LouisJourdan(bornLouisRobertGendre;19June1921–14February2015)wasaFrenchfilmandtelevisionactor.HewasknownforhissuaverolesinseveralHollywoodfilms,includingTheParadineCase(1947),LetterfromanUnknownWoman(1948),Gigi(1958),TheBestofEverything(1959),TheV.I.P.s(1963)andOctopussy(1983).HeplayedDraculainthe1977BBCtelevisionproductionCountDracula.