le Dindon
1986
as Pinchard
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
1986
as Capitaine Cromières
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985
as Obélix (voice)
Lucky Luke
1984
as Averell Dalton (voice)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983
as (voice)
Salut la puce
1983
as Alfred
Signé Furax
1981
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981
as Henri Brainville, le maire
Le Charlatan
1980
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1979
as Marjavel
Général... nous voilà !
1978
as Julien Berger
Le Passe-muraille
1977
as Lecuyer
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977
as Capitaine Marcus
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
1977
as Robert Ferry
Le Jour de gloire
1976
as Le maire
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Forget Me, Mandoline
1976
The French Detective
1975
as Commissioner Pignol
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Capitaine Dumont
The Dangerous Mission
1975
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
The Common Man
1975
as Colin
Raging Fists
1975
as Jo, bar owner
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Impossible Is Not French
1974
as Albert Lombard
Shut Up, Gulli
1974
as The Captain
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
as Le commandant Moulinot
Le Charlatan
1974
Le Permis de conduire
1974
as Le directeur de la banque
Antoine and Sebastian
1974
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
as Le commissaire
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Un motard
Pot-Bouille
1972
as campardon
Daisy Town
1971
The Hideout
1971
as Léopold
Three Men on a Horse
1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Grosswiller, un homme d'affaires
The Brain
1969
as Un soldat Belge du détachement du waggon blindé (non crédité)
The Devil by the Tail
1969
as Schwartz - le second complice
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969
as Leon
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968
as Numérobis / Abraracourcix / Un mercenaire (voice)
L'Homme du Picardie
1968
as Malbosc
Beru and These Women
1968
as Un agent de police
Salut Berthe !
1968
as Père Fauvel
The Tattoo
1968
as Le brigadier
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Un inspecteur
The Little Bather
1968
as Le ministre
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Joseph Torrence
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
Asterix the Gaul
1967
as Abraracourcix / Le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as l'inspecteur DST
L'Amateur
1967
The Oldest Profession
1967
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Orderly (uncredited)
Vidocq
1967
as Gontran Tornifon
Tender Scoundrel
1966
as Le client du garage
The Restaurant
1966
as Le second maître d'hôtel
Three Disordered Children
1966
as Un agent en faction
Une femme en blanc se révolte
1966
Funny Money
1966
as Le gardien de prison
Seule a Paris
1965
as Paul
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Médecin de bord
Song of the World
1965
Les baratineurs
1965
Les Gorilles
1964
as A police officer
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as (uncredited)
Le petit Nicolas
1964
as 'Le Bouillon'
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Un gendarme (uncredited)
The Reluctant Spy
1963
as An Inspector (uncredited)
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959
as Le barman
Nina
1959
as Un inspecteur
That damn Amédée
1957
as Le Magicien
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
Les Truands
1956
as Le ministre