Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 20, 1921
Place of Birth
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Also Known As
- Louis Robert Gendre
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 - Movies
Octopussy
as Kamal Khan
The Count of Monte-Cristo
as Villefort
Swamp Thing
as Dr. Anton Arcane
The Return of Swamp Thing
as Dr. Anton Arcane
Gigi
as Gaston Lachaille
Can-Can
as Philipe Forrestier
James Bond: The First 21 Years
as Kamal Khan (archive footage)
The V.I.P.s
as Marc Champselle
Silver Bears
as Prince di Siracusa
The Paradine Case
as Andre Latour
Known For - TV Shows
Columbo
as Paul Gerard
Charlie's Angels
as Dr. Paul Redmont
Climax!
as Pierre Mendes-France
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
What's My Line?
as Self - Panelist
The F.B.I.
as Andre Vesalian
The F.B.I.
as Col. Lorenz Tabor
The F.B.I.
as Henri Dulac
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
as Phillippe Dutra
The Oscars
as Self