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.
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
as Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar...
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The Little Bather
as Le ministreLouis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès,...
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The Restaurant
as Le second maître d'hôtelA great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one...
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The Tattoo
as Le brigadierAn art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
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Asterix in Britain
as Obélix (voice)One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and...
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Asterix the Gaul
as Abraracourcix / Le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and...
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The Gendarme in New York
as Médecin de bordSergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of...
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Asterix and Cleopatra
as Numérobis / Abraracourcix / Un mercenaire (voice)Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help...
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Asterix and the Big Fight
as Obélix (voice)Gaullish custom requires that a would-be chief must challenge and defeat another to become the...
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The Brain
as Un soldat Belge du détachement du waggon blindé (non crédité)Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a...
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Asterix vs. Caesar
as Obélix (voice)Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true...
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The Common Man
as ColinGeorges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up...
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The French Detective
as Commissioner PignolWhen political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat...
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The Night of the Generals
as Orderly (uncredited)A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II....
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1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody...
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The Seventh Company Has Been Found
as Capitaine DumontThe second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
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Daisy Town
as uncreditedWhen the members of a caravan of pioneers find a daisy growing in the middle of the desert they...
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Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
as (voice)The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge...
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Les Gorilles
as A police officerA confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
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The Oldest Profession
as The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
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Tender Scoundrel
as Le client du garageTony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there...
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Bebert and the Train
as Un gendarme (uncredited)The Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after...
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I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
as Le commissairePierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing....
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The Devil by the Tail
as Schwartz - le second compliceIn this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck...
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Signé Furax
as Monsieur Léon, obéliscologueThe notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them...
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Crazy in the Noodle
as uncreditedPierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing...
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The Madman of Lab Four
as l'inspecteur DSTThis talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that...
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Deux Romains en Gaule
as Un ancien combattant gauloisThis film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO,...
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The Right of the Maddest
as Un motardThe guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners...
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Les Truands
as Le ministre"Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch...
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The Reluctant Spy
as An Inspector (uncredited)Stanislas Dubois is the manager of a successful advertising agency. One day, he comes up against...
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Général... nous voilà !
as Julien BergerA comedy directed by Jacques Besnard.
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Funny Money
as Le gardien de prisonFulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a...
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A Strange Kind of Colonel
as Un inspecteurBarton and Cutterfeet, two London mobsters, team up with stripper Marina to pull off the big...
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Le Permis de conduire
as Le directeur de la banqueMichel Martenot (Louis Velle) works in a bank consumption, is recommended and intended for...
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Le Jour de gloire
as Le maireIn 1944, a retired German detachment found itself stranded in a French town. The inhabitants try...
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Jaloux comme un tigre
as (uncredited)Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he...
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Les baratineurs
as uncreditedA precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands...
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Operation Lady Marlene
as Le commandant MoulinotRobert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance. With an unlikely team of French patriots, he...
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Antoine and Sebastian
as uncreditedAntoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is...
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L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
as Grosswiller, un homme d'affairesJulien Brûlebois, a brave peasant from Auvergne, learns that he has been summoned to Strasbourg...
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Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
as Capitaine MarcusAt a French military outpost, a group of lackadaisical servicemen find plenty of time to make...
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Salut Berthe !
as Père FauvelAdrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the...
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Faites donc plaisir aux amis
as LeonJean-Louis, a garage worker and womanizer, asks his friend and boss to reverse roles for a...
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Les Gauloises blondes
as BiturixIn the year 100, the village of Lutèce was invaded by a Roman troop. The Gauls decide to send...
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To Our Late Husband
as RadetskyThe widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
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Salut la puce
as AlfredRobert Dumortier and his son "La Puce" live on a barge moored to an island of the Seine and...
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The Dangerous Mission
as Le sergent-chef Lapointe1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations...
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The Hideout
as LéopoldA jewel thief hides his loot in a WELL while escaping. He returns several years later only to...
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Nina
as Un inspecteurA husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their...
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Dis bonjour à la dame !..
as Robert FerryRobert Ferry, a PTT employee, is having problems with his two sons. The elder has impregnated...
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Impossible Is Not French
as Albert LombardAntoine, an accountant by trade, becomes a private detective to support his family. His...
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Shut Up, Gulli
as The CaptainA TV channel organizes a super-8 competition, and Kenavec family decides to film their small...
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Le Passe-muraille
as LecuyerA man learns one night that he can walk through walls, and uses this skill to get back at a...
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Three Men on a Horse
as uncreditedA man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the...
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Forget Me, Mandoline
as uncreditedThe young and charming Mandoline, accountant of the advertising agency Publi-Pub, has stolen...
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Une femme en blanc se révolte
as uncreditedPreparing her gynecology thesis, Claude Sauvage, at the urging of a village doctor, Vincent...
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La Nuit de Tom Brown
as Le barmanHow did Master Brown turn from a man of faith into a cantankerous, distrustful and cynical man?...
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Raging Fists
as uncreditedTony and Nanar, two teenagers who met in reform school, are part of a gang of idle, penniless...
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Beru and These Women
as Un agent de policeInspector Bérurier, having inherited a mansion three years earlier, comes to collect rent from...
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Le Chêne d'Allouville
as Henri Brainville, le maireThe small Norman village of Allouville is proud of its thousand-year-old oak tree. But one day,...
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Three Disordered Children
as Un agent en factionA man falsely recognize two teenagers and one child as his own children in order to avoid jail...
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Le petit Nicolas
as 'Le Bouillon'At school, Nicolas is falsely accused of misbehaving and is expelled. On school photo day,...
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That damn Amédée
as Le MagicienMr. Placard, impresario of shock, lost the headliner of his show, Elia Tarti. Amédée introduces...
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Midi Première
as SelfMidi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre...
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Lucky Luke
as Averell Dalton (voice)Lucky Luke, with his horse Double Six, travels the Old West to right wrongs and bring evildoers...
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Nestor Burma
as Commissaire FarouxCynical private detective Nestor Burma investigating murders, missing persons, kidnapping and...
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Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
as Joseph TorrenceL’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage...
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