Cast
Pierre Tornade
Acting
Cast
Pierre Tornade
Known for
Acting
Born
1930-01-21
From
Bort-les-Orgues, CorrĂšze, France
Died
2012-03-07
Also known as Pierre Tournadre
Biography
Pierre Tornade (21 January 1930 â 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 CorrĂšze. He began his theatrical career at 25 in Elle est folle, Carole at the thĂ©Ăątre 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 DhĂ©ry, 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.
Asterix and Cleopatra
as (voice)
The Brain
as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Asterix and the Big Fight
as Obélix (voice)
Asterix vs. Caesar
as Obélix (voice)
The Little Bather
as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
Asterix in Britain
as Obélix (voice)
Asterix the Gaul
as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bĆufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
The Tattoo
as le brigadier de Montignac
Les baratineurs
as ThĂšs
The Restaurant
as Le second maĂźtre d'hĂŽtel
The Night of the Generals
as Orderly (uncredited)
The Gendarme in New York
as MĂ©decin de bord
The Common Man
as Colin
Daisy Town
as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
The French Detective
as Commissioner Pignol
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7Ăšme compagnie
L'Huissier
as The commissioner
Salut Berthe !
as Father Fauvel
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
as (voice)
Tender Scoundrel
as Le client du garage
The Hideout
as LĂ©opold
Crazy in the Noodle
as MaĂźtre d'hĂŽtel at "La belle vie"
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Capitaine Dumont
The Oldest Profession
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Signé Furax
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
The Devil by the Tail
as Schwartz - le second complice
The Right of the Maddest
as Le gendarme motorisé
A Young World
as Le voisin pĂšre de l'enfant
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Grosswiller, businessman
Dis bonjour Ă la dame !..
as Robert Ferry
A Woman in White Revolts
as Ambulance man (uncredited)
Antoine and Sebastian
as Max
A Strange Kind of Colonel
as Inspector
Les Truands
as Le ministre
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
as Le commissaire
Funny Money
as Le gardien de prison
The Madman of Lab Four
as DST inspector
Forget Me, Mandoline
as Jean-Paul Tardu
Le Dindon
as Pinchard
Les Gorilles
as A police officer
Shut Up, Gulli
as The Captain
Three Men on a Horse
as Jo Gabardine
Nina
as Un inspecteur
Bebert and the Train
as Gendarme (uncredited)
Beru and These Women
as Policier
Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
Le Jour de gloire
as Le maire
Salut la puce
as Alfred
Le ChĂȘne d'Allouville
as Henri Brainville, mayor
Le Passe-muraille
as Lecuyer
The Reluctant Spy
as An Inspector (uncredited)
The Dangerous Mission
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Operation Lady Marlene
as Le commandant Moulinot
Impossible Is Not French
as Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frĂšre d'Antoine
To Our Late Husband
as Radetsky
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
as LĂ©on , the cheated husband
Général... nous voilà ...!
as Julien Berger
Three Disordered Children
as Un agent en faction
Song of the World
Le Permis de conduire
as Le directeur de la banque
Raging Fists
as Jo, bar owner
Les DĂ©gourdis de la onziĂšme
as Capitaine CromiĂšres
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Jaloux comme un tigre
as (uncredited)
Le Charlatan
Le Petit Nicolas
as 'Le Bouillon'
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
as Capitaine Marcus
Le Plus Heureux des trois
as Marjavel
Le Charlatan
La Nuit de Tom Brown
as Le barman
That damn Amédée
as Le Magicien
Les Gauloises blondes
as Biturix