
Eddie Constantine
Known for Acting · 145 credits
- Born
- 1917-10-29
- Died
- 1993-02-25
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- Also known as
- Eddy Constantine · Eddi Constantine · Israël 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).
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Known For
TV Shows (25)

ZDF-Fernsehgarten
1986
as Self

Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Midi trente
1972
as Self
Die Drehscheibe
1964
as Self

Discorama
1959
as Self

Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Samedi soir
1971
as Self
Was bin ich?
1955
as Self
aspekte
1965
as Self
Système 2
1975
as Self

Stars in the Ring
1959
as Self

Cadet Rousselle
1971
as Self
Musik aus Studio B
1961
as Self

World on a Wire
1973
as Man in Rolls Royce
Vergißmeinnicht
1964
as Self
Bei Bio
1983
as self
TV Intim
1969
as Self
Wünsch dir was
1969
as Self

Frankenstein's Aunt
1987
as Alojz

Around the World with Orson Welles
1955
as Man in Nightclub (archive footage)

Rivalen der Rennbahn
1989
as Mr Belmont
Sonntagsgespräch
1985
as Self
Telezirkus
1981
as Self

Roncalli
1986
as Clown Pablo
Movies (120)

The Long Good Friday
1980
as Charlie

Alphaville
1965
as Lemmy Caution

Cléo from 5 to 7
1962
as The Sprinkler / Actor in Silent Film

Europa
1991
as Colonel Harris

The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
as Self (segment "La paresse")

Raid on Entebbe
1976
as Capt. Becaud

The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)

Helsinki Napoli All Night Long
1987
as Old Gangster

Lions Love
1969
as Eddie

Germany Year 90 Nine Zero
1993
as Lemmy Caution

Fiancés on the Bridge
1962
as The Sprinkler

It Lives Again
1978
as Dr. Forrest

Dimension
2010

Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold
1980
as Laroux

Snow
1981
as Eddie

We Will Go to Deauville
1962
as Friend of Pin-Up Girl (uncredited)

The Third Generation
1979
as P. J. Lurz

Ladies First
1963
as Bobby Carao

Passport to Shame
1958
as Johnny McVey

Every Day Words Disappear
2015
as (archive footage)

Poison Ivy
1953
as Lemmy Caution

Beware of a Holy Whore
1971
as Eddie

Comiques de toujours (Vol. 1 à 4)
2009
as Self (archive footage)

Supergirl
1971
as Party Guest

5 Against the House
1955
as Casino Robber (uncredited)

The Great Chase
1968
as Ric

Lucky Jo
1964
as Lucky Jo

License to Kill
1964
as Nick Carter

SOS Pacific
1959
as Mark

A Swelled Head
1962
as Napoléon Dubois aka 'Naps'

The Empire of Night
1962
as Eddie

Riff Raff Girls
1959
as Interpol Agent Williams

The Treasure of San Teresa
1959
as Larry Brennan

Incognito
1958
as Robert 'Bob' Stanley

Panic Time
1980
as Lemmy Caution

Ces dames s'en mêlent
1965
as Jeff Gordon

Attack of the Robots
1966
as Al Pereira

The Model Couple
1977
as Doctor Goldberg
Egypt by Three
1953
as Nick

Claudia Cardinale, la créature du secret
2019
as Self - Comédien (archive footage)

Tarzana
1978
as Police Inspector

Keep Talking, Baby
1961
as Jackson

Destination Fury
1961
as Felice Esposito

Let the Shooters Shoot
1964
as Jeff Gordon

Give 'em Hell
1955
as Johnny Jordan

Dishonorable Discharge
1957
as Captain Burt Brickford
Flight to Berlin
1984
as Eddie

Non Stop Trouble with Spies
1983
as Gregori Ustinov

Jack of Spades
1960
as Patrick

The Men in the Family
1968
as Cousin Lemmy

Man and Child
1956
as Fred Barker

Freak Orlando
1981
as Säulenheiliger
Eine Rose für Jane
1970
as Boss

Tonight the Skirts Fly
1956
as Howard l'homme attendant Marlène au bar (uncredited)

