Pierre Tornade

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Pierre Tornade

Acting January 21, 1930

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…

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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

7.3 1976 Movie
Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra

6.9 1968 Movie
Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul

6.5 1967 Movie
Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain

6.8 1986 Movie
Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight

6.3 1989 Movie
Asterix vs. Caesar

Asterix vs. Caesar

6.5 1985 Movie
The Gendarme in New York

The Gendarme in New York

6.3 1965 Movie
The Restaurant

The Restaurant

6.8 1966 Movie
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

7.3 1973 Movie
The Little Bather

The Little Bather

6.6 1968 Movie
The Seventh Company Has Been Found

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

7.3 1975 Movie
The Brain

The Brain

7.3 1969 Movie

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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.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 1991
    Nestor Burma

    TV show Commissaire Faroux

  2. 1991
    L'Huissier

    Movie The commissioner

  3. 1989
    Asterix and the Big Fight

    Movie Obélix (voice)

  4. 1988
    Palace

    TV show Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"

  5. 1988
    La Belle Anglaise

    TV show Raoul

  6. 1988
    Les Gauloises blondes

    Movie Biturix

  7. 1988
    To Our Late Husband

    Movie Radetsky

  8. 1986
    Asterix in Britain

    Movie Obélix (voice)

  9. 1986
    Le Dindon

    Movie Pinchard

  10. 1986
    Les Dégourdis de la onzième

    Movie Capitaine Cromières

  11. 1985
    Asterix vs. Caesar

    Movie Obélix (voice)

  12. 1984
    Lucky Luke

    TV show Averell Dalton (voice)

  13. 1983
    Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

    Movie (voice)

  14. 1983
    Salut la puce

    Movie Alfred

  15. 1981
    Signé Furax

    Movie Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue

  16. 1981
    Le Chêne d'Allouville

    Movie Henri Brainville, mayor

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  1. 1980
    Le Charlatan

    Movie

  2. 1979
    Le Plus Heureux des trois

    Movie Marjavel

  3. 1978
    Général... nous voilà...!

    Movie Julien Berger

  4. 1978
    Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons

    Movie Averell Dalton

  5. 1977
    Le Passe-muraille

    Movie Lecuyer

  6. 1977
    Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!

    Movie Capitaine Marcus

  7. 1977
    Dis bonjour à la dame !..

    Movie Robert Ferry

  8. 1976
    Le Jour de gloire

    Movie Le maire

  9. 1976
    The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

    Movie Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)

  10. 1976
    Forget Me, Mandoline

    Movie Jean-Paul Tardu

  11. 1975
    The Seventh Company Has Been Found

    Movie Capitaine Dumont

  12. 1975
    The French Detective

    Movie Commissioner Pignol

  13. 1975
    The Dangerous Mission

    Movie Le sergent-chef Lapointe

  14. 1975
    The Common Man

    Movie Colin

  15. 1975
    Raging Fists

    Movie Jo, bar owner

  16. 1975
    Midi Première

    TV show Self

  17. 1974
    Impossible Is Not French

    Movie Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine

  18. 1974
    Shut Up, Gulli

    Movie The Captain

  19. 1974
    Operation Lady Marlene

    Movie Le commandant Moulinot

  20. 1974
    Le Charlatan

    Movie

  21. 1974
    Le Permis de conduire

    Movie Le directeur de la banque

  22. 1974
    Antoine and Sebastian

    Movie Max

  23. 1973
    I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

    Movie Le commissaire

  24. 1973
    Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

    Movie Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie