Louis Jourdan
Acting
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.
Born: June 20, 1921
Place of Birth: Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Known For
Count Dracula
Count Dracula is a British television adaptation of the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker. It first aired 22 December 1977. It is among the more faithful of the many adaptations of the original book. Louis Jourdan played the title role.
Columbo
Columbo is a friendly, verbose, disheveled-looking police detective who is consistently underestimated by his suspects. Despite his unprepossessing appearance and apparent absentmindedness, he shrewdly solves all of his cases and secures all evidence needed for indictment. His formidable eye for detail and meticulously dedicated approach often become clear to the killer only late in the storyline.
Run a Crooked Mile
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 wakes up in a hospital room after a polo accident to find he's had amnesia, is now married, and living in Switzerland. Now remembering the incident he returns to England to try to solve the mystery.
Letter from an Unknown Woman
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 forced to reinterpret his own past.
Playhouse 90
Playhouse 90 is an American television anthology series that was telecast on CBS from 1956 to 1960 for a total of 133 episodes. It originated from CBS Television City in Los Angeles, California. Since live anthology drama series of the mid-1950s were usually hour-long shows, the title highlighted the network's intention to present something unusual, a weekly series of hour-and-a-half dramas rather than 60-minute plays. Playhouse 90 began as a pitch by Frank Stanton—the formidable, forward-thinking right-hand man to CBS chairman William S. Paley—during a brainstorming session for program ideas. The project was ultimately developed by Hubbell Robinson, a CBS vice president who received no screen credit on Playhouse 90 but is often described as its creator.
Le avventure e gli amori di Miguel Cervantes
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 he goes to Italy to become a soldier for the Pope. Later he helps the Pope's emissary wage war against the Spanish Moors. His exploits win him great favor. He falls in love with a famous Italian courtesan and she with him. Unfortunately, the Pope splits them apart with his newest decree which demands that all prostitutes leave the city. Upset, Cervantes goes to fight in the famed sea battle of Lepanto and comes back a hero. Later he is captured by Barbary pirates and ransomed by Trinitarian friars.
Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo
Everyone’s favorite mystery-solving Great Dane is here to find clues, along with a little help from his energetic nephew and four human companions.
That's Entertainment!
Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
The Count of Monte Cristo
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, Chateau d'If. While imprisoned, he meets the Abbe Faria, a fellow prisoner whom everyone believes to be mad. The Abbe tells Edmund of a fantastic treasure hidden away on a tiny island, that only he knows the location of. After many years in prison, the old Abbe dies, and Edmund escapes disguised as the dead body. Now free, Edmund must find the treasure the Abbe told him of, so he can use the new-found wealth to exact revenge on those who have wronged him.
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 Dracula's true nature. After Dracula makes his way to England, Harker becomes involved in an effort to track down and destroy the Count, eventually chasing the vampire back to his castle.
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as (archive footage)
as Philippe
as Dr. Anton Arcane
as Kassar
as Charles Grand
as Douglas Corbin
as Self
as Baron Pierre de Coubertin
as Peter Sterling
as Kamal Khan
as Kamal Khan (archive footage)
as Self
as Dr. Anton Arcane
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Capt. Charles Girodt
as Chuck
as Count Dracula
as Count Dracula
as Paul Tango
as D'Artagnan
as Prince di Siracusa
as Dr. Paul Redmont
as Villefort
as Medico
as (archive footage)
as Ralph Dupree
as Self (archive footage)
as Paul Gerard
as Dr. David Sorell
as Richard Stuart
as Dr. David Sorell
as Henri Tournel
as Mario Lompardi
as Cardinal Acquaviva
as Charles Beaulieu
as Laurent
as Marc Fontaine
as Andre Vesalian
as Col. Lorenz Tabor
as Henri Dulac
as Self - Host
as Colonel Bertine
as Self
as Marc Champselle
as Le comte Mathias Sandorf
as Paul Guéret
as Tom
as Edmond Dantès
as Drusco
as Philipe Forrestier
as David Savage
as Gaston Lachaille
as Duke Philippe de Beauvais
as Frank Raphaël
as Himself
as Michel
as Lyle Benton
as Self
as Himself
as Dr. Nicholas Agi
as Inspector Beaumont
as Pierre Mendes-France
as Prince Dino di Cessi
as Henri Laurent
as Self
as Angeli
as Giovanni Boccaccio / Paganino / Guilio / Don Bertando
as Antique Shop Owner
as Uncle Desmond Bonnard
as Captaine Pierre François LaRochelle
as Andre Laurence
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Self - Panelist
as Rodolphe Boulanger
as Octavio Quaglini
as Marc
as Stefan Brand
as Andre Latour
as Rodolphe
as Robert de Ligny
as Francis
as Christian (uncredited)
as André d'Éguzon
as Frédéri
as Freddy Richard, clown of the Romani circus
as Pierre
as Fédor