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Louis Jourdan

Louis Jourdan

Born: 1921-06-20 • Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

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