The Big Bluff
1957
as Eddie F. Morgan, adventurer and bluffer

An Evening at the Music Hall
1956
as Bob Wellington

Yours Truly, Blake
1954
as Larry Blake

Diamond Machine
1955
as Lemmy Caution

Hail! Mafia
1965
as Rudy Hamberg

Ladies' Man
1962
as Lemmy Caution

Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie
1958
as Eddie Petersen
Europe in the Evening
1989
as Mr. Hardayle

Neapolitan Boy in New York
1984
as Sammy

Les Truands
1956
as Jim Esposito

Lykke og krone
1962

Good Evening Paris
1956
as Eddie
Malatesta
1970
as Malatesta

Les gros malins
1969
as Self

Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent
1964
as Jeff Gordon

Haytabo
1971
as Professor

How Do You Like My Sister?
1964
as Eddie

Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination
1985
as Boy Pappa

And This Way to the Exit
1957

How Not to Rob a Department Store
1965
as Consumer at the bar (uncredited)

A Second Spring
1975
as Frank Cabot
Victor
1979
as Father

Freckled Max and the Spooks
1987
as Alojz

Make Your Bets Ladies
1965
as Mike Warner

No Panic
1973
as Bill Silkstocking

Your Turn, Darling
1963
as Lemmy Caution

Tōkyō no kyūjitsu
1991

It Means That Much to Me
1961
as Eddie MacAvoy

Dark Galaxy
1993
as (archive footage)

As If It Were Raining
1963
as Eddie Ross

Headlines of Destruction
1955
as Barney Morgan

Good Luck, Charlie
1962
as Charlie
Rambo Zambo
1984
as Harry

Women Are Like That
1960
as Lemmy Caution

There's Going to Be a Party
1960
as John Lewis / John Jarvis

Ticket of No Return
1979
as Küstler

Le Retour de Lemmy Caution
1989
as Lemmy Caution
The Making of Europa
1991
as Self / Colonel Harris

Sous les marches du palais
1991
as Self

Residence for Spies
1968
as Dan Leyton

Nick Carter and Red Club
1965
as Nick Carter

La Bête noire
1983
as Le patron du bar américain

Dames Don't Care
1954
as Lemmy Caution

Springtime in Vienna
1984
as Lemmy Caution

This Man Is Dangerous
1953
as Lemmy Caution

A Whale That Had a Toothache
1975
as Eddie
Hochkant
1982
as Er (He)
Jailbirds
1954
as Franco Cesari

Souvenir of Gibraltar
1975
as Jo, father

Makaroni Blues
1986
as Lemmy Caution

Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven
1993
as Don Fabrizzi

Bombs on Monte Carlo
1960
as Kapitän Eddie Cronen

The Nightmare Woman
1981

Exit... But No Panic
1980
as Poignard
Perlico - Perlaco
1971

Red Love
1983
as Pawel Pawlowitsch

Seifenblasen
1985
Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre
1976
as Self

Ravishing
1960
as Eddie (uncredited)

Blood Relations
1977
as Priest
Oasis
1982

La Paresse
1962
as Self
Die Hinrichtung
1981
as Showagent

The Mikado Project
1983
as Beppo Bourbon
Tango Through Germany
1981
as Eddie
Eddie and Lutz
1979
About Eddie Constantine
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, an… With 145 credits spanning from 1953 to 2019, Eddie Constantine has appeared in 120 films and 25 TV shows.
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Most Popular Eddie Constantine Movies
- The Long Good Friday (1980) — as Charlie
- Alphaville (1965) — as Lemmy Caution
- Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962) — as The Sprinkler / Actor in Silent Film
- Europa (1991) — as Colonel Harris
- The Seven Deadly Sins (1962) — as Self (segment "La paresse")
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