Louis Jourdan
- Acting
- June 20, 1921 · Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- February 14, 2015
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
Filmography
- Roger Moore: A Matter of Class · Self
- That's Entertainment! III · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- Year of the Comet · Philippe
- The Return of Swamp Thing · Dr. Anton Arcane
- Counterforce · Kassar
- Grace Kelly: The American Princess · Self, Thanks
- Grand Larceny · Charles Grand
- Beverly Hills Madam · Douglas Corbin
- Bayou Romance · Self
- Cover Up
- Salute to Lady Liberty
- The First Olympics: Athens 1896 · Baron Pierre de Coubertin
- Double Deal · Peter Sterling
- Octopussy · Kamal Khan
- James Bond: The First 21 Years · Kamal Khan (archive footage)
- Office Romances · Self
- James Bond in India
- Hotel · Adam Vidocq
- Swamp Thing · Arcane
- The Simple Truth · Self
- The Awakening of Cassie · Self
- Escape To Love · Self
- For Love of Angela · Self
- Image of Passion · Self
- Isle of Secret Passion · Self
- A Legacy for Leonette · Self
- Aloha Paradise
- The French Atlantic Affair · Capt. Charles Girodt
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo · Chuck
- Vega$
- Count Dracula · Count Dracula
- Count Dracula · Count Dracula
- Plus ça va, moins ça va · Paul Tango
- The Man in the Iron Mask · D'Artagnan
- Silver Bears · Prince di Siracusa
- Charlie's Angels · Dr. Redmont
- The Count of Monte-Cristo · Villefort
- Piange… il telefono · Medico
- That's Entertainment! · (archive footage) (uncredited)
- The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli · Self
- The Great American Beauty Contest · Ralph Dupree
- Columbo · Paul Gerard
- Ritual of Evil · Dr. David Sorell
- Run a Crooked Mile · Richard Stuart
- Fear No Evil · Dr. David Sorell
- A Flea in Her Ear · Henri Tournel
- The Name of the Game · Mario Lompardi
- To Die in Paris · Colonel Bertine Westrex
- Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes · Cardinal Acquaviva
- To Commit a Murder · Charles Beaulieu
- The Sultans · Laurent
- Made in Paris · Marc Fontaine
- The F.B.I. · Andre Vesalian, Col. Lorenz Tabor
- The Hollywood Palace · Self
- Kraft Suspense Theatre · Colonel Bertine
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre · Phillippe Dutra
- The Danny Kaye Show · Self
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The V.I.P.s · Marc Champselle
- Mathias Sandorf · Le comte Mathias Sandorf
- Dark Journey · Paul Guéret
- Disorder · Tom
- The Count of Monte Cristo · Edmond Dantès
- Amazons of Rome · Drusco
- Can-Can · Philipe Forrestier
- The Best of Everything · David Savage
- Gigi · Gaston Lachaille
- Dangerous Exile · Duke Philippe de Beauvais
- Escapade · Frank Raphaël
- Eloise · Self
- Her Bridal Night · Michel
- Julie · Lyle Benton
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show · Self
- Playhouse 90 · Self
- The Swan · Dr. Nicholas Agi
- MGM Parade · Self
- Paris Precinct · Inspector Beaumont
- Climax! · Pierre Mendes-France
- Three Coins in the Fountain · Prince Dino di Cessi
- Rue de l'estrapade · Henri Laurent