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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Les Dégourdis de la onzième | Capitaine Cromières | 1986-01-17 |
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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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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 | 1979-10-10 |
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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 | 1976-03-03 | |
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On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie | Capitaine Dumont | 1975-12-10 |
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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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Soldat Duroc, ça va être ta fête ! | Le sergent-chef Lapointe | 1975-04-22 |
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Dupont Lajoie | Colin | 1975-02-26 |
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Le Charlatan | 1974-06-01 | |
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Opération Lady Marlène | Le commandant Moulinot | 1974-09-01 |
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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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Impossible… pas français | Albert Lombard | 1974-12-11 |
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Antoine et Sébastien | 1974-01-16 | |
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La Raison du plus fou | Le gendarme motorisé | 1973-03-27 |
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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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Je sais rien mais je dirai tout | Le commissaire | 1973-09-11 |
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Daisy Town | Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice) | 1971-11-01 |
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L'explosion | Léopold | 1971-07-21 |
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Faites donc plaisir aux amis | Léon , the cheated husband | 1969-02-05 |
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Le diable par la queue | Schwartz - le second complice | 1969-02-07 |
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Le Cerveau | Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited) | 1969-03-07 |
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Trois hommes sur un cheval | Jo Gabardine | 1969-12-12 |
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L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus | Grosswiller, businessman | 1969-04-18 |
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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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Le Petit Baigneur | Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare | 1968-03-22 |
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Astérix et Cléopâtre | (voice) | 1968-12-19 |
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Béru et ces dames | Policeman | 1968-10-23 |
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Un drôle de colonel | Un inspecteur | 1968-04-24 |
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Astérix le Gaulois | (voice) | 1967-12-20 |
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Le Plus Vieux Métier du monde | The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited) | 1967-04-07 |
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Deux Romains en Gaule | Un ancien combattant gaulois | 1967-02-25 |
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Le Fou du labo 4 | DST inspector | 1967-11-29 |
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The Night of the Generals | Orderly (uncredited) | 1967-01-29 |
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Cette nuit-là à Bethléem | 1967-12-24 | |
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Un monde nouveau | Le voisin père de l'enfant | 1966-03-25 |
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Monnaie de singe | Le gardien de prison | 1966-03-09 |
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Une femme en blanc se révolte | Ambulance man (uncredited) | 1966-03-25 |
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Trois enfants dans le désordre | Un agent en faction | 1966-06-01 |
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Tendre voyou | Le client du garage | 1966-12-12 |
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Le Grand Restaurant | Le second maître d'hôtel | 1966-09-09 |
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Le chant du monde | 1965-10-07 | |
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Les baratineurs | Thès | 1965-02-01 |
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Le Gendarme à New-York | Médecin de bord | 1965-10-28 |
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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 | 1957-05-14 | |
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Les Truands | Le ministre | 1956-04-27 |
