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