Pierre Tornade
Known for Acting · 86 credits
- Born
- 1930-01-21
- Died
- 2012-03-07
- Place of birth
- Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
- Also known as
- Pierre Tournadre
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.
Known For
TV Shows (13)
Midi Première
1975
as Self
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Jules
Nestor Burma
1991
as Commissaire Faroux
Lucky Luke
1984
as Averell Dalton (voice)
Palace
1988
as Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Joseph Torrence
L'Homme du Picardie
1968
as Malbosc
Vidocq
1967
as Gontran Tornifon
La Belle Anglaise
1988
as Raoul
Seule a Paris
1965
as Paul
Quand on est deux
1962
as Le chef déménageur
L'Amateur
1967
Pot-Bouille
1972
as campardon
Movies (73)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
The Brain
1969
as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968
as (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
as Obélix (voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985
as Obélix (voice)
The Restaurant
1966
as Le second maître d'hôtel
Asterix in Britain
1986
as Obélix (voice)
The Night of the Generals
1967
as Orderly (uncredited)
Daisy Town
1971
as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
Asterix the Gaul
1967
as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
The Tattoo
1968
as le brigadier de Montignac
The Little Bather
1968
as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
The Gendarme in New York
1965
as Médecin de bord
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Capitaine Dumont
The Common Man
1975
as Colin
Les baratineurs
1965
as Thès
Salut Berthe !
1968
as Father Fauvel
L'Huissier
1991
as The commissioner
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983
as (voice)
The French Detective
1975
as Commissioner Pignol
The Oldest Profession
1967
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Deux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
The Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le gendarme motorisé
Signé Furax
1981
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
A Young World
1966
as Le voisin père de l'enfant
Beru and These Women
1968
as Policier
Tender Scoundrel
1966
as Le client du garage
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981
as Henri Brainville, mayor
The Devil by the Tail
1969
as Schwartz - le second complice
Shut Up, Gulli
1974
as The Captain
Crazy in the Noodle
1957
as Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
The Reluctant Spy
1963
as An Inspector (uncredited)
The Madman of Lab Four
1967
as DST inspector
Funny Money
1966
as Le gardien de prison
Les Gorilles
1964
as A police officer
A Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Inspector
A Woman in White Revolts
1966
as Ambulance man (uncredited)
Three Men on a Horse
1969
as Jo Gabardine
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
as Le commissaire
Salut la puce
1983
as Alfred
Forget Me, Mandoline
1976
as Jean-Paul Tardu
Les Truands
1956
as Le ministre
Le Dindon
1986
as Pinchard
Impossible Is Not French
1974
as Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
Nina
1959
as Un inspecteur
The Dangerous Mission
1975
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Le Jour de gloire
1976
as Le maire
Bebert and the Train
1963
as Gendarme (uncredited)
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969
as Léon , the cheated husband
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Grosswiller, businessman
To Our Late Husband
1988
as Radetsky
Le Petit Nicolas
1964
as 'Le Bouillon'
Le Passe-muraille
1977
as Lecuyer
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
as (uncredited)
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977
as Capitaine Marcus
Song of the World
1965
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
1977
as Robert Ferry
Antoine and Sebastian
1974
as Max
Général... nous voilà...!
1978
as Julien Berger
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
1986
as Capitaine Cromières
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
as Le commandant Moulinot
Three Disordered Children
1966
as Un agent en faction
Raging Fists
1975
as Jo, bar owner
That damn Amédée
1957
as Le Magicien
Le Permis de conduire
1974
as Le directeur de la banque
Les Gauloises blondes
1988
as Biturix
The Hideout
1971
as Léopold
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959
as Le barman
Le Charlatan
1974
Le Plus Heureux des trois
1979
as Marjavel
Le Charlatan
1980
About Pierre Tornade
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… With 86 credits spanning from 1956 to 1991, Pierre Tornade has appeared in 73 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Pierre Tornade Movies
- The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976) — as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
- The Brain (1969) — as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
- Asterix and Cleopatra (1968) — as (voice)
- Asterix and the Big Fight (1989) — as Obélix (voice)
- Asterix vs. Caesar (1985) — as Obélix (voice)
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