Pierre Tornade

Pierre Tornade

Born

January 21, 1930

Died

March 7, 2012 (82 years old)

Known For

Acting

Place of Birth

Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France

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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Nestor Burma

Nestor Burma

Commissaire Faroux · (39 episodes)

6.1

1991

L'Huissier

L'Huissier

The commissioner

0.0

1991

Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight

Obélix (voice)

6.3

1989

Palace

Palace

Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client" · (1 episode)

6.7

1988

La Belle Anglaise

Raoul · (4 episodes)

0.0

1988

Les Gauloises blondes

Les Gauloises blondes

Biturix

3.3

1988

To Our Late Husband

To Our Late Husband

Radetsky

4.5

1988

Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain

Obélix (voice)

6.8

1986

Le Dindon

Le Dindon

Pinchard

4.0

1986

Les Dégourdis de la onzième

Les Dégourdis de la onzième

Capitaine Cromières

0.0

1986

Asterix vs. Caesar

Asterix vs. Caesar

Obélix (voice)

6.5

1985

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke

Averell Dalton (voice) · (52 episodes)

6.6

1984

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

(voice)

6.2

1983

Salut la puce

Salut la puce

Alfred

5.7

1983

Signé Furax

Signé Furax

Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue

4.8

1981

Le Chêne d'Allouville

Le Chêne d'Allouville

Henri Brainville, mayor

5.6

1981

Le Charlatan

0.0

1980

Le Plus Heureux des trois

Le Plus Heureux des trois

Marjavel

0.0

1979

Général... nous voilà !

Général... nous voilà !

Julien Berger

2.0

1978

Le Passe-muraille

Le Passe-muraille

Lecuyer

3.0

1977

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!

Capitaine Marcus

3.7

1977

Dis bonjour à la dame !..

Dis bonjour à la dame !..

Robert Ferry

3.0

1977

Le Jour de gloire

Le Jour de gloire

Le maire

5.6

1976

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)

7.3

1976

Forget Me, Mandoline

Forget Me, Mandoline

Jean-Paul Tardu

2.5

1976

The French Detective

The French Detective

Commissioner Pignol

6.8

1975

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

Capitaine Dumont

7.3

1975

The Dangerous Mission

The Dangerous Mission

Le sergent-chef Lapointe

4.0

1975

The Common Man

The Common Man

Colin

7.0

1975

Raging Fists

Raging Fists

Jo, bar owner

0.0

1975

Midi Première

Midi Première

Self · (2 episodes)

10.0

1975

Impossible Is Not French

Impossible Is Not French

Albert Lombard

6.6

1974

Shut Up, Gulli

Shut Up, Gulli

The Captain

6.0

1974

Operation Lady Marlene

Operation Lady Marlene

Le commandant Moulinot

4.8

1974

Le Charlatan

Le Charlatan

0.0

1974

Le Permis de conduire

Le Permis de conduire

Le directeur de la banque

6.2

1974

Antoine and Sebastian

Antoine and Sebastian

Max

0.0

1974

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

Le commissaire

5.3

1973

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie

7.3

1973

The Right of the Maddest

The Right of the Maddest

Le gendarme motorisé

5.8

1973

Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille

campardon · (7 episodes)

0.0

1972

Daisy Town

Daisy Town

Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)

6.6

1971

The Hideout

The Hideout

Léopold

2.0

1971

Three Men on a Horse

Three Men on a Horse

Jo Gabardine

1.0

1969

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

Grosswiller, businessman

0.0

1969

The Brain

The Brain

Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)

7.3

1969

The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail

Schwartz - le second complice

6.0

1969

Faites donc plaisir aux amis

Faites donc plaisir aux amis

Léon , the cheated husband

4.5

1969

Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra

(voice)

6.9

1968

L'Homme du Picardie

L'Homme du Picardie

Malbosc · (40 episodes)

6.5

1968

Beru and These Women

Beru and These Women

Policeman

3.2

1968

Salut Berthe !

Salut Berthe !

Father Fauvel

4.4

1968

The Tattoo

The Tattoo

Brigadier

6.4

1968

A Strange Kind of Colonel

A Strange Kind of Colonel

Un inspecteur

5.5

1968

The Little Bather

The Little Bather

Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare

6.6

1968

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

Joseph Torrence · (13 episodes)

10.0

1968

Cette nuit-là à Bethléem

0.0

1967

Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul

(voice)

6.4

1967

The Madman of Lab Four

The Madman of Lab Four

DST inspector

5.9

1967

L'Amateur

L'Amateur

(1 episode)

0.0

1967

The Oldest Profession

The Oldest Profession

The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)

5.0

1967

Deux Romains en Gaule

Deux Romains en Gaule

Un ancien combattant gaulois

6.5

1967

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals

Orderly (uncredited)

6.8

1967

Vidocq

Vidocq

Gontran Tornifon · (13 episodes)

9.0

1967

Tender Scoundrel

Tender Scoundrel

Le client du garage

5.2

1966

The Restaurant

The Restaurant

Le second maître d'hôtel

6.8

1966

Three Disordered Children

Three Disordered Children

Un agent en faction

5.2

1966

A Woman in White Revolts

A Woman in White Revolts

Ambulance man (uncredited)

6.0

1966

A Young World

A Young World

Le voisin père de l'enfant

0.0

1966

Funny Money

Funny Money

Le gardien de prison

5.2

1966

Seule a Paris

Seule a Paris

Paul · (52 episodes)

0.0

1965

The Gendarme in New York

The Gendarme in New York

Médecin de bord

6.3

1965

Song of the World

Song of the World

1.0

1965

Les baratineurs

Les baratineurs

Thès

4.0

1965

Les Gorilles

Les Gorilles

A police officer

5.5

1964

Jaloux comme un tigre

Jaloux comme un tigre

(uncredited)

2.0

1964

Le petit Nicolas

Le petit Nicolas

'Le Bouillon'

0.0

1964

Bebert and the Train

Bebert and the Train

Gendarme (uncredited)

6.3

1963

The Reluctant Spy

The Reluctant Spy

An Inspector (uncredited)

7.0

1963

La Nuit de Tom Brown

La Nuit de Tom Brown

Le barman

0.0

1959

Nina

Nina

Un inspecteur

3.0

1959

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes

Jules · (1 episode)

0.0

1958

That damn Amédée

That damn Amédée

Le Magicien

5.5

1957

Crazy in the Noodle

Crazy in the Noodle

Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"

6.1

1957

Les Truands

Les Truands

Le ministre

4.5

1956