Pierre Tornade

Pierre Tornade

Born: January 21, 1930
Died: March 7, 2012
in Bort-les-Orgues, Corrèze, France
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.

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Title: Nestor Burma
Character: Commissaire Faroux
Released: September 29, 1991
Type: TV
Cynical private detective Nestor Burma investigating murders, missing persons, kidnapping and extortion cases in every arrondissement of Paris.
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L'Huissier
Title: L'Huissier
Character: The commissioner
Released: January 3, 1991
Type: Movie
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Asterix and the Big Fight
Title: Asterix and the Big Fight
Character: Obélix (voice)
Released: October 4, 1989
Type: Movie
Gaullish custom requires that a would-be chief must challenge and defeat another to become the leader of two tribes. Vitalstatistix is not perturbed because of Getafix's magic potion. Getafix, however has an accident and forgets how to make it. Then Vitalstatistix is suddenly challenged.
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Title: Palace
Character: Le client à l'addition "à la tête du client"
Released: October 29, 1988
Type: TV
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Title: La Belle Anglaise
Character: Raoul
Released: October 7, 1988
Type: TV
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Les Gauloises blondes
Title: Les Gauloises blondes
Character: Biturix
Released: August 15, 1988
Type: Movie
In the year 100, the village of Lutèce was invaded by a Roman troop. The Gauls decide to send their naked women to confuse them.
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To Our Late Husband
Title: To Our Late Husband
Character: Radetsky
Released: February 24, 1988
Type: Movie
The widow of a thief learns that the chateau she lives in has a fortune in gold hidden somewhere.
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Asterix in Britain
Title: Asterix in Britain
Character: Obélix (voice)
Released: December 3, 1986
Type: Movie
One little ancient British village still holds out against the Roman invaders. Asterix and Obelix are invited to help. They must face fog, rain, warm beer and boiled boar with mint sauce, but they soon have Governor Encyclopaedius Britannicus's Romans declining and falling. Until a wild race for a barrel of magic potion lands them in the drink.
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Le Dindon
Title: Le Dindon
Character: Pinchard
Released: July 14, 1986
Type: Movie
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Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Title: Les Dégourdis de la onzième
Character: Capitaine Cromières
Released: January 17, 1986
Type: Movie
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Asterix vs. Caesar
Title: Asterix vs. Caesar
Character: Obélix (voice)
Released: March 6, 1985
Type: Movie
Obelix falls for a new arrival in his home village in Gaul, but is heartbroken when her true love arrives to visit her. However, the lovers are kidnapped by Romans; Asterix and Obelix set out to rescue them on a dangerous journey that will involve gladiators, slavers and beauracracy - and a personal encounter with the Emperor himself, Julius Caesar...
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Title: Lucky Luke
Character: Averell Dalton (voice)
Released: October 20, 1984
Type: TV
Lucky Luke, with his horse Double Six, travels the Old West to right wrongs and bring evildoers (usually his traditional enemies the Dalton Brothers) to justice. "The man who shoots faster than his shadow."
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Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Title: Lucky Luke: Daltons on the Loose
Character: (voice)
Released: September 30, 1983
Type: Movie
The cowboy Lucky Luke tracks the Dalton brothers who escaped from prison and are seeking refuge in Canada.
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Salut la puce
Title: Salut la puce
Character: Alfred
Released: January 12, 1983
Type: Movie
Robert Dumortier and his son "La Puce" live on a barge moored to an island of the Seine and Robert dreams of cruising remote and exotic seas.
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Signé Furax
Title: Signé Furax
Character: Monsieur Léon, obéliscologue
Released: April 1, 1981
Type: Movie
The notorious and mysterious criminal Furax steals France's famous monuments, replacing them with replicas.
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Le Chêne d'Allouville
Title: Le Chêne d'Allouville
Character: Henri Brainville, le maire
Released: March 18, 1981
Type: Movie
The small Norman village of Allouville is proud of its thousand-year-old oak tree. But one day, a project of enlargement threatens the tree. The deputy Charles Crétois was keen on this project, which allowed him to continue the speculation he had been indulging in on certain lands. He is supported by the mayor of Allouville to whom he promised the Legion of Honor. But the whole village protests: they want to save the oak tree.
