Pierre Tornade
Acting
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.
Born: January 21, 1930
Place of Birth: Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
Known For
Filmography
as Commissaire Faroux
as The commissioner
as Obélix (voice)
as Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
as Raoul
as Biturix
as Radetsky
as Obélix (voice)
as Pinchard
as Capitaine Cromières
as Obélix (voice)
as Averell Dalton (voice)
as (voice)
as Alfred
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
as Henri Brainville, mayor
as Marjavel
as Julien Berger
as Lecuyer
as Capitaine Marcus
as Robert Ferry
as Le maire
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
as Jean-Paul Tardu
as Capitaine Dumont
as Commissioner Pignol
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe
as Colin
as Jo, bar owner
as Self
as Albert Lombard
as The Captain
as Le commandant Moulinot
as Le directeur de la banque
as Max
as Le commissaire
as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
as Le gendarme motorisé
as campardon
as Averell Dalton / Un parieur (voice)
as Léopold
as Jo Gabardine
as Grosswiller, businessman
as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
as Schwartz - le second complice
as Léon , the cheated husband
as (voice)
as Malbosc
as Policeman
as Father Fauvel
as Brigadier
as Inspector
as Jean-Baptiste Castagnier, le gardien de phare
as Joseph Torrence
as Abraracourcix / le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
as DST inspector
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
as Un ancien combattant gaulois
as Orderly (uncredited)
as Gontran Tornifon
as Le client du garage
as Le second maître d'hôtel
as Un agent en faction
as Ambulance man (uncredited)
as Le voisin père de l'enfant
as Le gardien de prison
as Paul
as Médecin de bord
as Thès
as A police officer
as (uncredited)
as 'Le Bouillon'
as Gendarme (uncredited)
as An Inspector (uncredited)
as Le chef déménageur
as Le barman
as Un inspecteur
as Jules
as Le Magicien
as Maître d'hôtel at "La belle vie"
as Le ministre