Acting · Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France · Born January 21, 1930
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.
TVNestor Burma
1991
as Commissaire Faroux
MovieL'Huissier
1991
as The commissioner
MovieAsterix and the Big Fight
1989
as Obélix (voice)
TVPalace
1988
as Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
La Belle Anglaise
1988
as Raoul
MovieLes Gauloises blondes
1988
as Biturix
MovieTo Our Late Husband
1988
as Radetsky
MovieAsterix in Britain
1986
as Obélix (voice)
MovieLe Dindon
1986
as Pinchard
MovieLes Dégourdis de la onzième
1986
as Capitaine Cromières
MovieAsterix vs. Caesar
1985
as Obélix (voice)
TVLucky Luke
1984
as Averell Dalton (voice)
MovieLucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
1983
as (voice)
MovieSalut la puce
1983
as Alfred
MovieSigné Furax
1981
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
MovieLe Chêne d'Allouville
1981
as Henri Brainville, mayor
Le Charlatan
1980
MovieLe Plus Heureux des trois
1979
as Marjavel
MovieGénéral... nous voilà...!
1978
as Julien Berger
MovieLe Passe-muraille
1977
as Lecuyer
MovieStop Fooling Around... Soldier!
1977
as Capitaine Marcus
MovieDis bonjour à la dame !..
1977
as Robert Ferry
MovieLe Jour de gloire
1976
as Le maire
MovieThe Twelve Tasks of Asterix
1976
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
MovieForget Me, Mandoline
1976
as Jean-Paul Tardu
MovieThe French Detective
1975
as Commissioner Pignol
MovieThe Seventh Company Has Been Found
1975
as Capitaine Dumont
MovieThe Dangerous Mission
1975
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
MovieThe Common Man
1975
as Colin
MovieRaging Fists
1975
as Jo, bar owner
TVMidi Première
1975
as Self
MovieImpossible Is Not French
1974
as Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
MovieShut Up, Gulli
1974
as The Captain
MovieOperation Lady Marlene
1974
as Le commandant Moulinot
MovieLe Charlatan
1974
MovieLe Permis de conduire
1974
as Le directeur de la banque
MovieAntoine and Sebastian
1974
as Max
MovieI Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
as Le commissaire
MovieNow Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
MovieThe Right of the Maddest
1973
as Le gendarme motorisé
TVPot-Bouille
1972
as campardon
MovieDaisy Town
1971
as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
MovieThe Hideout
1971
as Léopold
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1969
as Jo Gabardine
MovieL'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
as Grosswiller, businessman
MovieThe Brain
1969
as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
MovieThe Devil by the Tail
1969
as Schwartz - le second complice
MovieFaites donc plaisir aux amis
1969
as Léon , the cheated husband
MovieAsterix and Cleopatra
1968
as (voice)
TVL'Homme du Picardie
1968
as Malbosc
MovieBeru and These Women
1968
as Policier
MovieSalut Berthe !
1968
as Father Fauvel
MovieThe Tattoo
1968
as le brigadier de Montignac
TVLe Capitaine Fracasse
1968
MovieA Strange Kind of Colonel
1968
as Inspector
MovieThe Little Bather
1968
as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
TVLes Dossiers de l'Agence O
1968
as Joseph Torrence
MovieCette nuit-là à Bethléem
1967
MovieAsterix the Gaul
1967
as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
MovieThe Madman of Lab Four
1967
as DST inspector
TVL'Amateur
1967
MovieThe Oldest Profession
1967
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
MovieDeux Romains en Gaule
1967
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
MovieThe Night of the Generals
1967
as Orderly (uncredited)
TVVidocq
1967
as Gontran Tornifon
MovieTender Scoundrel
1966
as Le client du garage
MovieThe Restaurant
1966
as Le second maître d'hôtel
MovieThree Disordered Children
1966
as Un agent en faction
MovieA Woman in White Revolts
1966
as Ambulance man (uncredited)
MovieA Young World
1966
as Le voisin père de l'enfant
MovieFunny Money
1966
as Le gardien de prison
TVSeule a Paris
1965
as Paul
MovieThe Gendarme in New York
1965
as Médecin de bord
MovieSong of the World
1965
MovieLes baratineurs
1965
as Thès
MovieLes Gorilles
1964
as A police officer
MovieJaloux comme un tigre
1964
as (uncredited)
MovieLe Petit Nicolas
1964
as 'Le Bouillon'
MovieBebert and the Train
1963
as Gendarme (uncredited)
MovieThe Reluctant Spy
1963
as An Inspector (uncredited)
TVQuand on est deux
1962
as Le chef déménageur
MovieLa Nuit de Tom Brown
1959
as Le barman
MovieNina
1959
as Un inspecteur
TVLes Cinq Dernières Minutes
1958
as Jules
MovieThat damn Amédée
1957
as Le Magicien
MovieCrazy in the Noodle
1957
as Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
MovieLes Truands
1956
as Le ministre
