1930-01-21 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.
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L'Huissier | The commissioner | 1991-01-03 |
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Astérix et le Coup du menhir | Obélix (voice) | 1989-10-04 |
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Les Gauloises blondes | Biturix | 1988-08-15 |
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À notre regrettable époux | Radetsky | 1988-02-24 |
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Astérix chez les Bretons | Obélix (voice) | 1986-12-03 |
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Le Dindon | Pinchard | 1986-07-14 |
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Les Dégourdis de la onzième | Capitaine Cromières | 1986-01-17 |
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Astérix et la Surprise de César | Obélix (voice) | 1985-03-06 |
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Lucky Luke : Les Dalton en cavale | (voice) | 1983-09-30 |
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Salut la puce | Alfred | 1983-01-12 |
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Signé Furax | Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue | 1981-04-01 |
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Le Chêne d'Allouville | Henri Brainville, mayor | 1981-03-18 |
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Le Charlatan | 1980-09-03 | |
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Le Plus Heureux des trois | Marjavel | 1979-10-11 |
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Général... nous voilà ! | Julien Berger | 1978-10-18 |
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Le Passe-muraille | Lecuyer | 1977-12-24 |
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Dis bonjour à la dame !.. | Robert Ferry | 1977-03-30 |
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Arrête ton char... bidasse ! | Capitaine Marcus | 1977-12-07 |
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Le Jour de gloire | Le maire | 1976-12-08 |
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Les 12 travaux d'Astérix | Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice) | 1976-06-26 |
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Oublie-moi, Mandoline | Jean-Paul Tardu | 1976-03-03 |
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Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête ! | Le sergent-chef Lapointe | 1975-04-22 |
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On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie | Capitaine Dumont | 1975-12-10 |
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Dupont Lajoie | Colin | 1975-02-26 |
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La rage au poing | Jo, bar owner | 1975-02-12 |
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Adieu poulet | Commissioner Pignol | 1975-12-10 |
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Opération Lady Marlène | Le commandant Moulinot | 1974-09-01 |
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Impossible… pas français | Albert Lombard | 1974-12-11 |
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Le Charlatan | 1974-06-01 | |
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Vos gueules les mouettes | The Captain | 1974-10-30 |
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Le Permis de conduire | Le directeur de la banque | 1974-04-30 |
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Antoine et Sébastien | Max | 1974-01-16 |
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Mais où est donc passée la 7ème compagnie ? | Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie | 1973-05-24 |
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La Raison du plus fou | Le gendarme motorisé | 1973-03-27 |
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Je sais rien mais je dirai tout | Le commissaire | 1973-09-11 |
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L'explosion | Léopold | 1971-07-21 |
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Daisy Town | Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice) | 1971-11-01 |
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Le Cerveau | Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited) | 1969-03-07 |
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L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus | Grosswiller, businessman | 1969-04-18 |
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Faites donc plaisir aux amis | Léon , the cheated husband | 1969-02-05 |
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Trois hommes sur un cheval | Jo Gabardine | 1969-12-12 |
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Le diable par la queue | Schwartz - le second complice | 1969-02-07 |
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Astérix et Cléopâtre | (voice) | 1968-12-19 |
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Un drôle de colonel | Un inspecteur | 1968-04-24 |
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Salut Berthe ! | Father Fauvel | 1968-08-20 |
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Le Tatoué | Brigadier | 1968-08-17 |
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Béru et ces dames | Policeman | 1968-10-23 |
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Le Petit Baigneur | Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare | 1968-03-22 |
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Astérix le Gaulois | (voice) | 1967-12-20 |
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Deux Romains en Gaule | Un ancien combattant gaulois | 1967-02-25 |
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The Night of the Generals | Orderly (uncredited) | 1967-01-29 |
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Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde | The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited) | 1967-04-07 |
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Le Fou du labo 4 | DST inspector | 1967-11-29 |
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Cette nuit-là à Bethléem | 1967-12-24 | |
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Trois enfants dans le désordre | Un agent en faction | 1966-06-01 |
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Monnaie de singe | Le gardien de prison | 1966-03-09 |
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Un monde nouveau | Le voisin père de l'enfant | 1966-03-25 |
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Une femme en blanc se révolte | Ambulance man (uncredited) | 1966-03-25 |
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Le Grand Restaurant | Le second maître d'hôtel | 1966-09-09 |
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Tendre voyou | Le client du garage | 1966-12-12 |
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Le Gendarme à New-York | Médecin de bord | 1965-10-28 |
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Les baratineurs | Thès | 1965-02-01 |
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Le chant du monde | 1965-10-07 | |
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Le petit Nicolas | 'Le Bouillon' | 1964-01-01 |
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Les Gorilles | A police officer | 1964-12-23 |
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Jaloux comme un tigre | (uncredited) | 1964-06-16 |
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L'Honorable Stanislas, agent secret | An Inspector (uncredited) | 1963-09-03 |
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Bébert et l'Omnibus | Gendarme (uncredited) | 1963-12-03 |
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La Nuit de Tom Brown | Le barman | 1959-03-24 |
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Nina | Un inspecteur | 1959-01-16 |
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Ce sacré Amédée | Le Magicien | 1957-06-02 |
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Comme un cheveu sur la soupe | Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie" | 1957-05-14 |
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Les Truands | Le ministre | 1956-04-27 |
