Acting
Pierre Tornade
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
L'Huissier
Film · 1991
Nestor Burma
Series · 1991
Asterix and the Big Fight
Film · 1989
Les Gauloises blondes
Film · 1988
To Our Late Husband
Film · 1988
La Belle Anglaise
Series · 1988
Palace
Series · 1988
Le Dindon
Film · 1986
Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Film · 1986
Asterix in Britain
Film · 1986
Asterix vs. Caesar
Film · 1985
Lucky Luke
Series · 1984
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Film · 1983
Salut la puce
Film · 1983
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Film · 1981
Signé Furax
Film · 1981
Le Charlatan
Film · 1980
Le Plus Heureux des trois
Film · 1979
Général... nous voilà...!
Film · 1978
Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the Daltons
Film · 1978
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Film · 1977
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Film · 1977
Le Passe-muraille
Film · 1977
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Film · 1976
Le Jour de gloire
Film · 1976
Forget Me, Mandoline
Film · 1976
The Common Man
Film · 1975
The French Detective
Film · 1975
The Dangerous Mission
Film · 1975
Raging Fists
Film · 1975
The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Film · 1975
Midi Première
Series · 1975
Shut Up, Gulli
Film · 1974
Impossible Is Not French
Film · 1974
Le Permis de conduire
Film · 1974
Operation Lady Marlene
Film · 1974
Le Charlatan
Film · 1974
Antoine and Sebastian
Film · 1974
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Film · 1973
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Film · 1973
The Right of the Maddest
Film · 1973
Pot-Bouille
Series · 1972
Daisy Town
Film · 1971
The Hideout
Film · 1971
Three Men on a Horse
Film · 1969
The Devil by the Tail
Film · 1969
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Film · 1969
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Film · 1969
The Brain
Film · 1969
Asterix and Cleopatra
Film · 1968
Beru and These Women
Film · 1968
Salut Berthe !
Film · 1968
The Little Bather
Film · 1968
A Strange Kind of Colonel
Film · 1968
The Tattoo
Film · 1968
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Series · 1968
L'Homme du Picardie
Series · 1968
Le Capitaine Fracasse
Series · 1968
Asterix the Gaul
Film · 1967
Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Film · 1967
The Madman of Lab Four
Film · 1967
The Oldest Profession
Film · 1967
The Night of the Generals
Film · 1967
Deux Romains en Gaule
Film · 1967
L'Amateur
Series · 1967
Vidocq
Series · 1967
Tender Scoundrel
Film · 1966
A Woman in White Revolts
Film · 1966
The Restaurant
Film · 1966
Three Disordered Children
Film · 1966
Funny Money
Film · 1966
A Young World
Film · 1966
The Gendarme in New York
Film · 1965
Les baratineurs
Film · 1965
Song of the World
Film · 1965
Seule a Paris
Series · 1965
Les Gorilles
Film · 1964
Le Petit Nicolas
Film · 1964
Jaloux comme un tigre
Film · 1964
The Reluctant Spy
Film · 1963
Bebert and the Train
Film · 1963
Quand on est deux
Series · 1962
Nina
Film · 1959
La Nuit de Tom Brown
Film · 1959
Les Cinq Dernières Minutes
Series · 1958
Crazy in the Noodle
Film · 1957
That damn Amédée
Film · 1957
Les Truands
Film · 1956