Pierre Tornade
Acting • Born 1930-01-21 – Died 2012-03-07
Biography
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
86 credits
Three Men on a Horse
Movie • 1969
Jo Gabardine
Asterix the Gaul
Movie • 1967
Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
Le Dindon
Movie • 1986
Pinchard
Asterix and Cleopatra
Movie • 1968
(voice)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Movie • 1976
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Movie • 1973
Le commissaire
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Movie • 1977
Robert Ferry
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Movie • 1977
Capitaine Marcus
Le Jour de gloire
Movie • 1976
Le maire
The Common Man
Movie • 1975
Colin
The French Detective
Movie • 1975
Commissioner Pignol
The Gendarme in New York
Movie • 1965
Médecin de bord
The Devil by the Tail
Movie • 1969
Schwartz - le second complice
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Movie • 1983
(voice)
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Movie • 1967
Beru and These Women
Movie • 1968
Policier
Shut Up, Gulli
Movie • 1974
The Captain
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Movie • 1981
Henri Brainville, mayor
The Reluctant Spy
Movie • 1963
An Inspector (uncredited)
The Madman of Lab Four
Movie • 1967
DST inspector
Impossible Is Not French
Movie • 1974
Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
Les Gorilles
Movie • 1964
A police officer
The Dangerous Mission
Movie • 1975
Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Le Permis de conduire
Movie • 1974
Le directeur de la banque
Le Petit Nicolas
Movie • 1964
'Le Bouillon'
Asterix vs. Caesar
Movie • 1985
Obélix (voice)
Signé Furax
Movie • 1981
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Raging Fists
Movie • 1975
Jo, bar owner
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Movie • 1973
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
Les Gauloises blondes
Movie • 1988
Biturix
Tender Scoundrel
Movie • 1966
Le client du garage
Général... nous voilà !
Movie • 1978
Julien Berger
Crazy in the Noodle
Movie • 1957
Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
Operation Lady Marlene
Movie • 1974
Le commandant Moulinot
Forget Me, Mandoline
Movie • 1976
Jean-Paul Tardu
Bebert and the Train
Movie • 1963
Gendarme (uncredited)
A Woman in White Revolts
Movie • 1966
Ambulance man (uncredited)
Les baratineurs
Movie • 1965
Thès
Song of the World
Movie • 1965
The Oldest Profession
Movie • 1967
The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Daisy Town
Movie • 1971
Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Movie • 1969
Léon , the cheated husband
To Our Late Husband
Movie • 1988
Radetsky
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Movie • 1975
Capitaine Dumont
Le Charlatan
Movie • 1980
Nina
Movie • 1959
Un inspecteur
Salut Berthe !
Movie • 1968
Father Fauvel
Jaloux comme un tigre
Movie • 1964
(uncredited)
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Movie • 1979
Marjavel
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Movie • 1986
Capitaine Cromières
Le Charlatan
Movie • 1974
Asterix and the Big Fight
Movie • 1989
Obélix (voice)
L'Huissier
Movie • 1991
The commissioner
The Restaurant
Movie • 1966
Le second maître d'hôtel
Le Passe-muraille
Movie • 1977
Lecuyer
The Little Bather
Movie • 1968
Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Three Disordered Children
Movie • 1966
Un agent en faction
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Movie • 1968
Inspector
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Movie • 1969
Grosswiller, businessman
Funny Money
Movie • 1966
Le gardien de prison
Salut la puce
Movie • 1983
Alfred
The Night of the Generals
Movie • 1967
Orderly (uncredited)
Antoine and Sebastian
Movie • 1974
Max
The Tattoo
Movie • 1968
Brigadier
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Movie • 1959
Le barman
Asterix in Britain
Movie • 1986
Obélix (voice)
The Hideout
Movie • 1971
Léopold
The Brain
Movie • 1969
Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
The Right of the Maddest
Movie • 1973
Le gendarme motorisé
Les Truands
Movie • 1956
Le ministre
Deux Romains en Gaule
Movie • 1967
Un ancien combattant gaulois
That damn Amédée
Movie • 1957
Le Magicien
A Young World
Movie • 1966
Le voisin père de l'enfant
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
TV • 1968
Joseph Torrence
Seule a Paris
TV • 1965
Paul
La Belle Anglaise
TV • 1988
Raoul
Nestor Burma
TV • 1991
Commissaire Faroux
L'Homme du Picardie
TV • 1968
Malbosc
L'Amateur
TV • 1967
Palace
TV • 1988
Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
Vidocq
TV • 1967
Gontran Tornifon
Midi Première
TV • 1975
Self
Pot-Bouille
TV • 1972
campardon
Lucky Luke
TV • 1984
Averell Dalton (voice)
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
TV • 1958
Jules
Quand on est deux
TV • 1962
Le chef déménageur