Pierre Tornade

About

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...

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Les Cinq Dernières MinutesSeries • 1958Lucky LukeSeries • 1984Asterix and the Big FightMovie • 1989Nestor BurmaSeries • 1991The Twelve Tasks of AsterixMovie • 1976Asterix in BritainMovie • 1986Asterix the GaulMovie • 1967Asterix and CleopatraMovie • 1968Asterix vs. CaesarMovie • 1985The RestaurantMovie • 1966The Night of the GeneralsMovie • 1967Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?Movie • 1973The Gendarme in New YorkMovie • 1965Daisy TownMovie • 1971The Little BatherMovie • 1968Lucky Luke: The Ballad of the DaltonsMovie • 1978Tender ScoundrelMovie • 1966The BrainMovie • 1969The TattooMovie • 1968The Seventh Company Has Been FoundMovie • 1975Lucky Luke: Daltons on the LooseMovie • 1983The Oldest ProfessionMovie • 1967The French DetectiveMovie • 1975Crazy in the NoodleMovie • 1957