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