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Pierre Tornade

Acting
Known For

82 Years Old

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.

Born

Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France on 21st January 1930

Died

7th March 2012

All Credits

Midi Première Image
Midi Première
Self
L'Homme du Picardie Image
L'Homme du Picardie
Malbosc
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes Image
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Jules
Lucky Luke Image
Lucky Luke
Averell Dalton (voice)
Nestor Burma Image
Nestor Burma
Commissaire Faroux
Palace Image
Palace
Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
L'Amateur Image
L'Amateur
Vidocq Image
Vidocq
Gontran Tornifon
Seule a Paris Image
Seule a Paris
Paul
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O Image
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Joseph Torrence
Pot-Bouille Image
Pot-Bouille
campardon
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix Image
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
No Image
La Belle Anglaise
Raoul
Asterix and Cleopatra Image
Asterix and Cleopatra
(voice)
Asterix in Britain Image
Asterix in Britain
Obélix (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight Image
Asterix and the Big Fight
Obélix (voice)
Asterix the Gaul Image
Asterix the Gaul
(voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar Image
Asterix vs. Caesar
Obélix (voice)
The Gendarme in New York Image
The Gendarme in New York
Médecin de bord
The Night of the Generals Image
The Night of the Generals
Orderly (uncredited)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? Image
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Restaurant Image
The Restaurant
Le second maître d'hôtel
The Little Bather Image
The Little Bather
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
The Tattoo Image
The Tattoo
Brigadier
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything Image
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Le commissaire
The French Detective Image
The French Detective
Commissioner Pignol
The Brain Image
The Brain
Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose Image
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
(voice)
Daisy Town Image
Daisy Town
Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found Image
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Capitaine Dumont
The Common Man Image
The Common Man
Colin
The Oldest Profession Image
The Oldest Profession
The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Signé Furax Image
Signé Furax
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Tender Scoundrel Image
Tender Scoundrel
Le client du garage
Operation Lady Marlene Image
Operation Lady Marlene
Le commandant Moulinot
Song of the World Image
Song of the World
Crazy in the Noodle Image
Crazy in the Noodle
Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
The Devil by the Tail Image
The Devil by the Tail
Schwartz - le second complice
The Madman of Lab Four Image
The Madman of Lab Four
DST inspector
Beru and These Women Image
Beru and These Women
Policeman
Bebert and the Train Image
Bebert and the Train
Gendarme (uncredited)
Salut Berthe ! Image
Salut Berthe !
Father Fauvel
Jaloux comme un tigre Image
Jaloux comme un tigre
(uncredited)
Le Jour de gloire Image
Le Jour de gloire
Le maire
Funny Money Image
Funny Money
Le gardien de prison
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! Image
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Capitaine Marcus
Antoine and Sebastian Image
Antoine and Sebastian
Max
Les Gorilles Image
Les Gorilles
A police officer
Deux Romains en Gaule Image
Deux Romains en Gaule
Un ancien combattant gaulois
Le Charlatan Image
Le Charlatan
Impossible Is Not French Image
Impossible Is Not French
Albert Lombard
Les Truands Image
Les Truands
Le ministre
Le petit Nicolas Image
Le petit Nicolas
'Le Bouillon'
The Hideout Image
The Hideout
Léopold
The Right of the Maddest Image
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé
The Dangerous Mission Image
The Dangerous Mission
Le sergent-chef Lapointe
A Strange Kind of Colonel Image
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Un inspecteur
La Nuit de Tom Brown Image
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Le barman
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus Image
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Grosswiller, businessman
Le Chêne d'Allouville Image
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Henri Brainville, mayor
To Our Late Husband Image
To Our Late Husband
Radetsky
Les Dégourdis de la onzième Image
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Capitaine Cromières
Général... nous voilà ! Image
Général... nous voilà !
Julien Berger
A Young World Image
A Young World
Le voisin père de l'enfant
Forget Me, Mandoline Image
Forget Me, Mandoline
Jean-Paul Tardu
Les Gauloises blondes Image
Les Gauloises blondes
Biturix
Three Disordered Children Image
Three Disordered Children
Un agent en faction
A Woman in White Revolts Image
A Woman in White Revolts
Ambulance man (uncredited)
Le Plus Heureux des trois Image
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Marjavel
Salut la puce Image
Salut la puce
Alfred
Le Permis de conduire Image
Le Permis de conduire
Le directeur de la banque
Les baratineurs Image
Les baratineurs
Thès
The Reluctant Spy Image
The Reluctant Spy
An Inspector (uncredited)
That damn Amédée Image
That damn Amédée
Le Magicien
Nina Image
Nina
Un inspecteur
Shut Up, Gulli Image
Shut Up, Gulli
The Captain
Three Men on a Horse Image
Three Men on a Horse
Jo Gabardine
Faites donc plaisir aux amis Image
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Léon , the cheated husband
Raging Fists Image
Raging Fists
Jo, bar owner
Le Dindon Image
Le Dindon
Pinchard
Le Passe-muraille Image
Le Passe-muraille
Lecuyer
L'Huissier Image
L'Huissier
The commissioner
Dis bonjour à la dame !.. Image
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Robert Ferry
No Image
Le Charlatan
No Image
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