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
Complete Filmography
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Kamal Khan (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.

Roger Moore: A Matter of Class
1995
as Self (archive footage)
The story of actor Roger Moore, including clips from his movies, television shows and interviews with the actor, his family and acquaintances.

That's Entertainment! III
1994
as (archive footage)
Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to G...

Year of the Comet
1992
as Philippe
Year of the Comet is a 1992 romantic comedy adventure film about the pursuit of the most valuable bottle of wine in history. The title refers to the y...

The Return of Swamp Thing
1989
as Dr. Anton Arcane
The Swamp Thing returns to battle the evil Dr. Arcane, who has a new science lab full of creatures transformed by genetic mutation, and chooses Heathe...

Counterforce
1988
as Kassar
A team of specialists is dispatched to protect the leader of a Middle Eastern country from a neighboring dictator who has designs on his country.

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
as Self
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

Grace Kelly: The American Princess
1987
Thanks
A biography of American actress Grace Kelly from her early days as an aspiring actress to her death as Princess of Monaco.

Grand Larceny
1987
as Charles Grand
A woman who hasn't seen her father in 18 years, learns of his death and goes to his estate in France to carry out his wishes. She then learns that her...

Beverly Hills Madam
1986
as Douglas Corbin
A bordello catering to rich and wealthy clients, run by Lil Hutton experiences a series of crises as one girl ends up pregnant, and another dead. As a...

Bayou Romance
1986
as Self
Lily, an energetic and charming artist, leaves the city life for a sprawling plantation she's inherited in Louisiana. Unfortunately, it's inhabited by...

Cover Up
1984
as George LeMare
In this feature-length pilot, Dani Reynolds thinks that she has the perfect life, a perfect job, she's a renowned fashion photographer, and has a lovi...

Double Deal
1983
as Peter Sterling
Wealthy Peter Sterling and his younger wife Christine have an existence of little excitement so when a stranger comes into their lives, she is intrigu...

Octopussy
1983
as Kamal Khan
James Bond is sent to investigate after a fellow “00” agent is found dead with a priceless Indian Fabergé egg. Bond follows the mystery and uncovers a...

Office Romances
1983
as Self
Angela is insecure and gawky, overawed by her new job at an advertising agency. Her boss, Pam, is poised and sophisticated - the epitome of a successf...

James Bond in India
1983
The making of the James Bond movie Octopussy (1983) in Udaipur, India during 1982.

Swamp Thing
1982
as Dr. Anton Arcane
Mutated by his own secret formula, Dr. Alec Holland becomes Swamp Thing; a half-human, half-plant superhero who will stop at nothing to rescue governm...

The Simple Truth
1982
as Self
Nancy is an attractive, intelligent receptionist at a New York publishing firm. She unwittingly becomes romantically involved with the president of he...

The Awakening of Cassie
1982
as Self
Cassie is a young, pretty, free-spirited artist. She meets Mark, a handsome art gallery owner, and experiences in five days what few women do in a lif...

Escape To Love
1982
as Self
Lisa, a beautiful American co-ed traveling in Europe, falls in love with a brash and fearless author, critical of the government in Poland. Lisa soon ...

Image of Passion
1982
as Self
Alison is a young, attractive advertising executive. Even though she has a stable relationship with a boyfriend, she is still searching for the man sh...

For Love of Angela
1982
as Self
Angela, a beautiful and high spirited girl, has found her true love at last in the dashing Harrison, heir to a department store fortune. But Angela, w...

A Legacy for Leonette
1982
as Self
Leonette is a beautiful, smart young woman who travels to London for her inheritance after her father dies. When she arrives, mysterious events occur,...

Isle of Secret Passion
1982
as Self
Kathy is a young and beautiful teacher who finds love and excitement among the ruins of Greece. She gets much more than she bargained for when she ren...

Count Dracula
1977
as Count Dracula
Jonathan Harker visits the Count in Transylvania to help him with preparations to move to England. Harker becomes Dracula's prisoner and discovers Dra...

