Louis Jourdan
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1921-06-20
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
Acting
(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)
Grand Larceny
as Charles Grand
(1987)
(1986)
Beverly Hills Madam
as Douglas Corbin
(1986)
Bayou Romance
as Self
(1984)
Cover Up
as George LeMare
(1983)
Octopussy
as Kamal Khan
(1983)
(1983)
Double Deal
as Peter Sterling
(1983)
Office Romances
as Self
(1982)
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Anton Arcane
(1982)
The Simple Truth
as Self
(1982)
The Awakening of Cassie
as Self
(1982)
Image of Passion
as Self
(1982)
For Love of Angela
as Self
(1982)
A Legacy for Leonette
as Self
(1982)
Escape To Love
as Self
(1982)
Isle of Secret Passion
as Self
(1977)
The Man in the Iron Mask
as D'Artagnan
(1977)
Count Dracula
as Count Dracula
(1977)
Silver Bears
as Prince di Siracusa
(1977)
Plus ça va, moins ça va
as Paul Tango
(1975)
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Villefort
(1975)
Piange… il telefono
as Medico
(1974)
That's Entertainment!
as (archive footage)
(1973)
The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
as Self (archive footage)
(1973)
The Great American Beauty Contest
as Ralph Dupree
(1970)
Ritual of Evil
as Dr. David Sorell
(1969)
Fear No Evil
as Dr. David Sorell
(1969)
Run a Crooked Mile
as Richard Stuart
(1968)
A Flea in Her Ear
as Henri Tournel
(1968)
To Die in Paris
as Colonel Bertine Westrex
(1967)
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
as Cardinal Acquaviva
(1967)
To Commit a Murder
as Charles Beaulieu
(1966)
The Sultans
as Laurent
(1966)
Made in Paris
as Marc Fontaine
(1963)
The V.I.P.s
as Marc Champselle
(1963)
Mathias Sandorf
as Le comte Mathias Sandorf
(1962)
Disorder
as Tom
(1962)
Dark Journey
as Paul Guéret
(1961)
The Count of Monte Cristo
as Edmond Dantès
(1961)
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
(1957)
Escapade
as Frank Raphaël
(1956)
The Swan
as Dr. Nicholas Agi
(1956)
Julie
as Lyle Benton
(1956)
Eloise
as Himself
(1956)
Her Bridal Night
as Michel
(1954)
Three Coins in the Fountain
as Prince Dino di Cessi
(1953)
Decameron Nights
as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
(1953)
Rue de l'Estrapade
as Henri Laurent
(1953)
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
(1951)
Bird of Paradise
as Andre Laurence
(1949)
Madame Bovary
as Rodolphe Boulanger
(1948)
Letter from an Unknown Woman
as Stefan Brand
(1948)
No Minor Vices
as Octavio Quaglini
(1947)
The Paradine Case
as Andre Latour
(1945)
The Bohemian Life
as Rodolphe
(1944)
Twilight
as Robert de Ligny
(1944)
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Francis
(1943)
The Heart of a Nation
as Christian (uncredited)
(1942)
L'Arlésienne
as Frédéri
(1942)
The Beautiful Adventure
as André d'Éguzon
(1941)
Her First Affair
as Pierre
(1941)
Parade in 7 Nights
as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
(1940)
Comedy of Happiness
as Fédor
Crew
(1987)