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Le Charlatan
Title: Le Charlatan
Released: September 3, 1980
Type: Movie
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Le Plus Heureux des trois
Title: Le Plus Heureux des trois
Character: Marjavel
Released: October 10, 1979
Type: Movie
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Général... nous voilà !
Title: Général... nous voilà !
Character: Julien Berger
Released: October 18, 1978
Type: Movie
A comedy directed by Jacques Besnard.
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Le Passe-muraille
Title: Le Passe-muraille
Character: Lecuyer
Released: December 24, 1977
Type: Movie
A man learns one night that he can walk through walls, and uses this skill to get back at a nasty new boss, to rob banks, and to romance an overly protected lady.
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Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Title: Stop Fooling Around... Soldier!
Character: Capitaine Marcus
Released: December 7, 1977
Type: Movie
At a French military outpost, a group of lackadaisical servicemen find plenty of time to make trouble, enjoy nature and pursue beautiful women.
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Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Title: Dis bonjour à la dame !..
Character: Robert Ferry
Released: March 30, 1977
Type: Movie
Robert Ferry, a PTT employee, is having problems with his two sons. The elder has impregnated his girlfriend, a young hippie, and the younger, Daniel, is said to have homosexual tendencies. Determined to put his son back on the straight and narrow, Robert decides to go against his principles and force a young girl on him...
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Le  Jour de gloire
Title: Le Jour de gloire
Character: Le maire
Released: December 8, 1976
Type: Movie
In 1944, a retired German detachment found itself stranded in a French town. The inhabitants try to live in good harmony with the occupants. But one day kids, playing with a grenade, accidentally cause the death of an SS lieutenant.
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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Title: The Twelve Tasks of Asterix
Character: Abraracourcix / Assurancetourix (voice)
Released: June 26, 1976
Type: Movie
Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter as they outwit, outrun, and generally outrage the very people who are trying to prove them "only human".
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Forget Me, Mandoline
Title: Forget Me, Mandoline
Released: March 3, 1976
Type: Movie
The young and charming Mandoline, accountant of the advertising agency Publi-Pub, has stolen documents proving that the company kept double accounts. Remorseful when she wanted to pass this evidence to a tax inspector, she decides to put the documents back in the agency's safe, but does not really know how to go about it. Her friend Marie-Charlotte, a transvestite, helps him find a young safe-drilling man in his condition, who will help him open the safe - but of course, the matter is not so simple.
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The French Detective
Title: The French Detective
Character: Commissioner Pignol
Released: December 10, 1975
Type: Movie
When political thugs murder an opponent's volunteer and also kill a cop, chief inspector Verjeat believes the politician who hired them is as guilty as the murderous goon. Verjeat's pursuit of the councilman, Lardatte, gets him a warning from his superiors. When he embarrasses Lardatte while disarming a hostage (the dead volunteer's father), Verjeat is told he's being transferred within a week. He speeds up his hunt for the goon and, with Lefévre, one of his young detectives, he engineers a complicated scheme to buy more time before the transfer. How should Verjeat play out his values of honor and duty?
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The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Title: The Seventh Company Has Been Found
Character: Capitaine Dumont
Released: December 10, 1975
Type: Movie
The second part of the Seventh Company adventures.
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The Dangerous Mission
Title: The Dangerous Mission
Character: Le sergent-chef Lapointe
Released: April 22, 1975
Type: Movie
1944. A young French soldier is involved, without really wanting it, into American operations for Liberation.
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The Common Man
Title: The Common Man
Character: Colin
Released: February 26, 1975
Type: Movie
Georges Lajoie is a Parisian café owner. As every summer, Georges, his wife Ginette and grown-up son Léon go on holiday to Loulou's campsite, where they meet up with the Schumacher family (whose father is a bailiff) and the Colin family (who sells bras in the markets). This year, their peace is slightly disturbed by the proximity of a construction site where foreign workers are employed. Xenophobic comments are made. One evening at the ball, a fight breaks out between Lajoie, Albert Schumacher and two algerian immigrant workers...