Plus ça va, moins ça va
1977
as Paul Tango

The Man in the Iron Mask
1977
as D'Artagnan
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with their friend, D'Artagnan. But with the tyrannical K...

Silver Bears
1977
as Prince di Siracusa
Financial wizard "Doc" Fletcher is sent by crime boss Joe Fiore to buy a bank in Switzerland in order to more easily launder their profits. When he ar...

The Count of Monte-Cristo
1975
as Villefort
A TV adaptation of the classic Alexandre Dumas novel. Edmond Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend...

Piange… il telefono
1975
as Medico

That's Entertainment!
1974
as (archive footage)
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.

The Great American Beauty Contest
1973
as Ralph Dupree
The pursuit by America's loveliest girls for a coveted beauty crown is threatened by a scandal which implicates a judge, a former winner, and one of t...

The Men Who Made the Movies: Vincente Minnelli
1973
as Self (archive footage)

Ritual of Evil
1970
as Dr. David Sorell
A psychiatrist investigates the death of one of his patients, a young heiress.

Run a Crooked Mile
1969
as Richard Stuart
A man witnesses a murder in a secluded mansion. When he reports it, there's no evidence of the murder, or that anyone was there. Two years later he wa...

Fear No Evil
1969
as Dr. David Sorell
A psychiatrist specializing in the occult becomes involved in the case of a man who is possessed by a spirit in an antique mirror. The man's fiance di...

A Flea in Her Ear
1968
as Henri Tournel
Suspecting that her husband might be having an affair, a wife plots to catch him in the act.
To Die in Paris
1968
as Colonel Bertine Westrex
In occupied France during World War II, a resistance leader is accused of betraying his own side.

Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
1967
as Cardinal Acquaviva
This epic Spanish biopic chronicles the life of Cervantes, Spain's great novelist, playwright and poet, during the 16th-century, when as a young man h...

To Commit a Murder
1967
as Charles Beaulieu
A writer gets wrapped up in espionage.

The Sultans
1966
as Laurent
Lisa, a fashion photographer, has an affair with a married man. They both know that the relationship forces them to have fun. When he goes through a d...

Made in Paris
1966
as Marc Fontaine
A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal's 1966 romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan...

The V.I.P.s
1963
as Marc Champselle
Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

Mathias Sandorf
1963
as Le comte Mathias Sandorf
1868. Revolutionary Mathias Sandorf is determined to oust the dictatorship oppressing his country. The people see him as their liberator. Denounced by...

Dark Journey
1962
as Paul Guéret
In this movie based upon Julian Green's novel, we follow Paul's downfall as he is torn between his love for Angele, a local prostitute, as he finds ou...

Disorder
1962
as Tom
Study of 1960s Milanese social life and its glamorous depravity, as seen through the story of the working class Mario who dreams of social climbing.

The Count of Monte Cristo
1961
as Edmond Dantès
Edmund Dantes is falsely accused by those jealous of his good fortune, and is sentenced to spend the rest of his life in the notorious island prison, ...

Amazons of Rome
1961
as Drusco
Marching down the Italian peninsula to sack ancient Rome, Etruscan warrior Drusco instead offers to hold back his onslaught if the Romans hand over ho...

Can-Can
1960
as Philipe Forrestier
Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forr...

The Best of Everything
1959
as David Savage
An exposé of the lives and loves of Madison Avenue working girls and their higher-ups.

Gigi
1958
as Gaston Lachaille
A home, a motorcar, servants, the latest fashions: the most eligible and most finicky bachelor in Paris offers them all to Gigi. But she, who's gone f...

Dangerous Exile
1957
as Duke Philippe de Beauvais
Dangerous Exile is a 1957 British historical drama film directed by Brian Desmond Hurst and starring Louis Jourdan, Belinda Lee, Anne Heywood and Rich...

Escapade
1957
as Frank Raphaël
Some gangsters use a young girl to get to a recently released convict who hid $10 million from a robbery just before he was caught.

