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Louis Jourdan
Person

Louis Jourdan

Specialty
Acting
Birth
June 20, 1921 · 93 years
Death
February 14, 2015
Origin
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France

Technical Alias

Louis Robert Gendre

Professional Trajectory

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.

Registered Filmography