Eddie Constantine

Eddie Constantine (born Edward Constantinowsky 29 October 1917, Los Angeles, California – 25 February 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 playing the character in Jean-Luc Godard's philosophical science fiction film Alphaville. A cult figure, Co... more

Eddie Constantine (born Edward Constantinowsky 29 October 1917, Los Angeles, California – 25 February 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 playing the character in Jean-Luc Godard's philosophical science fiction film Alphaville. A cult figure, 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 90 neuf zéro (1991). Constantine became a star in France in the 1950s, most notably playing the part of the hard-boiled detective/secret agent Lemmy Caution (from Peter Cheyney's novels) in a series of French B-pictures, including Cet homme est dangereux (1953),... less