Wellington, Feb 16 - Louis Jourdan, the actor who played Kamal Khan in ' Octopussy' and starred in 'Gigi', has died. He was 93.
The French actor, who had a long reign as Hollywood's preferred star to play elegant international gentlemen, died at his home, revealed his friend and biographer Olivier Minne over telephone from Paris, Stuff.co.nz reported.
'Gigi,' where Jourdan had portrayed the dashing Gaston, was one of the most successful movies of the 1950s and had dominated the 1959 Oscars with nine awards, including best picture and best director.