Actor info
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Name :
Louis Jourdan
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Born :
June 20, 1921 in Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France (93 years at death)
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Died :
February 14, 2015
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Known for :
Acting
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Gender :
Male
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Film career :
75 films (1940–1995)
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Also known as :
Louis Robert Gendre
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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.
Notable films
- Octopussy (1983) as Kamal Khan
- Swamp Thing (1982) as Arcane
- The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975) as Villefort
- The Count of Monte Cristo (1961) as Edmond Dantès
- Gigi (1958) as Gaston Lachaille
