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