Eloise
1956
as Himself
It's not so much that Eloise is a mischievous child, but the darnedest things do happen when she's around.

Her Bridal Night
1956
as Michel
A country girl is discovered by a Paris magazine, and becomes a top model.

Julie
1956
as Lyle Benton
A terrified stewardess is stalked by her psychotic estranged husband.

The Swan
1956
as Dr. Nicholas Agi
Princess Beatrice's days of enjoying the regal life are numbered unless her only daughter, Princess Alexandra, makes a good impression on a distant co...

Three Coins in the Fountain
1954
as Prince Dino di Cessi
Three American roommates working in Italy wish for the man of their dreams after throwing coins into Rome's magnificent Trevi Fountain. Frances, a sec...

Rue de l'estrapade
1953
as Henri Laurent
While Henri Laurent speeds along on the racing circuits, his pretty wife Françoise goes from luxury boutique to luxury boutique with her best friend D...

Decameron Nights
1953
as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
Italian poet Boccaccio (Louis Jourdan) hides in the court of Fiammetta (Joan Fontaine) and tells three tales of love and lust.

A String of Blue Beads
1953
as Antique Shop Owner
A STRING OF BLUE BEADS is a slight little Christmas tale that was a pilot for an anthology series of short stories that never came to be. What makes t...

The Happy Time
1952
as Uncle Desmond Bonnard
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.

Anne of the Indies
1951
as Captaine Pierre François LaRochelle
After buccaneer captain Anne Providence spares Pierre LaRochelle and recruits him into her pirate crew, their growing attraction is tested when Captai...

Bird of Paradise
1951
as Andre Laurence
Andre Laurence accompanies his college roommate, Tenga, back to Tenga's Polynesian island home. There, Andre becomes attracted to the native life and ...

Madame Bovary
1949
as Rodolphe Boulanger
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.

No Minor Vices
1948
as Octavio Quaglini
Perry Ashwell is a self-satisfied child psychologist who takes his colleagues and wife somewhat for granted. So confident is he of his position that h...

Letter from an Unknown Woman
1948
as Stefan Brand
A pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember. As she tells the story of her lifelong love for him, he is forc...

The Paradine Case
1947
as Andre Latour
Attorney Anthony Keane agrees to represent Londonite Mrs. Paradine, who has been fingered in her husband's murder. From the start, the married lawyer ...

The Bohemian Life
1945
as Rodolphe
Four young friends share the carefree, cheerfulness, laughter and dances of Bohemian life. Rodolphe the painter, Alexandre Chaunard the composer, Coll...

Twilight
1944
as Robert de Ligny
At the beginning of the 20th century, the destiny of Félicie Nanteuil, a young girl from the provinces who became a big star on the stage thanks to a ...

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
as Francis
A brave bookseller raises his four daughters alone, all of whom he employs in his shop. They are especially interested in their sentimental stories. R...

The Heart of a Nation
1943
as Christian (uncredited)
The story of how the people of Paris cope with the strains and struggles of war, from the siege of the city by the Prussians during the Franco-Prussia...

The Beautiful Adventure
1942
as André d'Éguzon
On the very day of his wedding, Valentin Le Barroyer sees the one he was to marry fly away. Hélène has always loved her cousin André, to the great dis...

L'Arlésienne
1942
as Frédéri
In the Camargue a local young playboy named Frédéri falls in love with a young woman from Arles. His family thinks she is unsuitable as a wife because...

Parade in 7 Nights
1941
as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
In the pound, Pipo the dog recounts his adventures to his fellow inmates.

Her First Affair
1941
as Pierre
Micheline Chevassu is a young, naive woman living in an orphanage. Through classified ads, she has a date with an unknown man. She escapes from the or...

Comedy of Happiness
1940
as Fédor
Monsieur Jourdain is a dangerous madman : he wants to share his fortune! His relatives do what any sensible fellow on earth would do: they have him co...