Pierre Tornade

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.
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1930-01-21
Place of Birth: Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
Also Known As: Pierre Tournadre

Movies List of Pierre Tornade

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Three Men on a Horse

1969 Movie
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Asterix the Gaul

1967 Movie
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Le Dindon

1986 Movie
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Asterix and Cleopatra

1968 Movie
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Le Jour de gloire

1976 Movie
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The Common Man

1975 Movie
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The French Detective

1975 Movie
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The Devil by the Tail

1969 Movie
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Beru and These Women

1968 Movie
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Shut Up, Gulli

1974 Movie
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The Reluctant Spy

1963 Movie
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Les Gorilles

1964 Movie
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The Dangerous Mission

1975 Movie
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Le Permis de conduire

1974 Movie
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Le petit Nicolas

1964 Movie
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Asterix vs. Caesar

1985 Movie
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Signé Furax

1981 Movie
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Raging Fists

1975 Movie
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Les Gauloises blondes

1988 Movie
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Tender Scoundrel

1966 Movie
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Crazy in the Noodle

1957 Movie
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Forget Me, Mandoline

1976 Movie
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Bebert and the Train

1963 Movie
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Les baratineurs

1965 Movie
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Song of the World

1965 Movie
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The Oldest Profession

1967 Movie
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Daisy Town

1971 Movie
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To Our Late Husband

1988 Movie
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Le Charlatan

1980 Movie
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Nina

1959 Movie
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Salut Berthe !

1968 Movie
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Jaloux comme un tigre

1964 Movie
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Le Charlatan

1974 Movie
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L'Huissier

1991 Movie
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The Restaurant

1966 Movie
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Le Passe-muraille

1977 Movie
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The Little Bather

1968 Movie
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Funny Money

1966 Movie
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Salut la puce

1983 Movie
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Antoine and Sebastian

1974 Movie
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The Tattoo

1968 Movie
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La Nuit de Tom Brown

1959 Movie
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Asterix in Britain

1986 Movie
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The Hideout

1971 Movie
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The Brain

1969 Movie
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Les Truands

1956 Movie
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Deux Romains en Gaule

1967 Movie
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That damn Amédée

1957 Movie