Pierre Tornade
Age: N/A | From: Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
Person Details
Birthday:
Aliases: Pierre Tournadre
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
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Movie Involvements: 8
TV Involvements: 6
Most Famous Work
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.
Most Famous Work
Midi Première
(1975) Self
Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
(1968) Joseph Torrence
The Night of the Generals
(1967) Orderly (uncredited)
The French Detective
(1975) Commissioner Pignol
L'Homme du Picardie
(1968) Malbosc
Pot-Bouille
(1972) campardon
Vidocq
(1967) Gontran Tornifon
Seule a Paris
(1965) PaulActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Obélix (voice) | |
| 1991 | Commissaire Faroux | |
| The commissioner | ||
| 1989 | Obélix (voice) | |
| 1988 | Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client" | |
| Raoul | ||
| Biturix | ||
| Radetsky | ||
| 1986 | Obélix (voice) | |
| Pinchard | ||
| Capitaine Cromières | ||
| 1985 | Obélix (voice) | |
| 1984 | Averell Dalton (voice) | |
| 1983 | (voice) | |
| Alfred | ||
| 1981 | Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue | |
| Henri Brainville, le maire | ||
| 1980 | N/A | |
| 1979 | Marjavel | |
| 1978 | Julien Berger | |
| 1977 | Lecuyer | |
| Capitaine Marcus | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1976 | Le maire | |
| Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice) | ||
| 1975 | Capitaine Dumont | |
| Commissioner Pignol | ||
| Le sergent-chef Lapointe | ||
| Colin | ||
| N/A | ||
| Self | ||
| 1974 | Albert Lombard | |
| The Captain | ||
| Le commandant Moulinot | ||
| N/A | ||
| Le directeur de la banque | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1973 | Le commissaire | |
| Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie | ||
| Un motard | ||
| 1972 | campardon | |
| 1971 | Léopold | |
| 1969 | N/A | |
| Grosswiller, un homme d'affaires | ||
| Un soldat Belge du détachement du waggon blindé (non crédité) | ||
| Schwartz - le second complice | ||
| Leon | ||
| 1968 | Numérobis / Abraracourcix / Un mercenaire (voice) | |
| Malbosc | ||
| Un agent de police | ||
| Père Fauvel | ||
| Le brigadier | ||
| Un inspecteur | ||
| Le ministre | ||
| Joseph Torrence | ||
| 1967 | N/A | |
| Abraracourcix / Le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice) | ||
| l'inspecteur DST | ||
| N/A | ||
| Un ancien combattant gaulois | ||
| Orderly (uncredited) | ||
| Gontran Tornifon | ||
| 1966 | Le client du garage | |
| Le second maître d'hôtel | ||
| Un agent en faction | ||
| Le gardien de prison | ||
| 1965 | Paul | |
| Médecin de bord | ||
| 1964 | A police officer | |
| (uncredited) | ||
| 'Le Bouillon' | ||
| 1963 | An Inspector (uncredited) | |
| 1959 | Le barman | |
| Un inspecteur | ||
| 1957 | Le Magicien | |
| 1956 | Le ministre | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
