Pierre Tornade
Born January 21, 1930 (Age: 96)
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Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
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.
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.
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Filmography
L'Huissier
1991
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as The commissioner
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Age: 60
Asterix and the Big Fight
1989
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as Obélix (voice)
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Age: 59
Les Gauloises blondes
1988
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as Biturix
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Age: 58
To Our Late Husband
1988
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as Radetsky
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Age: 58
Le Dindon
1986
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as Pinchard
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Age: 56
Asterix vs. Caesar
1985
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as Obélix (voice)
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Age: 55
Signé Furax
1981
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as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
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Age: 51
Le Chêne d'Allouville
1981
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as Henri Brainville, mayor
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Age: 51
Général... nous voilà !
1978
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as Julien Berger
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Age: 48
Le Passe-muraille
1977
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as Lecuyer
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Age: 47
Dis bonjour à la dame !..
1977
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as Robert Ferry
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Age: 47
Impossible Is Not French
1974
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as Albert Lombard, patron de l'Agence Lombard et beau-frère d'Antoine
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Age: 44
Shut Up, Gulli
1974
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as The Captain
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Age: 44
Operation Lady Marlene
1974
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as Le commandant Moulinot
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Age: 44
Le Permis de conduire
1974
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as Le directeur de la banque
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Age: 44
Antoine and Sebastian
1974
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as Max
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Age: 43
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
1973
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as Le commissaire
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Age: 43
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
1973
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as Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
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Age: 43
The Right of the Maddest
1973
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as Le gendarme motorisé
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Age: 43
Three Men on a Horse
1969
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as Jo Gabardine
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Age: 39
L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
1969
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as Grosswiller, businessman
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Age: 39
The Brain
1969
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as Belgian Soldier in Armored Car (uncredited)
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Age: 39
The Devil by the Tail
1969
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as Schwartz - le second complice
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Age: 39
Faites donc plaisir aux amis
1969
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as Léon , the cheated husband
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Age: 39
Asterix and Cleopatra
1968
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as (voice)
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Age: 38
Salut Berthe !
1968
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as Father Fauvel
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Age: 38
The Gendarme in New York
1965
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as Médecin de bord
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Age: 35
Song of the World
1965
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as
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Age: 35
Les baratineurs
1965
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as Thès
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Age: 35
Les Gorilles
1964
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as A police officer
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Age: 34
Jaloux comme un tigre
1964
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as (uncredited)
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Age: 34
Le Petit Nicolas
1964
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as 'Le Bouillon'
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Age: 33
Bebert and the Train
1963
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as Gendarme (uncredited)
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Age: 33
The Reluctant Spy
1963
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as An Inspector (uncredited)
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Age: 33
La Nuit de Tom Brown
1959
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as Le barman
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Age: 29
Nina
1959
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as Un inspecteur
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Age: 28
Les Truands
1956
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as Le ministre
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Age: 26