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
ActingBirthday
January 21, 1930Deathday
March 7, 2012Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
72Place of birth
Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, FranceAlso known as
Pierre Tournadre![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/original/jtxGufvDwQSpwyuJKitxSMTEAfd.jpg)
Cast credits
![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7cZQZOYZFJcLjZnxWjO5PcUtmDZ.jpg)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/uK1S8VHWH0kilanq2QyNIdkUjFs.jpg)
Asterix and Cleopatra
Numérobis / Abraracourcix / Un mercenaire (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4Yv8i2hkLOnvizVHDVYHBvGfgOo.jpg)
I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Le commissaire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4DmGRxwLW5zEqC14wi87yvz4aCF.jpg)
Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Capitaine Marcus![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/pJUVaXAq8bYOO8FBCWd1FV5tYfO.jpg)
Le Jour de gloire
Le maire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/6SCYW55I3fpW0EIqyPWcdg85QuG.jpg)
The French Detective
Commissioner Pignol![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/8stBuzOkXfu7DXiWJPzwhhTrxfi.jpg)
The Devil by the Tail
Schwartz - le second complice![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/rSkmpMihDEOormxoMZZCGAFHc5M.jpg)
Beru and These Women
Un agent de police![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/w1sRatrH5lyJouq3LsTORhCflg2.jpg)
Shut Up, Gulli
The Captain![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/7zKE4qik77TE1NZrM00QU3w49BA.jpg)
Le Chêne d'Allouville
Henri Brainville, le maire![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4L0HICk7yvGXlcSmbL1ctpA6Vz7.jpg)
The Reluctant Spy
An Inspector (uncredited)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/a61q98f4K2IsMcgsmDMxr487k0H.jpg)
The Madman of Lab Four
l'inspecteur DST![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4fv3HyFTjpZmg8AyxoZ8WKwMKno.jpg)
Impossible Is Not French
Albert Lombard![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4eJ2fXJbpdvfWcspdvkwi4o5g85.jpg)
Les Gorilles
A police officer![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/34QEPydnoIFcxauow6TXFWe2jRG.jpg)
The Dangerous Mission
Le sergent-chef Lapointe![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4zIFXipX3g5qXZ7i6qiJoUpLQ8N.jpg)
Le Permis de conduire
Le directeur de la banque![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/etGMmWOREDS9sbDTpVJ1wqPelfK.jpg)
Asterix vs. Caesar
Obélix (voice)![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/diVg3kwYvDqo0dGgz0n76EO0jcF.jpg)
Signé Furax
Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/eGbSIQ9HumvikBxllond5uCVXjp.jpg)
Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/4FhMhxkbDl2scoE9r3ZbzRC91Sp.jpg)
Les Gauloises blondes
Biturix![](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/h632/p6NTOG1H8KOd6Hh2ZiNrcHHcuyO.jpg)
Tender Scoundrel
Le client du garage