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[The Dove]

http://variety.com/2...-93-1201434557/

Prince Kamal Kahn has passed away at the age of 93..Sad.. R.I.P Louis Jourdan..

[coco1997]

What a ripe old age. Sir Roger has already paid tribute to him via Twitter. 

RIP. 

[AMC Hornet]

He was a very rare breed...

[tdalton]

R.I.P Mr. Jourdan.

[Vauxhall]

Sir Roger's tribute:

 

"Very sad to hear Louis Jourdan has died. Many happy memories of filming Octopussy together."

 

https://twitter.com/...069407034503168

Edited by Vauxhall, 15 February 2015 - 09:56 PM.

[Bryce (003)]

Thanks for the legacy of his performances over many years.

 

R.I.P.

[New Digs]

R.I.P.

I still like Jourdans' performance in OP to this day, and have fond memories of watching Kamal Khan growing up. Brilliant performance in a wonderful movie, and Jourdan brought such gravitas to the film. There were so many great moments/ lines: 'It's all in the wrist' 'Mr Bond is indeed a rare breed....' 'Octopussy I would never to anything to hurt you'. I think my favourite is right at the end on the plane when Kamal says to Gobinda 'Go out and get him!' which was brilliant!

[Grard Bond]

He was also brilliant as vilian in an episode of Columbo with Peter Falk as the infamous police inspector. He played a writer of a Michelin guide-like book and murders someone with the poison of a Japanese Fugu fish by putting it in a corkscrew. Great fun!

 

R.I.P. Louis Jourdan.

Edited by Grard Bond, 15 February 2015 - 10:47 PM.

[Turn]

Sad to hear this as I am with the passing of all Bond creative talent.

 

Louis Jourdan's Kamal Khan is an underrated villain, caught in that thicket of the threatening millionaire/billionaire villain cycle. Not physically threatening, but his great way with lines makes up for it. Part of the reason OP is my favorite Moore Bond film.

[DaveBond21]

Sad news. I was watching Octopussy on the day he died.

[sharpshooter]

RIP. I always loved his voice. I also think he's an under-rated villain in the franchise.

[Guy Haines]

I can remember watching Louis Jourdan in the BBC TV adaptation of Dracula, probably the first time many had seen him in the role of a villain, and an iconic one at that. It was then that I thought he could play a villain in a Bond film, and it came to pass in due course.

 

He was described on the radio this morning as playing an "elegant" Bond villain, and I think that's right. RIP, Louis Jourdan.

[Call Billy Bob]

RIP to a great talent. He will be missed...

[thecasinoroyale]

Aw such sad news, but a wonderful life lived. A fantastic actor, and one of the best and sadly under-rated villains of the films often overlooked. He was sly, cunning and wonderfully evil without ever being laughable, and his physical and vocal presence was stunning in 'Octopussy' and his other work.

 

R.I.P, Kamal Kahn.

 

[SecretAgentFan]

Oh, boy,  another legend gone.

[Guy Haines]

Poignant that an actor known for his charming romantic roles should have passed away on St Valentine's Day.

[Jim]

RIP

[Dustin]

Sad news. RIP

[FlemingBond]

ah that is sad to hear, but a long life. I didn't even realize he was that old. Fine actor.

[The Dove]

Neither did I FlemingBond...In fact when Octopussy was being filmed in 1982-83, he was already 61 years old. Perhaps the oldest Bond villain we've ever had? It makes sense though, since Roger Moore was already past 50 himself so the age difference didn't really show. But it explains why all the punch-ups and physical action was left up to Gobinda..

[Mr_Wint]

R.I.P
His performance in OP will go down to history as one of the best villains in the series.

"I'm sure the general will get a big blast out of this."
"I know he won't be disappointed."

[glidrose]

A fine & suave villain, much underrated. He also had great chemistry with Steven Berkoff. No mean feat given Berkoff's performance in the movie.

He was also brilliant as vilian in an episode of Columbo with Peter Falk as the infamous police inspector. He played a writer of a Michelin guide-like book and murders someone with the poison of a Japanese Fugu fish by putting it in a corkscrew. Great fun!

Jonathan Demme directed that episode.

[Double-Oh Agent]

I know I'm a little late, but I just had to give my two cents worth.

 

So sad to hear about Louis Jourdan's passing. I loved his work in Octopussy. His Kamal Khan is my second favorite Bond villain (trailing only Robert Davi's Franz Sanchez). He was elegant and sophisticated and sinister. He had great lines and he delivered them well too. My favorites are "It's all in the wrist." "Spend the money quickly, Mr. Bond." "Mr. Bond is indeed a very rare breed...soon to be made extinct." "You have a nasty habit of surviving." And who can forget his eating the stuffed sheep's head eyeball and savoring every bit of it? He was great.

 

Louis Jourdan you will be missed. R.I.P.

[AgenttiNollaNollaSeitsemän]

Octopussy is one of my least favourite Bonds, but Mr Jourdan was great as Kamal Khan. He was/is also my second favourite Count Dracula.

[SAWfinger]

There's an appreciation of Jourdan and his career on the JBIFC site, 'Louis Jourdan (1921-2015): An Appreciation', placed there on 18th February. Go to: www.007info

 

I gather he was also considered for the role of Drax in Moonraker? Does anybody have any info about this?

[Grard Bond]

I can't remember I heard this before, but IMDb indeed says that James Mason, Steward Granger and Louis Jourdan were rejected for the part of Drax. Can't find anything else.

[SAWfinger]

Thanks Grard Bond. Interesting. Since my last post I have been informed that James Mason was indeed offered the role of Drax but 'turned it down', although it is very difficult to know whether this is true or not.

 

I think he would have made quite an interesting Drax; if you look at him in Roger Moore's North Sea Hijack (1979) (known as Ffolkes outside the UK), where he played an Admiral, Mason has that air of world-weary authority that the character of Drax has in the Fleming novel. I also like his performance in The Boys From Brazil (1978): suitably sinister. It's ironic that Fleming saw Mason as a potential candidate for a screen Bond in the late 1950s.

 

I suppose Louis Jourdan may have been in the frame for Drax in 1978-79 given his recent Dracula role for the BBC.