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