Rex Harrison

In 1989 he was knighted.
. In 1978, he married Mercia Tinker, and this final marriage lasted until his death. Partial filmography:. His next wife was Elizabeth, former wife of actor Richard Harris, but they soon divorced. He is retired and living in the south of France. Kay Kendall died in 1959, and in 1962 Harrison married actress Rachel Roberts, whom he divorced in 1971. Louis Jourdan has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6153 and 6445 Hollywood Blvd.

He also starred in 1967's Doctor Dolittle. Louis Henry Jourdan was interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles. Harrison was best known for his portrayal of Professor Henry Higgins in the musical My Fair Lady, based on the George Bernard Shaw play Pygmalion, especially after he reprised the role in the 1964 film version. Tragedy struck when his son died of a drug overdose in 1981. It was rumoured that he tried for a reconciliation with Lilli, but changed his mind when he discovered that Kendall was terminally ill. In later years, Jourdan appeared in a number of films, playing the part of the villain, including 1977's Count Dracula and in the 1983 James Bond film, Octopussy, he was cast as "Kamal Khan," a Bond villain. Harrison and Palmer divorced in 1957, and he was soon remarried to actress Kay Kendall. The film earned nine Academy Awards, including Best Picture.

The scandal of his affair with young actress Carole Landis, which led to her suicide, almost derailed his career. However, he is best remembered as the romantic lead opposite Leslie Caron and Maurice Chevalier in the 1958 film version of the Colette novel, Gigi. He followed that with his first major American film, starring as King Mongkut in Anna and the King of Siam. During the 1950s, Louis Jourdan made several international films including playing the male lead in La Mariée est trop belle opposite Brigitte Bardot. After several years in film, he achieved wide success starring in the adaptation of Noel Coward's Blithe Spirit (1945). television debut as Inspector Beaumont in the series "Paris Precinct". In 1942 he divorced his first wife, Marjorie Thomas, and married actress Lilli Palmer the next year; the two later appeared in numerous plays and films. He returned to Broadway for a short run in 1955 and that year made his U.S.

He acted in the West End of London when he was young, appearing in the Terrence Rattigan play French Without Tears, which proved to be his breakthrough role. After a number of American films, his most notable work was in the 1954 light-hearted comedy-romance, Three Coins in the Fountain following which he made his Broadway debut in the lead role in the Billy Rose drama, The Immoralist. He acted in various stage productions until May 11 of the year in which he died. There, he became friends with several stars who shared his love of the game of croquet. He first appeared on the stage in 1924 in Liverpool. In 1947, Jourdan accepted an offer from a Hollywood studio to appear in The Paradine Case, an Alfred Hitchcock drama starring Gregory Peck. He died in New York City of pancreatic cancer. After the 1944 liberation of France by the Allies, Louis Jourdan married Berthe Frederique with whom he had a son.

He was born in Huyton, Lancashire, England. Following the German occupation of France during World War II, he continued to make films but after refusing to participate in Nazi propaganda films, he joined the French Resistance. Sir Reginald Carey Harrison (March 5, 1908–June 2, 1990) was a British theater and film actor. He made his film debut in 1939. Won Best Actor for My Fair Lady (1964). Born Louis Gendre in Marseille, France, he was educated in France, Turkey and England and trained as an actor at the Ecole Dramatique. Nominated as Best Actor for Cleopatra (1963). Louis Jourdan (born June 19, 1919) is a French actor, known chiefly for his suave manner and good looks.

Le Corsaire (1939). La Comédie du bonheur (1940). Premier rendez-vous (Her First Affair) (1941). Parade en sept nuits (1941).

La Belle aventure (Twilight) (1942). Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (1944). La Vie de bohème (1945). The Paradine Case (1947).

Letter From An Unknown Woman (1948). Madame Bovary (1949). Bird of Paradise (1951). Decameron Nights (1953).

Paris Precinct (1953) TV Series. Three Coins in the Fountain (1954). The Swan (1956). Julie (1956).

La Mariée est trop belle (Her Bridal Night) (1956). Escapade (1957). Dangerous Exile (1957). Gigi (1958).

The Best of Everything (1959). Can-Can (1960). Le Comte de Monte Cristo (The Count of Monte Cristo) (1961). Le Vergini di Roma (1961) (Amazons of Rome) (1963).

Leviathan (1962). The V.I.P.s (1963). Made in Paris (1966). Les Sultans (1966).

Cervantes (1967). To Die in Paris (1968) (TV). Fear No Evil (1969) (TV). Ritual of Evil (1970) (TV).

The Great American Beauty Contest (1973) (TV). The Man in the Iron Mask (1977) (TV). Count Dracula (1977) (TV). Silver Bears (1978).

The French Atlantic Affair (1979) TV Mini-series. Double Deal (1981). Swamp Thing (1982). Escape to Love (1982).

Octopussy (1983). Cover Up (1984) (TV). Beverly Hills Madam (1986) (TV). Grand Larceny (1987).

Escuadrón (1987) (Counterforce) (1987). The Return of Swamp Thing (1989). Year of the Comet (1992).