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. Source: Article "Pierre Tornade" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography · 85
Midi Première
1975 · Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958 · Jules
Lucky Luke
1984 · Averell Dalton (voice)
Palace
1988 · Le client à l'addition...
Nestor Burma
1991 · Commissaire Faroux
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968 · (voice)
L'Homme du Picardie
1968 · Malbosc
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976 · Abraracourcix / Assura...
The Night of the Generals
1967 · Orderly (uncredited)
Quand on est deux
1962 · Le chef déménageur
Vidocq
1967 · Gontran Tornifon
Asterix the Gaul
1967 · Abraracourcix / le mar...
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968 · Joseph Torrence
Asterix in Britain
1986 · Obélix (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989 · Obélix (voice)
Daisy Town
1971 · Averell Dalton / Un pa...
Signé Furax
1981 · Monsieur Léon, obélisc...
The Little Bather
1968 · Jean-Baptiste Castagni...
The Gendarme in New York
1965 · Médecin de bord
The Restaurant
1966 · Le second maître d'hôt...
The Tattoo
1968 · le brigadier de Montig...
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985 · Obélix (voice)
Seule a Paris
1965 · Paul
The Hideout
1971 · Léopold
Tender Scoundrel
1966 · Le client du garage
Nina
1959 · Un inspecteur
The Brain
1969 · Belgian Soldier in Arm...
L'Amateur
1967
Les baratineurs
1965 · Thès
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973 · Capitaine Dumont, comm...
Les Gorilles
1964 · A police officer
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983 · (voice)
The French Detective
1975 · Commissioner Pignol
Le Charlatan
1974
The Oldest Profession
1967 · The Mover (segment "Ma...
Pot-Bouille
1972 · campardon
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975 · Capitaine Dumont
The Common Man
1975 · Colin
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967 · Un ancien combattant g...
The Right of the Maddest
1973 · Le gendarme motorisé
Le Permis de conduire
1974 · Le directeur de la ban...
Bebert and the Train
1963 · Gendarme (uncredited)
Salut la puce
1983 · Alfred
A Woman in White Revolts
1966 · Ambulance man (uncredi...
The Devil by the Tail
1969 · Schwartz - le second c...
Impossible Is Not French
1974 · Albert Lombard, patron...
Song of the World
1965
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973 · Le commissaire
A Young World
1966 · Le voisin père de l'en...
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964 · (uncredited)
Forget Me, Mandoline
1976 · Jean-Paul Tardu
Général... nous voilà...!
1978 · Julien Berger
Les Truands
1956 · Le ministre
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969 · Grosswiller, businessm...
Les Gauloises blondes
1988 · Biturix
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968 · Inspector
Crazy in the Noodle
1957 · Maître d'hôtel at "La...
That damn Amédée
1957 · Le Magicien
The Madman of Lab Four
1967 · DST inspector
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981 · Henri Brainville, mayo...
Funny Money
1966 · Le gardien de prison
L'Huissier
1991 · The commissioner
Le Jour de gloire
1976 · Le maire
Operation Lady Marlene
1974 · Le commandant Moulinot
The Dangerous Mission
1975 · Le sergent-chef Lapoin...
Salut Berthe !
1968 · Father Fauvel
Le Passe-muraille
1977 · Lecuyer
Beru and These Women
1968 · Policier
Three Disordered Children
1966 · Un agent en faction
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977 · Capitaine Marcus
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
1977 · Robert Ferry
Three Men on a Horse
1969 · Jo Gabardine
Le Capitaine Fracasse
1968
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969 · Léon , the cheated hus...
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959 · Le barman
Le Petit Nicolas
1964 · 'Le Bouillon'
Le Dindon
1986 · Pinchard
Antoine and Sebastian
1974 · Max
The Reluctant Spy
1963 · An Inspector (uncredit...
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1979 · Marjavel
To Our Late Husband
1988 · Radetsky
Shut Up, Gulli
1974 · The Captain
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
Raging Fists
1975 · Jo, bar owner
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
1986 · Capitaine Cromières