Eddie Constantine

1917-1993

Biography: life and films

Eddie Constantine was a French-American actor and singer whose birth name was Edward Constantinowsky. He was born in Los Angeles, California, USA on 29th October 1917 and died in Wiesbaden, Germany on 25th February 1993, aged 75.

His best films as an actor include Michel Deville's comedy-thriller Lucky Jo (1964), Jean-Luc Godard's crime-thriller Alphaville (1965), Raoul Lévy's Je vous salue, mafia! (1965), Juraj Jakubisko's comedy Pehavý Max a strasidlá (1987) and Claudia Schröder's Europa, abends (1989).

Eddie Constantine appeared in 90 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Bernard Borderie (6 films), Raoul André (5), Pierre Grimblat (3), John Berry (3), Agnès Varda (3), Ulrike Ottinger (2), Ulli Lommel (2), Rainer Werner Fassbinder (2), Patrice Dally (2), Jesus Franco (2), Jean-Luc Godard (2), Henri Decoin (2), Guy Lefranc (2) and Alvin Rakoff (2).

His most frequent genres include: comedy (34 films), drama (29), Thriller (29), crime-thriller (16), comedy-thriller (8), comedy-drama (6), comedy-romance (2) and Horror (2).

Our average rating for Eddie Constantine over all films is: 2.5

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Cet homme est dangereux (1953) [a]

Egypt by Three (1953) [a]

La Môme vert-de-gris (1953) [a]

Avanzi di galera (1954) [a]

Les Femmes s'en balancent (1954) [a]

Votre dévoué Blake (1954) [a]

Ça va barder (1955) [a]

Je suis un sentimental (1955) [a]

Bonsoir Paris (1956) [a]

Ce soir les jupons volent (1956) [a]

Folies-Bergère (1956) [a]

L'Homme et l'enfant (1956) [a]

Les Truands (1956) [a]

Vous pigez (1956) [a]

Ces dames préfèrent le mambo (1957) [a]

Le Grand bluff (1957) [a]

Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie (1958) [a]

Incognito (1958) [a]

Passport to Shame (1958) [a]

Du rififi chez les femmes (1959) [a]

SOS Pacific (1959) [a]

The Treasure of San Teresa (1959) [a]

Ça va être ta fête (1960) [a]

Bomben auf Monte Carlo (1960) [a]

Chien de pique (1960) [a]

Comment qu'elle est! (1960) [a]

Me faire ça à moi (1960) [a]

Ravissante (1960) [a]

Cause toujours, mon lapin (1961) [a]

Cléo de 5 à 7 (1961) [a]

Mani in alto (1961) [a]

Une grosse tête (1961) [a]

Bonne chance, Charlie (1962) [a]

L'Empire de la nuit (1962) [a]

Lemmy pour les dames (1962) [a]

Les Sept péchés capitaux (1962) [a]

Nous irons à Deauville (1962) [a]

À toi de faire... mignonne (1963) [a]

Comment trouvez-vous ma soeur? (1963) [a]

Des frissons partout (1963) [a]

Les Femmes d'abord (1963) [a]

Rote Lippen soll man küssen (1963) [a]

Tela de araña (1963) [a]

Laissez tirer les tireurs (1964) [a]

Lucky Jo (1964) [a]

Nick Carter va tout casser (1964) [a]

Alphaville (1965) [a]

Cent briques et des tuiles (1965) [a]

Ces dames s'en mêlent (1965) [a]

Faites vos jeux, mesdames (1965) [a]

Je vous salue, mafia! (1965) [a]

Nick Carter et le trèfle rouge (1965) [a]

Cartes sur table (1966) [a]

Residencia para espías (1966) [a]

Ces messieurs de la famille (1967) [a]

À tout casser (1968) [a]

Les Gros malins (1969) [a]

Lions Love (1969) [a]

Haytabo (1971) [a]

Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte (1971) [a]

Der zweite Frühling (1975) [a]

Souvenir of Gibraltar (1975) [a]

Une baleine qui avait mal aux dents (1975) [a]

Bloedverwanten (1977) [a]

Le Couple témoin (1977) [a]

It Lives Again (1978) [a]

Bildnis einer Trinkerin. Aller jamais retour (1979) [a]

Die Dritte Generation (1979) [a]

Car-Napping - Bestellt, geklaut, geliefert (1980) [a]

Exit... nur keine Panik (1980) [a]

Panische Zeiten (1980) [a]

The Long Good Friday (1980) [a]

Die Alptraumfrau (1981) [a]

Freak Orlando (1981) [a]

Neige (1981) [a]

Tango durch Deutschland (1981) [a]

Boxoffice (1982) [a]

Rote Liebe - Wassilissa (1982) [a]

Das Mikado-Projekt (1983) [a]

Der Schnüffler (1983) [a]

La Bête noire (1983) [a]

Flight to Berlin (1984) [a]

Seifenblasen (1984) [a]

Tiger - Frühling in Wien (1984) [a]

Uno Scugnizzo a New York (1984) [a]

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long (1987) [a]

Pehavý Max a strasidlá (1987) [a]

Europa, abends (1989) [a]

Allemagne 90 neuf zéro (1991) [a]

Europa (1991) [a]

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven (1993) [a]



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