Eddie Constantine

Biography

Eddie Constantine  (born Edward Constantinowsky; October 29, 1917, Los Angeles, California – February 25, 1993, Wiesbaden, Germany) was an American-born French actor and singer who spent his career working in Europe. He became well-known for a series of French B movies in which he played secret agent Lemmy Caution and is now best remembered for his role in Jean-Luc Godard's philosophical science fiction film Alphaville. Constantine also appeared in films by Rainer Werner Fassbinder (as himself in Beware of a Holy Whore 1971), Lars von Trier, and Mika Kaurismäki. He continued reprising the role of Lemmy Caution well into his 70s; his final appearance as the character was in Jean-Luc Godard's Allemagne année 90 neuf zéro (1991). Description above from the Wikipedia article Eddie Constantine, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For

Cléo from 5 to 7

as The Sprinkler / Actor in Silent Film

Alphaville

as Lemmy Caution

The Long Good Friday

as Charlie

Europa

as Colonel Harris

It Lives Again

as Dr. Forrest

The Image Book

as (archive footage)

The Fiancés of Macdonald Bridge

as The Sprinkler

World on a Wire

as Man in Rolls Royce

Beware of a Holy Whore

as Eddie

Raid on Entebbe

as Capt. Becaud