'Kamal Khan' turns 90

Railer 505Railer 505 Albany, NYPosts: 61MI6 Agent
in General James Bond Chat
Louis Jourdan, actor of Kamal Khan in Octopussy was born on 19 June 1919. On this day I would like to discuss one of my more favorite bond villans, and perhaps the best of his lines:

"Good, let him keep going! He'll be late, and we'll be rid of him, too!"

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  • HigginsHiggins GermanyPosts: 16,619MI6 Agent
    Happy Birthday, Louis,

    Wow, 90, I could not imagine. I am not one of these RM bashers, but to my opinion, Louis looks a bit younger than Roger in Octopussy.
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  • Railer 505Railer 505 Albany, NYPosts: 61MI6 Agent
    Yeah it seems that Roger Moore may have aged at an accelerated rate during his tenure as James Bond simply due to all the work he had to do and everything for each film. It's kind of like the presidents of the United States aging faster than normal during their time in office.

    I also think that Khan was one of the more strict Bond villains, going as far as to even make his assistant go out onto the airplane in mid-air to dispatch Bond. Of course, Bond threw him off to his death.
  • LoeffelholzLoeffelholz The United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
    Railer 505 wrote:
    Yeah it seems that Roger Moore may have aged at an accelerated rate during his tenure as James Bond simply due to all the work he had to do and everything for each film.

    Stepping off the set to make room for the stand-in? :)) I think he looked just fine for his age...it's just that he stopped being the right age to be Bond after about three films :# Some actors are better suited to project physicality than others; that's all...and some (like Harrison Ford, for instance) can 'sell it' for far longer than the norm.

    Happy Birthday to Louis Jourdan! {[] He was an excellent Count Dracula B-)
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  • Dan SameDan Same Victoria, AustraliaPosts: 6,054MI6 Agent
    I think that Moore looked just fine in OP. :v Khan isn't one of my favourite Bond villains, but he was terrific, no doubt about it. 90. That's amazing. :D Happy birthday Louis. {[]
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  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    My favourite Bond villain!

    Good to see he is still with us along with Joseph Wiseman who is a few years older than him I think.

    Happy Birthday Louis you legend! -{ B-)
  • thenoisydrumthenoisydrum Posts: 84MI6 Agent
    Happy birthday Louis.
    I love his line;
    "Mr. Bond is indeed a rare breed, soon to be made extinct" and "you have a nasty habit of surviving Mr. Bond"
    Great delivery on both
  • Napoleon PluralNapoleon Plural LondonPosts: 10,427MI6 Agent
    Not forgetting his role in Gigi of course.
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  • Railer 505Railer 505 Albany, NYPosts: 61MI6 Agent
    It comes to my attention that Kamal Khan is actually two years younger than we thought he was. There is a discussion regarding as such on his Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Louis_Jourdan. So when I created this topic he had just turned 88, and won't turn 90 until next year.
  • thesecretagentthesecretagent CornwallPosts: 2,151MI6 Agent
    Yes, but wikipidia is usually more wrong than right. Soon we'll have a completely lower level of intelligence because of wikipidia research... :))
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  • Railer 505Railer 505 Albany, NYPosts: 61MI6 Agent
    It's really IMDb where such information comes from... in any case I don't often see Wikipedia wrong (I checked the page history to see if it had been vandalized)
  • Ricardo C.Ricardo C. Posts: 916MI6 Agent
    The IMDB and wikipedia are highly un-reilable for infomation.
  • Tilly Masterson 007Tilly Masterson 007 UKPosts: 1,472MI6 Agent
    Here is a recent picture of Louis Jourdan (on the left hand side) taken in July 2010 pictured with Kirk Douglas.

    rszlouisjourdan.jpg
  • Ricardo C.Ricardo C. Posts: 916MI6 Agent
    :)
    Tilly Masterson 007 wrote:
    Here is a recent picture of Louis Jourdan (on the left hand side) taken in July 2010 pictured with Kirk Douglas.

    rszlouisjourdan.jpg


    They both look great. :)
  • DangerMouseDangerMouse Benfleet, EssexPosts: 235MI6 Agent
    My goodness! It's as if he hasn't aged a bit (bar the change of colour in hair that is!). I'm glad for him and wish him a Happy, albeit Belated, Birthday.
  • ali1ali1 Posts: 1MI6 Agent
    He's the only one alive from 3 coins in a fountain. I have always had a crush on Louis. He is still handsome, must have good genes.
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