
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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Known For

Nestor Burma
Commissaire Faroux · (39 episodes)
1991

L'Huissier
The commissioner
1991

Asterix and the Big Fight
Obélix (voice)
1989

Palace
Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client" · (1 episode)
1988
La Belle Anglaise
Raoul · (4 episodes)
1988

Les Gauloises blondes
Biturix
1988

To Our Late Husband
Radetsky
1988

Asterix in Britain
Obélix (voice)
1986

Le Dindon
Pinchard
1986

Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Capitaine Cromières
1986

Asterix vs. Caesar
Obélix (voice)
1985

Lucky Luke
Averell Dalton (voice) · (52 episodes)
1984

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
(voice)
1983

Salut la puce
Alfred
1983

Signé Furax
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
1981

Le Chêne d'Allouville
Henri Brainville, mayor
1981
Le Charlatan
1980

Le Plus Heureux des trois
Marjavel
1979

Général... nous voilà !
Julien Berger
1978

Le Passe-muraille
Lecuyer
1977

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Capitaine Marcus
1977

Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Robert Ferry
1977

Le Jour de gloire
Le maire
1976

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
1976

Forget Me, Mandoline
Jean-Paul Tardu
1976

The French Detective
Commissioner Pignol
1975

The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Capitaine Dumont
1975

The Dangerous Mission
Le sergent-chef Lapointe
1975

The Common Man
Colin
1975

Raging Fists
Jo, bar owner
1975

Midi Première
Self · (2 episodes)
1975

Impossible Is Not French
Albert Lombard
1974

Shut Up, Gulli
The Captain
1974

Operation Lady Marlene
Le commandant Moulinot
1974

Le Charlatan
1974

Le Permis de conduire
Le directeur de la banque
1974

Antoine and Sebastian
Max
1974

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Le commissaire
1973

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
1973

The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé
1973

Pot-Bouille
campardon · (7 episodes)
1972

Daisy Town
Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
1971

The Hideout
Léopold
1971

Three Men on a Horse
Jo Gabardine
1969

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Grosswiller, businessman
1969

The Brain
Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
1969

The Devil by the Tail
Schwartz - le second complice
1969

Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Léon , the cheated husband
1969

Asterix and Cleopatra
(voice)
1968

L'Homme du Picardie
Malbosc · (40 episodes)
1968

Beru and These Women
Policeman
1968

Salut Berthe !
Father Fauvel
1968

The Tattoo
Brigadier
1968

A Strange Kind of Colonel
Un inspecteur
1968

The Little Bather
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
1968

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Joseph Torrence · (13 episodes)
1968
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967

Asterix the Gaul
(voice)
1967

The Madman of Lab Four
DST inspector
1967

L'Amateur
(1 episode)
1967

The Oldest Profession
The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
1967

Deux Romains en Gaule
Un ancien combattant gaulois
1967

The Night of the Generals
Orderly (uncredited)
1967

Vidocq
Gontran Tornifon · (13 episodes)
1967

Tender Scoundrel
Le client du garage
1966

The Restaurant
Le second maître d'hôtel
1966

Three Disordered Children
Un agent en faction
1966

A Woman in White Revolts
Ambulance man (uncredited)
1966

A Young World
Le voisin père de l'enfant
1966

Funny Money
Le gardien de prison
1966

Seule a Paris
Paul · (52 episodes)
1965

The Gendarme in New York
Médecin de bord
1965

Song of the World
1965

Les baratineurs
Thès
1965

Les Gorilles
A police officer
1964

Jaloux comme un tigre
(uncredited)
1964

Le petit Nicolas
'Le Bouillon'
1964

Bebert and the Train
Gendarme (uncredited)
1963

The Reluctant Spy
An Inspector (uncredited)
1963

La Nuit de Tom Brown
Le barman
1959

Nina
Un inspecteur
1959

Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jules · (1 episode)
1958

That damn Amédée
Le Magicien
1957

Crazy in the Noodle
Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
1957

Les Truands
Le ministre
1956