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Pierre Tornade‌

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Birthday

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Popularity

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Pierre Tornade

Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France

Pierre Tornade

Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1930-01-21

Popularity

star6.6

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.

Movie Credits

Three Men on a Horse

Three Men on a Horse‌
star1.0
calendar 1969

Asterix the Gaul

Asterix the Gaul‌
star6.4
calendar 1967

Le Dindon

Le Dindon‌
star4.0
calendar 1986

Asterix and Cleopatra

Asterix and Cleopatra‌
star6.9
calendar 1968

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

The Twelve Tasks of Asterix‌
star7.3
calendar 1976

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything

I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything‌
star5.3
calendar 1973

Dis bonjour à la dame !..

Dis bonjour à la dame !..‌
star3.0
calendar 1977

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!

Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!‌
star3.7
calendar 1977

Le Jour de gloire

Le Jour de gloire‌
star5.5
calendar 1976

The Common Man

The Common Man‌
star7.0
calendar 1975

The French Detective

The French Detective‌
star6.8
calendar 1975

The Gendarme in New York

The Gendarme in New York‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

The Devil by the Tail

The Devil by the Tail‌
star6.1
calendar 1969

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose

Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose‌
star6.2
calendar 1983

Cette nuit-là à Bethléem

Cette nuit-là à Bethléem‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Beru and These Women

Beru and These Women‌
star3.2
calendar 1968

Shut Up, Gulli

Shut Up, Gulli‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Le Chêne d'Allouville

Le Chêne d'Allouville‌
star5.6
calendar 1981

The Reluctant Spy

The Reluctant Spy‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

The Madman of Lab Four

The Madman of Lab Four‌
star5.9
calendar 1967

Impossible Is Not French

Impossible Is Not French‌
star6.6
calendar 1974

Les Gorilles

Les Gorilles‌
star5.5
calendar 1964

The Dangerous Mission

The Dangerous Mission‌
star4.0
calendar 1975

Le Permis de conduire

Le Permis de conduire‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Le petit Nicolas

Le petit Nicolas‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Asterix vs. Caesar

Asterix vs. Caesar‌
star6.5
calendar 1985

Signé Furax

Signé Furax‌
star4.7
calendar 1981

Raging Fists

Raging Fists‌
star0.0
calendar 1975

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?

Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?‌
star7.3
calendar 1973

Les Gauloises blondes

Les Gauloises blondes‌
star3.1
calendar 1988

Tender Scoundrel

Tender Scoundrel‌
star5.2
calendar 1966

Général... nous voilà !

Général... nous voilà !‌
star2.0
calendar 1978

Crazy in the Noodle

Crazy in the Noodle‌
star6.1
calendar 1957

Operation Lady Marlene

Operation Lady Marlene‌
star5.0
calendar 1974

Forget Me, Mandoline

Forget Me, Mandoline‌
star2.5
calendar 1976

Bebert and the Train

Bebert and the Train‌
star6.3
calendar 1963

Une femme en blanc se révolte

Une femme en blanc se révolte‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Les baratineurs

Les baratineurs‌
star4.0
calendar 1965

Song of the World

Song of the World‌
star1.0
calendar 1965

The Oldest Profession

The Oldest Profession‌
star5.1
calendar 1967

Daisy Town

Daisy Town‌
star6.6
calendar 1971

Faites donc plaisir aux amis

Faites donc plaisir aux amis‌
star4.5
calendar 1969

To Our Late Husband

To Our Late Husband‌
star4.5
calendar 1988

The Seventh Company Has Been Found

The Seventh Company Has Been Found‌
star7.3
calendar 1975

Le Charlatan

Le Charlatan‌
star0.0
calendar 1980

Nina

Nina‌
star3.0
calendar 1959

Salut Berthe !

Salut Berthe !‌
star4.3
calendar 1968

Jaloux comme un tigre

Jaloux comme un tigre‌
star2.0
calendar 1964

Le Plus Heureux des trois

Le Plus Heureux des trois‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

Les Dégourdis de la onzième

Les Dégourdis de la onzième‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Le Charlatan

Le Charlatan‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Asterix and the Big Fight

Asterix and the Big Fight‌
star6.3
calendar 1989

L'Huissier

L'Huissier‌
star0.0
calendar 1991

The Restaurant

The Restaurant‌
star6.8
calendar 1966

Le Passe-muraille

Le Passe-muraille‌
star2.2
calendar 1977

The Little Bather

The Little Bather‌
star6.6
calendar 1968

A Strange Kind of Colonel

A Strange Kind of Colonel‌
star5.5
calendar 1968

Three Disordered Children

Three Disordered Children‌
star5.2
calendar 1966

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus

L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus‌
star0.0
calendar 1969

Funny Money

Funny Money‌
star5.2
calendar 1966

Salut la puce

Salut la puce‌
star5.7
calendar 1983

The Night of the Generals

The Night of the Generals‌
star6.8
calendar 1967

Antoine and Sebastian

Antoine and Sebastian‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

The Tattoo

The Tattoo‌
star6.4
calendar 1968

La Nuit de Tom Brown

La Nuit de Tom Brown‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Asterix in Britain

Asterix in Britain‌
star6.8
calendar 1986

The Hideout

The Hideout‌
star2.0
calendar 1971

The Brain

The Brain‌
star7.3
calendar 1969

The Right of the Maddest

The Right of the Maddest‌
star5.8
calendar 1973

Les Truands

Les Truands‌
star4.5
calendar 1956

Deux Romains en Gaule

Deux Romains en Gaule‌
star6.5
calendar 1967

That damn Amédée

That damn Amédée‌
star5.5
calendar 1957

Tv Credits

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O

Les Dossiers de l'Agence O‌
star10.0
calendar 1968

Seule a Paris

Seule a Paris‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

La Belle Anglaise

La Belle Anglaise‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Nestor Burma

Nestor Burma‌
star6.1
calendar 1991

L'Homme du Picardie

L'Homme du Picardie‌
star6.5
calendar 1968

L'Amateur

L'Amateur‌
star0.0
calendar 1967

Palace

Palace‌
star6.7
calendar 1988

Vidocq

Vidocq‌
star10.0
calendar 1967

Midi Première

Midi Première‌
star10.0
calendar 1975

Pot-Bouille

Pot-Bouille‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

Lucky Luke

Lucky Luke‌
star6.5
calendar 1984