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

Octopussy

as Kamal Khan

Columbo

as Paul Gerard

Swamp Thing

as Dr. Anton Arcane

Gigi

as Gaston Lachaille

Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo

as Chuck

Letter from an Unknown Woman

as Stefan Brand

The Paradine Case

as Andre Latour

The Return of Swamp Thing

as Dr. Anton Arcane

Charlie's Angels

as Dr. Paul Redmont

The Count of Monte-Cristo

as Villefort