Louis Jourdan
Born: 1921-06-20 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Died: 2015-02-14
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
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
- Bayou Romance as Self
- Beverly Hills Madam as Douglas Corbin
1984
- Cover Up
- The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as Baron Pierre de Coubertin
1983
- Double Deal as Peter Sterling
- Octopussy as Kamal Khan
- Office Romances as Self
- James Bond: The First 21 Years as Kamal Khan (archive footage)
- James Bond in India
1982
- Hotel
- Swamp Thing as Dr. Anton Arcane
- Isle of Secret Passion as Self
- Escape To Love as Self
- The Simple Truth as Self
- The Awakening of Cassie as Self
- Image of Passion as Self
- A Legacy for Leonette as Self
- For Love of Angela as Self
1981
1979
- Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as Chuck
- The French Atlantic Affair as Capt. Charles Girodt
1978
1977
- Count Dracula as Count Dracula
- Silver Bears as Prince di Siracusa
- The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
- Plus ça va, moins ça va as Paul Tango
- Count Dracula as Count Dracula
1976
- Charlie's Angels as Dr. Paul Redmont
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)
1971
- Columbo as Paul Gerard
1970
- Ritual of Evil as Dr. David Sorell
1969
- Fear No Evil as Dr. David Sorell
- Run a Crooked Mile as Richard Stuart
1968
- The Name of the Game as Mario Lompardi
- 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
1965
- The F.B.I. as Andre Vesalian
1964
- The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host
1963
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
- The Danny Kaye Show as Self
- Kraft Suspense Theatre as Colonel Bertine
- Mathias Sandorf as Le comte Mathias Sandorf
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- The V.I.P.s as Marc Champselle
1962
- Disorder as Tom
- Dark Journey as Paul Guéret
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
- The Swan as Dr. Nicholas Agi
- The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
- Julie as Lyle Benton
- Playhouse 90 as Himself
- Eloise as Himself
- Her Bridal Night as Michel
1955
- Paris Precinct as Inspector Beaumont
1954
- Climax! as Pierre Mendes-France
- Three Coins in the Fountain as Prince Dino di Cessi
1953
- The Oscars as Self
- Decameron Nights as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
- Rue de l'estrapade as Henri Laurent
- A String of Blue Beads as Antique Shop Owner
- General Electric Theater as Angeli
1952
- The Happy Time as Uncle Desmond Bonnard
1951
- Bird of Paradise as Andre Laurence
- Anne of the Indies as Captaine Pierre François LaRochelle
1950
- Robert Montgomery Presents
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- Your Show of Shows
1949
- Madame Bovary as Rodolphe Boulanger
1948
- Studio One as Marc
- 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
- L'Arlésienne as Frédéri
- The Beautiful Adventure as André d'Éguzon
1941
- Parade in 7 Nights as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
- Her First Affair as Pierre
1940
- Comedy of Happiness as Fédor