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Raging Fists
Title: Raging Fists
Released: February 12, 1975
Type: Movie
Tony and Nanar, two teenagers who met in reform school, are part of a gang of idle, penniless youngsters from the Paris suburbs. Together, they go to dances and plan mischief. The muse of the gang, B.B. La Brune, organizes leisure activities when she's not up to no good. Unemployed and penniless, they all dream of consumption and possession. Until the day a fight turns ugly: Tony, trying to reason with Nanar, pulls the trigger.
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Title: Midi Première
Character: Self
Released: January 6, 1975
Type: TV
Midi Première is a French variety show presented by Danièle Gilbert, directed by Jacques Pierre and broadcast from January 6, 1975 until January 1, 1982 on TF1. The program was generally broadcast between 12:15 p.m. and 12:55 p.m., then giving way to the 1:00 p.m. TV news. However, the broadcast schedule could change, depending on the guests, and the setting where the recording of the program was shot. Certain performances by artists who have become cult like the one where Ringo jostles with a demonstrator in interpretation (1977), that of Dalida with the title There is always a song with the soundtrack that does not start, twice, at the right speed (1978), Claude François and his Clodettes, who, in the provinces, are unable to join "the set" in order to interpret his song, the latter being taken by the crowd of delirious fans (summer 1977) . The group Supertramp performed there with the title "Dreamer" on March 8, 1975.
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Impossible Is Not French
Title: Impossible Is Not French
Character: Albert Lombard
Released: December 11, 1974
Type: Movie
Antoine, an accountant by trade, becomes a private detective to support his family. His wanderings lead him to transport a cargo of malachite to Le Havre, in the hope of a large bonus. With the help of his family, and despite a few mishaps, Antoine achieves his goal.
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Shut Up, Gulli
Title: Shut Up, Gulli
Character: The Captain
Released: October 30, 1974
Type: Movie
A TV channel organizes a super-8 competition, and Kenavec family decides to film their small village in Brittany.
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Operation Lady Marlene
Title: Operation Lady Marlene
Character: Le commandant Moulinot
Released: September 1, 1974
Type: Movie
Robert Lamoureux plays a General in the Resistance. With an unlikely team of French patriots, he easily outwits the buffoonish Germans and steals the master copy of their plans to invade England. By doing so, he prevents the invasion and makes it more likely that the Allies will win the war.
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Le Charlatan
Title: Le Charlatan
Released: June 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Le Permis de conduire
Title: Le Permis de conduire
Character: Le directeur de la banque
Released: April 30, 1974
Type: Movie
Michel Martenot (Louis Velle) works in a bank consumption, is recommended and intended for children. His professional skills were appreciated by his boss and promoted Michel. He becomes deputy director of an agency in central Paris. Unfortunately, not having a driving license means that you will have to track a lot of time commuting to public transport. To start the business on his family and professional life.
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Antoine and Sebastian
Title: Antoine and Sebastian
Released: January 16, 1974
Type: Movie
Antoine has raised Sébastien, the son of a friend who was killed in a plane crash. Sébastien is doing his military service and Antoine would like him to marry Nathalie, the girl he grew up with. But Nathalie is in love with an American, and the day Sébastien has a leave, she leaves with her lover.
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I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Title: I Don't Know Much, But I'll Say Everything
Character: Le commissaire
Released: September 11, 1973
Type: Movie
Pierre Gastié-Leroy is the son of a wealthy director of a factory of weapon manufacturing. Despite his parents, two generous uncles and a bishop godfather who try to inculcate him the rigid values of his social level, Pierre is a dreamer, antimilitaristic, social educator who dreams of saving three thugs, his "little guys" at the limit of delinquency. After several resounding failures that sent him to prison, Pierre is ordered by his father to join his factory to direct the social service. Tired of the venality of his father and the foolishness of the "little guys", Pierre hires them at the factory...
