- Born
- June 20, 1921
- Died
- February 14, 2015 (aged 93)
- Place of birth
- Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
- Also known as
- Louis Robert Gendre
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.