Louis Jourdan

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Birth Name:
Louis Gendre

Height:
6' (1.83 m)

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Louis Jourdan Biography

Born Louis Gendre, he was educated in France, Britain, and Turkey. He trained as an actor with René Simon at the École Dramatique. He debuted on-screen in 1939, going on to play cultivated, polished, dashing lead roles in a number of French romantic comedies and dramas. During World War II, after his father was arrested by the Gestapo, Louis and his two brothers joined the French underground; his film career came to a halt when he refused to act in Nazi propaganda films. In 1948, David O. Selznick invited him to Hollywood to appear in The Paradine Case (1947); he remained in the USA and went on to star in a number of Hollywood films. After 1953, he appeared in international productions and, in 1958, appeared in Gigi (1958), his best-known film by American audiences. His career was hampered by the limitations of the roles he was offered, most of which featured him as an old-fashioned Continental lover.

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1. Cover Up (1984)
TV George LeMare

actor

2. For Love of Angela (1982)
V Host

actor

3. Swamp Thing (1982)
Dr. Anton Arcane

actor

4. Columbo: Murder Under Glass (1978)
TV Paul Gerard

actor

5. Count Dracula (1977)
TV Count Dracula

actor

6. Plus ?a va, moins ?a va (1977)
Paul Tango

actor

7. Hippopotamours, L' (1976)
Le camionneur

actor

8. Piange... il telefono (1973)

actor

9. The Great American Beauty Contest (1973)
TV Ralph Dupree

actor

10. Ritual of Evil (1970)
TV David Sorell

actor

11. Run a Crooked Mile (1969)
TV Richard Stuart

actor

12. Fear No Evil (1969)
TV David Sorell

actor

13. A Flea in Her Ear (1968)
Henri Tournel

actor

14. Peau d'espion (1967)
Charles Beaulieu

actor

15. Cervantes (1967)
Cardinal Acquaviva

actor

16. Sultans, Les (1966)
Laurent

actor

17. Mathias Sandorf (1963)
Le comte Mathias Sandorf

actor

18. The V.I.P.s (1963)
Marc Champselle

actor

19. Irma la Douce (1963)
voice (uncredited) Narrator

actor

20. Leviathan (1962)
Paul

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21. Disordine, Il (1962)
Tom

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22. Comte de Monte Cristo, Le (1961)
Edmond Dantès / Comte de Monte Cristo

actor

23. Vergini di Roma, Le (1961)
Drusco

actor

24. The Best of Everything (1959)
David Savage

actor

25. Escapade (1957)
Frank Raphaël

actor

26. Dangerous Exile (1957)
Duke Philippe de Beauvais

actor

27. Mariée est trop belle, La (1956)
Michel

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28. Julie (1956)
Lyle Benton

actor

29. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954)
Prince Dino di Cessi

actor

30. A String of Blue Beads (1953)
TV Peter

actor

31. Decameron Nights (1953)
Giovanni Boccaccio/Paganino/Guilio/Don Bertando

actor

32. Rue de l'Estrapade (1953)
Henri Laurent

actor

33. The Happy Time (1952)
Uncle Desmond Bonnard

actor

34. Anne of the Indies (1951)
Captain Pierre François LaRochelle

actor

35. Bird of Paradise (1951)
Andre Laurence

actor

36. Madame Bovary (1949)
Rodolphe Boulanger

actor

37. No Minor Vices (1948)
Octavio Quaglini

actor

38. Letter from an Unknown Woman (1948)
Stefan Brand

actor

39. The Paradine Case (1947)
Andre Latour, Paradine's Valet

actor

40. Vie de boh?me, La (1945)
Rodolphe/Rodolfo

actor

41. F?licie Nanteuil (1945)
Robert de Ligny

actor

42. Petites du quai aux fleurs, Les (1944)
Francis

actor

43. Untel père et fils (1943)
uncredited Christian

actor

44. Arlésienne, L' (1942)
Frédéri

actor

45. Belle aventure, La (1942)
André d'Éguzon

actor

46. Parade en 7 nuits (1941)
Freddy, le clown

actor

47. Premier rendez-vous (1941)
Pierre Rougemont

actor

48. Ecco la felicità (1940)
Fédor

actor

49. Comédie du bonheur, La (1940)
Fédor

actor

50. Corsaire, Le (1939)

actor

51. "Paris Precinct"
Insp. Beaumont / (15 episodes, 1953-1955)

actor

52. "The Ford Television Theatre"
Charles / (2 episodes, 1956-1957)

actor

53. "The Elgin Hour"
Ben Cory (1 episode, 1954)

actor

54. Inside 'Octopussy' (2000)
archive footage

55. The Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files (1997)
archive footage

56. Year of the Comet (1992)

57. Grace Kelly: The American Princess (1991)
co-star

58. The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)

59. Counterforce (1988)

60. Grand Larceny (1987)

61. Beverly Hills Madam (1986)

62. The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (1985)

63. The First Olympics: Athens 1896 (1984)

64. Double Deal (1983)

65. James Bond in India (1983)

66. Octopussy (1983)

67. Gamble on Love (1982)

68. Escape to Love (1982)

69. Bayou Romance (1982)
uncredited

70. "The French Atlantic Affair" (1979)

71. Silver Bears (1978)

72. The Man in the Iron Mask (1977)

73. The Count of Monte-Cristo (1975)

74. To Die in Paris (1968)

75. Made in Paris (1966)

76. "The F.B.I." (1965)
3 episodes, 1967-1971

77. "Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre" (1963)
2 episodes, 1964

78. The Swan (1956)

79. "The Dinah Shore Chevy Show" (1956)
3 episodes, 1958-1959

80. Ooh-La-La: It's Bob Hope's Fun Birthday Spectacular from Paris' Bicentennial (1989)
TV Himself

self

81. Salute to Lady Liberty (1984)
TV Himself

self

82. Billy Wilder (1970)
TV Himself

self

83. Accent on Love (1959)
TV Himself - Host

self

84. Premier Khrushchev in the USA (1959)
Himself

self

85. The 31st Annual Academy Awards (1959)
TV Himself - Co-Presenter: Best Film Editing

self

86. Some of the Best (1949)
uncredited Himself

self

87. "The Martha Raye Show"
Himself (1 episode, 1955)

self

88. That's Entertainment! III (1994)
(performer: "Gigi")

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89. That's Entertainment! (1974)
(performer: "Gigi")

soundtrack

90. Can-Can (1960)
(performer: "Live and Let Live", "You Do Something to Me", "Live and Let Live" (reprise), "It's All Right With Me" (reprise))

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91. Gigi (1958)
(performer: "It's a Bore" (uncredited), "Waltz at Maxim's (She Is Not Thinking of Me)" (uncredited), "The Night They Invented Champagne" (uncredited), "Gaston's Soliloquy" (uncredited), "Gigi" (uncredited))

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