Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

106

Gender

Male

Birthday

1921-06-20

Deathday

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

6.4%

Octopussy

Jun 5, 1983

8.1%

Columbo

Sep 15, 1971

5.4%

Swamp Thing

Jan 1, 1982

6.2%

Gigi

May 15, 1958

7.4%

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

Sep 22, 1979

7.8%

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Apr 28, 1948

6.2%

The Paradine Case

Dec 31, 1947

5.5%

The Return of Swamp Thing

May 11, 1989

6.7%

Charlie's Angels

Sep 22, 1976

6.7%

The Count of Monte-Cristo

Oct 31, 1975

6.9%

The Oscars

Mar 19, 1953

6.4%

The Man in the Iron Mask

Jul 17, 1977

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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		Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Self
1987		Grand Larceny as Charles Grand

1986		Beverly Hills Madam as Douglas Corbin
1986		Bayou Romance as Self

1984		Cover Up
1984		Cover Up as George LeMare
1984		The First Olympics: Athens 1896 as Baron Pierre de Coubertin

1983		Double Deal as Peter Sterling
1983		Octopussy as Kamal Khan
1983		Office Romances as Self
1983		James Bond in India

1982		Hotel
1982		Swamp Thing as Dr. Anton Arcane
1982		The Simple Truth as Self
1982		The Awakening of Cassie as Self
1982		Escape To Love as Self
1982		Image of Passion as Self
1982		For Love of Angela as Self
1982		A Legacy for Leonette as Self
1982		Isle of Secret Passion as Self

1981

Aloha Paradise

1979		The French Atlantic Affair as Capt. Charles Girodt
1979		Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo as Chuck

1978

Vega$

1977		Count Dracula as Count Dracula
1977		Count Dracula as Count Dracula
1977		Plus ça va, moins ça va as Paul Tango
1977		The Man in the Iron Mask as D'Artagnan
1977		Silver Bears as Prince di Siracusa

1976

Charlie's Angels as Dr. Paul Redmont

1975		The Count of Monte-Cristo as Villefort
1975		Piange… il telefono as Medico

1974

That's Entertainment! as (archive footage)

1973		The Great American Beauty Contest as Ralph Dupree
1973		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		Run a Crooked Mile as Richard Stuart
1969		Fear No Evil as Dr. David Sorell

1968		A Flea in Her Ear as Henri Tournel
1968		The Name of the Game as Mario Lompardi
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

1965		The F.B.I. as Andre Vesalian
1965		The F.B.I. as Col. Lorenz Tabor
1965		The F.B.I. as Henri Dulac

1964

The Hollywood Palace as Self - Host

1963		Kraft Suspense Theatre as Colonel Bertine
1963		Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963		The Danny Kaye Show as Self
1963		The Greatest Show on Earth
1963		The V.I.P.s as Marc Champselle
1963		Mathias Sandorf as Le comte Mathias Sandorf

1962		Dark Journey as Paul Guéret
1962		Disorder as Tom

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		Eloise as Himself
1956		Her Bridal Night as Michel
1956		Julie as Lyle Benton
1956		The Dinah Shore Chevy Show as Self
1956		Playhouse 90 as Himself
1956		The Swan as Dr. Nicholas Agi

1955

Paris Precinct as Inspector Beaumont

1954		Climax! as Pierre Mendes-France
1954		Three Coins in the Fountain as Prince Dino di Cessi

1953		Rue de l'Estrapade as Henri Laurent
1953		The Oscars as Self
1953		General Electric Theater as Angeli
1953		Decameron Nights as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
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

1950		Your Show of Shows
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
1950		What's My Line? as Self - Panelist
1950		Robert Montgomery Presents

1949

Madame Bovary as Rodolphe Boulanger

1948		No Minor Vices as Octavio Quaglini
1948		Studio One as Marc
1948		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
1944		The Little Ones of the Flower Platform as Francis

1943

Immortal France as Christian (uncredited)

1942		The Beautiful Adventure as André d'Éguzon
1942		L'Arlésienne as Frédéri

1941		Parade in 7 Nights as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
1941		Her First Affair as Pierre

1940

Comedy of Happiness as Fédor

Crew

1987

Grace Kelly: The American Princess as Thanks