Pierre Tornade
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- January 21, 1930
- Died
- March 7, 2012
- Birthplace
- 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. Source: Article "Pierre Tornade" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography
L'Huissier 1991
as The commissioner
Asterix and the Big Fight 1989
as Obélix (voice)
Les Gauloises blondes 1988
as Biturix
To Our Late Husband 1988
as Radetsky
Asterix in Britain 1986
as Obélix (voice)
Le Dindon 1986
as Pinchard
Les Dégourdis de la onzième 1986
as Capitaine Cromières
Asterix vs. Caesar 1985
as Obélix (voice)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose 1983
as (voice)
Salut la puce 1983
as Alfred
Signé Furax 1981
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Le Chêne d'Allouville 1981
as Henri Brainville, mayor
- Le Charlatan
Le Charlatan 1980
Actor
Le Plus Heureux des trois 1979
as Marjavel
Général... nous voilà...! 1978
as Julien Berger
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons 1978
as Averell Dalton
Le Passe-muraille 1977
as Lecuyer
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! 1977
as Capitaine Marcus
Dis bonjour à la dame !.. 1977
as Robert Ferry
Le Jour de gloire 1976
as Le maire
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix 1976
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Forget Me, Mandoline 1976
as Jean-Paul Tardu
The Seventh Company Has Been Found 1975
as Capitaine Dumont
The French Detective 1975
as Commissioner Pignol
The Dangerous Mission 1975
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
The Common Man 1975
as Colin
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
Shut Up, Gulli 1974
as The Captain
Operation Lady Marlene 1974
as Le commandant Moulinot
Le Charlatan 1974
Actor
Le Permis de conduire 1974
as Le directeur de la banque
Antoine and Sebastian 1974
as Max
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything 1973
as Le commissaire
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? 1973
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Right of the Maddest 1973
as Le gendarme motorisé
Daisy Town 1971
as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
The Hideout 1971
as Léopold
Three Men on a Horse 1969
as Jo Gabardine
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus 1969
as Grosswiller, businessman
The Brain 1969
as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
The Devil by the Tail 1969
as Schwartz - le second complice
Faites donc plaisir aux amis 1969
as Léon , the cheated husband
Asterix and Cleopatra 1968
as (voice)
Beru and These Women 1968
as Policier
Salut Berthe ! 1968
as Father Fauvel
The Tattoo 1968
as le brigadier de Montignac
A Strange Kind of Colonel 1968
as Inspector
The Little Bather 1968
as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem 1967
Actor
Asterix the Gaul 1967
as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
The Madman of Lab Four 1967
as DST inspector
The Oldest Profession 1967
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Deux Romains en Gaule 1967
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
The Night of the Generals 1967
as Orderly (uncredited)
Tender Scoundrel 1966
as Le client du garage
The Restaurant 1966
as Le second maître d'hôtel
Three Disordered Children 1966
as Un agent en faction
A Young World 1966
as Le voisin père de l'enfant
A Woman in White Revolts 1966
as Ambulance man (uncredited)
Funny Money 1966
as Le gardien de prison
The Gendarme in New York 1965
as Médecin de bord
Song of the World 1965
Actor
Les baratineurs 1965
as Thès
Les Gorilles 1964
as A police officer
Jaloux comme un tigre 1964
as (uncredited)
Le Petit Nicolas 1964
as 'Le Bouillon'
Bebert and the Train 1963
as Gendarme (uncredited)
The Reluctant Spy 1963
as An Inspector (uncredited)
La Nuit de Tom Brown 1959
as Le barman
Nina 1959
as Un inspecteur
That damn Amédée 1957
as Le Magicien
Crazy in the Noodle 1957
as Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
Les Truands 1956
as Le ministre
Credits from TMDB.