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.
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Filmography
all 93
Movies 80
TV Shows 13
Voice 7
self 2
Nestor Burma (1991)
L'Huissier (1991)
Asterix and the Big Fight (1989)
Palace (1988)
To Our Late Husband (1988)
Asterix in Britain (1986)
Didi auf vollen Touren (1986)
Le Dindon (1986)
Les Dégourdis de la onzième (1986)
Asterix vs. Caesar (1985)
Lucky Luke (1984)
Fort Saganne (1984)
Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose (1983)
Arcole ou la terre promise (1981)
Signé Furax (1981)
Le Chêne d'Allouville (1981)
L'Œil du maître (1980)
C'est dingue... mais on y va (1979)
Général... nous voilà ! (1978)
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier! (1977)
Dis bonjour à la dame !.. (1977)
Le Jour de gloire (1976)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Forget Me, Mandoline (1976)
The Seventh Company Has Been Found (1975)
The French Detective (1975)
The Dangerous Mission (1975)
Raging Fists (1975)
Impossible Is Not French (1974)
Shut Up, Gulli (1974)
Operation Lady Marlene (1974)
Le Permis de conduire (1974)
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything (1973)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to? (1973)
The Right of the Maddest (1973)
Pot-Bouille (1972)
Daisy Town (1971)
The Hideout (1971)
Three Men on a Horse (1969)
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus (1969)
The Brain (1969)
The Devil by the Tail (1969)
Asterix and Cleopatra (1968)
L'Homme du Picardie (1968)
Beru and These Women (1968)
Salut Berthe ! (1968)
The Tattoo (1968)
A Strange Kind of Colonel (1968)
The Little Bather (1968)
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O (1968)
Asterix the Gaul (1967)
The Madman of Lab Four (1967)
L'Amateur (1967)
The Oldest Profession (1967)
Deux Romains en Gaule (1967)
The Night of the Generals (1967)
Vidocq (1967)
Tender Scoundrel (1966)
The Restaurant (1966)
Three Disordered Children (1966)
Funny Money (1966)
The Gendarme in New York (1965)
Les Gorilles (1964)
The Counterfeit Constable (1964)
Jaloux comme un tigre (1964)
Le petit Nicolas (1964)
Bebert and the Train (1963)
The Reluctant Spy (1963)
La Nuit de Tom Brown (1959)
Nina (1959)
That damn Amédée (1957)
Les Truands (1956)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1930-01-21
Deathday2012-03-07 (82 years old)
Birth NamePierre Tournadre
Birth PlaceBort-les-Orgues, France
CitizenshipsFrance
Also Known AsPierre Tournadre
AwardsKnight of the National Order of Merit
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