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Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Title: Now Where Did the Seventh Company Get to?
Character: Capitaine Dumont, commandant de la 7ème compagnie
Released: May 24, 1973
Type: Movie
1940: During the chaotic running fights of the French army the 7th company disappears - nobody knows they've been taken captive. Only their scouting patrol, three witty but lazy guys, can escape and now wanders around behind the German lines. They'd like to just stay out the fights, but a Lieutenant urges them to use a captured truck to break through to their troops.
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The Right of the Maddest
Title: The Right of the Maddest
Character: Un motard
Released: March 27, 1973
Type: Movie
The guardian of a nursing home lends a compassionate ear to the complaints of two new pensioners who love each other and have only one dream: to see the sea. To help them realize their dream, the brave man steals the car of the director. She quickly discovers the crime and drags her pale husband to the pursuit of the trio, aboard a tanker truck...
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Title: Pot-Bouille
Character: campardon
Released: March 23, 1972
Type: TV
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Daisy Town
Title: Daisy Town
Released: November 1, 1971
Type: Movie
When the members of a caravan of pioneers find a daisy growing in the middle of the desert they decide to stop there and to build their town on this very spot. Houses soon spring up like mushrooms, immediately followed by a bank, a saloon, a prison, etc. Daisy Town is born. Unfortunately a city does not go without its bad boys and the peaceful place is soon turned into a lawless place. To restore law and order, a lawman is needed. Lucky Luke, the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow, will be this man: all the villains had better watch out!
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The Hideout
Title: The Hideout
Character: Léopold
Released: July 21, 1971
Type: Movie
A jewel thief hides his loot in a WELL while escaping. He returns several years later only to find there is a Resort on the site and the well is the centerpiece of the place. He then has to find a way to retrieve his haul.
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Three Men on a Horse
Title: Three Men on a Horse
Released: December 12, 1969
Type: Movie
A man has found a way to win any bet he places on a horse. However, he himself must never be the person to place the bet.
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L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Title: L'Auvergnat et l'Autobus
Character: Grosswiller, un homme d'affaires
Released: April 18, 1969
Type: Movie
Julien Brûlebois, a brave peasant from Auvergne, learns that he has been summoned to Strasbourg to collect an inheritance. Amazed by the operation of the bus that takes him from the station to his notary's home, he decides to buy it. What follows is a bewildering chase between the agents of the Strasbourg transport authority, the capitalists, the naive peasant and his lucid, pretty fiancée.
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The Brain
Title: The Brain
Character: Un soldat Belge du détachement du waggon blindé (non crédité)
Released: March 7, 1969
Type: Movie
Arthur and Anatole are two little robbers. They want to rob money, money that will travel in a special train from Paris to Bruxelles. They don't know that other people have planned to do the same thing.
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The Devil by the Tail
Title: The Devil by the Tail
Character: Schwartz - le second complice
Released: February 7, 1969
Type: Movie
In this comedy, a run-down hotel drums up customers by sabotaging passing cars. The stuck motorists are then obliged to stay. Unfortunately, one of the sabotaged cars belongs to a bank robber. The hotel staff wants the robber out, but they also want to keep his ill-gotten money.
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Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Title: Faites donc plaisir aux amis
Character: Leon
Released: February 5, 1969
Type: Movie
Jean-Louis, a garage worker and womanizer, asks his friend and boss to reverse roles for a while, to make his brother, who has just arrived from South America, believe he's not only the boss, but also his wife's husband.
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Asterix and Cleopatra
Title: Asterix and Cleopatra
Character: Numérobis / Abraracourcix / Un mercenaire (voice)
Released: December 19, 1968
Type: Movie
Popular animated hero Asterix and his faithful sidekick Obelix travel to ancient Egypt to help Cleopatra build a new summer home. Cleopatra and Julius Caesar have made a bet, with Caesar wagering the project cannot be completed in a few weeks time. With the help of a magic potion, Asterix comes to the rescue of the Queen of the Nile as Caesar and an angry architect plot against them.
