Pierre Tornade

Actor · 1930–2012 · Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France

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.

Acted in 85

1990s

1991
Nestor Burma
Commissaire Faroux · 39 episodes
L'Huissier
The commissioner

1980s

1989
Asterix and the Big Fight
Obélix (voice)
64
1988
Palace
Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client" · 1 episode
Les Gauloises blondes
Biturix
To Our Late Husband
Radetsky
1986
Asterix in Britain
Obélix (voice)
70
Le Dindon
Pinchard
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Capitaine Cromières
1985
Asterix vs. Caesar
Obélix (voice)
67
1984
Lucky Luke
Averell Dalton (voice) · 52 episodes
70
1983
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
(voice)
62
Salut la puce
Alfred
1981
Signé Furax
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
52
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Henri Brainville, mayor

1970s

1979
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Marjavel
1978
Général... nous voilà...!
Julien Berger
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Averell Dalton
1977
Le Passe-muraille
Lecuyer
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Capitaine Marcus
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Robert Ferry
1976
Le Jour de gloire
Le maire
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
76
Forget Me, Mandoline
Jean-Paul Tardu
1975
The French Detective
Commissioner Pignol
68
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Capitaine Dumont
The Dangerous Mission
Le sergent-chef Lapointe
The Common Man
Colin
Raging Fists
Jo, bar owner
1974
Impossible Is Not French
Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
Shut Up, Gulli
The Captain
Operation Lady Marlene
Le commandant Moulinot
Le Charlatan
Movie
Le Permis de conduire
Le directeur de la banque
Antoine and Sebastian
Max
1973
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Le commissaire
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
The Right of the Maddest
Le gendarme motorisé
1972
Pot-Bouille
campardon · 7 episodes
1971
Daisy Town
Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
69
The Hideout
Léopold