Louis Jourdan

Personal Info

Birthday

June 20, 1921

Day of Death

2015-02-14

(93 years old)

Place of Birth

Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Louis Jourdan

Biography

Louis Jourdan (born Louis Robert Gendre; 19 June 1921 – 14 February 2015) was a French film and television actor. He was known for his suave roles in several Hollywood films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Paradine Case (1947), Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948), Gigi (1958), The Best of Everything (1959), The V.I.P.s (1963) and Octopussy (1983). He played Dracula in the 1977 BBC television production Count Dracula.

Known For

Columbo

Charlie's Angels

Climax!

Studio One

The Name of the Game

The F.B.I.

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

Kraft Suspense Theatre

Filmography

2002
Best Ever Bond
as Kamal Khan (archive footage) (uncredited)
1995
Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
as Self (archive footage)
1994
That's Entertainment! III
as (archive footage)
1992
Year of the Comet
as Philippe
1989
The Return of Swamp Thing
as Dr. Anton Arcane
1988
Counterforce
as Kassar
1987
Grace Kelly: The American Princess
as Self
Grand Larceny
as Charles Grand
1986
Beverly Hills Madam
as Douglas Corbin
Bayou Romance
as Self
1984
Cover Up
as George LeMare
1983
Double Deal
as Peter Sterling
Octopussy
as Kamal Khan
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Kamal Khan (archive footage)
Office Romances
as Self
1982
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Anton Arcane
The Awakening of Cassie
as Self
A Legacy for Leonette
as Self
Escape To Love
as Self
For Love of Angela
as Self
The Simple Truth
as Self
Image of Passion
as Self
Isle of Secret Passion
as Self
1977
Count Dracula
as Count Dracula
Plus ça va, moins ça va
as Paul Tango
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
Silver Bears
as Prince di Siracusa
1975
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Villefort
Piange… il telefono
as Medico
1974
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
1973
The Great American Beauty Contest
as Ralph Dupree
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
1970
Ritual of Evil
as Dr. David Sorell
1969
Run a Crooked Mile
as Richard Stuart
Fear No Evil
as Dr. David Sorell
1968
A Flea in Her Ear
as Henri Tournel
To Die in Paris
as Colonel Bertine Westrex
1967
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Cardinal Acquaviva
To Commit a Murder
as Charles Beaulieu
1966
The Sultans
as Laurent
Made in Paris
as Marc Fontaine
1963
The V.I.P.s
as Marc Champselle
Mathias Sandorf
as Le comte Mathias Sandorf
1962
Dark Journey
as Paul Guéret
Disorder
as Tom
1961
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
Amazons of Rome
as Drusco
1960
Can-Can
as Philipe Forrestier
1959
The Best of Everything
as David Savage
1958
Gigi
as Gaston Lachaille
1957
Dangerous Exile
as Duke Philippe de Beauvais
Escapade
as Frank Raphaël
1956
Eloise
as Himself
Her Bridal Night
as Michel
Julie
as Lyle Benton
The Swan
as Dr. Nicholas Agi
1954
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Prince Dino di Cessi
1953
Rue de l'estrapade
as Henri Laurent
Decameron Nights
as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
A String of Blue Beads
as Antique Shop Owner
1952
The Happy Time
as Uncle Desmond Bonnard
1951
Anne of the Indies
as Captaine Pierre François LaRochelle
Bird of Paradise
as Andre Laurence
1949
Madame Bovary
as Rodolphe Boulanger
1948
No Minor Vices
as Octavio Quaglini
Letter from an Unknown Woman
as Stefan Brand
1947
The Paradine Case
as Andre Latour
1945
The Bohemian Life
as Rodolphe
1944
Twilight
as Robert de Ligny
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Francis
1943
The Heart of a Nation
as Christian (uncredited)
1942
The Beautiful Adventure
as André d'Éguzon
L'Arlésienne
as Frédéri
1941
Parade in 7 Nights
as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
Her First Affair
as Pierre
1940
Comedy of Happiness
as Fédor