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Title: L'Homme du Picardie
Character: Malbosc
Released: December 16, 1968
Type: TV
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Beru and These Women
Title: Beru and These Women
Character: Un agent de police
Released: October 23, 1968
Type: Movie
Inspector Bérurier, having inherited a mansion three years earlier, comes to collect rent from the tenant when the latter is murdered under mysterious circumstances. Béru calls Commissaire San Antonio to the rescue, and the two men discover that Laurenzi's hotel is home to a "brothel" whose director, Madame Albertine, soon reveals to the two policemen that Laurenzi was having an ongoing relationship with Helga, one of the boarders, and Mr. Max, a regular guest of the house.
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Salut Berthe !
Title: Salut Berthe !
Character: Père Fauvel
Released: August 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Adrien Chautard, a major industrialist from Abidjan, has been chosen to replace an expert on the official Ivory Coast delegation sent to Paris to discuss the country's association with the Common Market. Chautard is delighted at the prospect of this trip, where he will be reunited with the woman of his dreams: Elisabeth. Alas, at Abidjan airport, a nasty surprise awaits him: Berthe, his lawful wife, has decided to leave with him to consult a leading cardiologist in the capital.
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The Tattoo
Title: The Tattoo
Character: Le brigadier
Released: August 17, 1968
Type: Movie
An art dealer wants to buy a Modigliani, which is tattooed on the back of an old soldier.
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A Strange Kind of Colonel
Title: A Strange Kind of Colonel
Character: Un inspecteur
Released: April 24, 1968
Type: Movie
Barton and Cutterfeet, two London mobsters, team up with stripper Marina to pull off the big jobs. But the arrival of a rival who signs his crimes "The Angel" takes away all their profits. The three friends hope to get their revenge when they steal a diamond.
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The Little Bather
Title: The Little Bather
Character: Le ministre
Released: March 22, 1968
Type: Movie
Louis-Philippe Fourchaume, another typical lead-role for French comedy superstar Louis de Funès, is the dictatorial CEO of a French company which designs and produces sail yachts, and fires in yet another tantrum his designer André Castagnier, not realizing that man is his only chance to land a vital contract with the Italian magnate Marcello Cacciaperotti. So he has to find him at his extremely rural birthplace in 'la France profonde', which proves a torturous odyssey for the spoiled rich man; when he does get there his torment is far from over: the country bumpkin refuses to resume his slavish position now the shoe is on the other foot, so Fourchaume is dragged along in the boorish family life, and at times unable to control his temper, which may cost him more credit then he painstakingly builds up...
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Title: Les Dossiers de l'Agence O
Character: Joseph Torrence
Released: March 11, 1968
Type: TV
L’Agence O is a famous Parisian private detective firm. Its premises are located in the Passage Choiseul. In front, Torrence leads the shop. In fact, the agency's team is complemented by Émilie le Roux, Mademoiselle Berthe and Barbet, who scrutinize clients through a one-way mirror located behind the desk. Getting hold of a man disguised as an old lady, solving the mystery of the Prisoner of Lagny or discovering who is blackmailing the painter Tigrane Alban does not worry the experts at the O Agency. Les Dossiers de l’Agence O is a French-Canadian television series in thirteen episodes of approximately 55 minutes created by Marc Simenon and broadcast first in Quebec from December 14, 1967 to March 13, 1968 on Télévision de Radio-Canada, then in France from March 11 to June 3, 1968 on the first channel of the ORTF.
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Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Title: Cette nuit-là à Bethléem
Released: December 24, 1967
Type: Movie
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Asterix the Gaul
Title: Asterix the Gaul
Character: Abraracourcix / Le marchand de bœufs / Caius Bonus (voice)
Released: December 20, 1967
Type: Movie
In the year 50 BC, Gaul is occupied by the Romans - nearly. But the small village of Asterix and his friends still resists the Roman legions with the aid of their druid's magic potion, which gives superhuman strength. Learning of this potion, a Roman centurion kidnaps the druid to get the secret formula out of him.
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The Madman of Lab Four
Title: The Madman of Lab Four
Character: l'inspecteur DST
Released: November 29, 1967
Type: Movie
This talkative and unevenly paced feature finds Fou (Jean Lefebvre) the inventor of a gas that makes the users fall in love. He is chased by his boss, the police, and spies, who seek to secure the secret recipe for their own selfish purposes. A shadowy American underworld figure tries to intimidate the inventor. A half-hearted attempt at comedy tries to go along with the double dealing and trickery of the thin plot of the film.
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Title: L'Amateur ou S.O.S. Fernand
Released: September 15, 1967
Type: TV
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The Oldest Profession
Title: The Oldest Profession
Character: The Mover (segment "Mademoiselle Mimi") (uncredited)
Released: April 7, 1967
Type: Movie
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
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Deux Romains en Gaule
Title: Deux Romains en Gaule
Character: Un ancien combattant gaulois
Released: February 25, 1967
Type: Movie
This film is directly inspired by Asterix, created by René Goscinny and Albert UDERZO, chronicles the adventures of a little boy, Antoine, entered the world of antiquity by studying its history lesson and two Romans, and TICKETBUS PROSPECTUS, who prefer to leave their life of legionnaires and discover the lifestyle of Gaulois.Antoine meeting Asterix cartoon form, which explains certain peculiarities of life in Lutetia.
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The Night of the Generals
Title: The Night of the Generals
Character: Orderly (uncredited)
Released: January 29, 1967
Type: Movie
A German intelligence officer investigates a prostitute's killing in Warsaw during World War II. He lands on three major Nazi generals as suspects, two of whom are also involved in a plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
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Title: Vidocq
Character: Gontran Tornifon
Released: January 7, 1967
Type: TV
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Tender Scoundrel
Title: Tender Scoundrel
Character: Le client du garage
Released: December 12, 1966
Type: Movie
Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes a difficult challenge: to seduce baroness Minna von Strasshofer.
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The Restaurant
Title: The Restaurant
Character: Le second maître d'hôtel
Released: September 9, 1966
Type: Movie
A great French restaurant's owner, Monsieur Septime, is thrust into intrigue and crime, when one of his famous guests disappears.
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Three Disordered Children
Title: Three Disordered Children
Character: Un agent en faction
Released: June 1, 1966
Type: Movie
A man falsely recognize two teenagers and one child as his own children in order to avoid jail so his life becomes more and more chaotic.
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Une femme en blanc se révolte
Title: Une femme en blanc se révolte
Released: March 25, 1966
Type: Movie
Preparing her gynecology thesis, Claude Sauvage, at the urging of a village doctor, Vincent Ferrière, agrees to replace him for a few days. During this time, she took it upon herself to abort the schoolteacher, who was afraid of giving birth to a handicapped child. But an anonymous letter denounces her, and she goes on trial.
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Funny Money
Title: Funny Money
Character: Le gardien de prison
Released: March 9, 1966
Type: Movie
Fulbert is a sidewalk artist who is duped into working for a counterfeiter. He accompanies a woman posing as a grieving widow on a trip to Spain in a hearse. Unaware she is the mistress of a notorious gangster, Fulbert is chased by thugs.
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Title: Seule a Paris
Character: Paul
Released: November 10, 1965
Type: TV
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The Gendarme in New York
Title: The Gendarme in New York
Character: Médecin de bord
Released: October 28, 1965
Type: Movie
Sergeant Cruchot and his faithful comrades have been sent to the International Congress of Gendarmerie in N.Y.
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Song of the World
Title: Song of the World
Released: October 7, 1965
Type: Movie
In Haute-Provence, two rival farming clans clash over the four seasons of the year. A young lumberjack, who has gone up to Rebeillard country to fell trees, has not been heard from for several months. Concerned by his long absence, his father sets out to find him. Antonio, known as "Bouche d'or" (Golden Mouth), the man from the river, accompanied him out of friendship; the two of them toiled together for long days, but one night, at the edge of the wood, they discovered a blond woman lying on the ground, giving birth to a child: it was Clara, a young blind woman.
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Les baratineurs
Title: Les baratineurs
Released: February 1, 1965
Type: Movie
A precious work of art from the Italian Renaissance is stolen and passes through many hands before ending up in the shed of the farmhouse of Mr. and Mrs. Dujardin, fishmongers, who are inaugurating their luxury fish shop that very day. But the antique dealers, the free-riders and the bargain-hunters are there. They are jealously careful not to pass on the fruit of their clever investigations to their rivals, for all of them, after a picturesque treasure hunt, know that the Dujardin family own the famous Duranti altarpiece. But where have they hidden it themselves?
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Les Gorilles
Title: Les Gorilles
Character: A police officer
Released: December 23, 1964
Type: Movie
A confused pair of airport luggage carriers get involved in the disappearance of some suitcases.
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Jaloux comme un tigre
Title: Jaloux comme un tigre
Character: (uncredited)
Released: June 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Henri has a beautiful wife, Sophie. Unfortunately, suffering from an unhealthy jealousy, he spends much of his time watching his wife's every move, and a few domestic scenes often ensue.
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Le petit Nicolas
Title: Le petit Nicolas
Character: 'Le Bouillon'
Released: January 1, 1964
Type: Movie
At school, Nicolas is falsely accused of misbehaving and is expelled. On school photo day, Nicolas will try to prove his innocence, with disastrous consequences.
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Bebert and the Train
Title: Bebert and the Train
Character: Un gendarme (uncredited)
Released: December 3, 1963
Type: Movie
The Martin family is shopping in a department store. Tiennot is responsible for looking after his little brother, Bébert, but he prefers to chase girls. On the train home, Tiennot leaves Bébert alone. On arrival, Bébert has disappeared. The Martin family sets out to find him.
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The Reluctant Spy
Title: The Reluctant Spy
Character: An Inspector (uncredited)
Released: September 3, 1963
Type: Movie
Stanislas Dubois is the manager of a successful advertising agency. One day, he comes up against an imposing woman who foists on him a cumbersome painting by Cézanne.
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La Nuit de Tom Brown
Title: La Nuit de Tom Brown
Character: Le barman
Released: March 24, 1959
Type: Movie
How did Master Brown turn from a man of faith into a cantankerous, distrustful and cynical man? Nathaniel Hawthorne's character recounts the night when everything changed. In Canada, in a village where everyone seems more virtuous than he is, Tom Brown meets a man who claims to be the devil.
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Nina
Title: Nina
Character: Un inspecteur
Released: January 16, 1959
Type: Movie
A husband plans to shoot the man having an affair with his wife, but both come to realise their desire to escape the tyrannical woman in their lives.
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That damn Amédée
Title: That damn Amédée
Character: Le Magicien
Released: June 2, 1957
Type: Movie
Mr. Placard, impresario of shock, lost the headliner of his show, Elia Tarti. Amédée introduces himself, he can highlight his gifts of fantasy. Randomly along the way, Amédée notices a seductive hitchhiker named Cigale. This one disappears again, kidnapped by Prince Kanaga. Assisted by a friend, Amédée flies in his footsteps and discovers in Nice that Cigale is none other than Elia Tari, capricious, disdainful and snobbish star.
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Crazy in the Noodle
Title: Crazy in the Noodle
Released: May 14, 1957
Type: Movie
Pierre Cousin, a depressive compositor, wants to die. After five vain attempts at committing suicide, he decides to hire professional hit men to do the job on him. But as he's waiting for death, he accidentally saves a suicidal young woman's life... and falls in love. Having suddenly found a reason to live, he now fears the killers he himself hired. Is there still time to call off his contract?
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Les Truands
Title: Les Truands
Character: Le ministre
Released: April 27, 1956
Type: Movie
"Thieves We Are" - In flashback, the audience learns why 104-year-old Amedee steals the watch belonging to the town mayor. The story develops into a history of the watch-thievery business, told in anecdotal fashion.