---
name: "Eddie Constantine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eddie-constantine"
fi1m_id: "eddie-constantine"
imdb_id: "nm0176061"
tmdb_id: 19794
wikidata_id: "Q561234"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "29 October 1917"
died: "25 February 1993"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-26T15:47:01.954607+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Eddie Constantine

## Identity

Eddie Constantine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eddie-constantine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eddie-constantine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0176061
- **TMDB ID:** 19794
- **Wikidata ID:** Q561234
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Constantine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19794

Actor. Born 29 October 1917 in Los Angeles, California, USA. Died 25 February 1993.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 29 October 1917, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Died:** 25 February 1993
- **Active:** 1962–1980
- **Also known as:** Eddy Constantine, Eddi Constantine, Israël Constantine
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as actor, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 83 (2), 1980s 88 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 85 to 81 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 1 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Crime 1, Mystery 1, Science Fiction 1, Thriller 1
- **Screen time:** 5 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $1m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Constantine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q561234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0176061/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/19794

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Good Friday*](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md) (88)
- **MUBI:** [*Alphaville*](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md) (78)

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## Biography

Eddie Constantine was an American actor and singer who spent much of his career in Europe, particularly France. He became known for portraying the secret agent Lemmy Caution in a series of French B-movies from the 1950s and 1960s.

He appeared in films by directors including Jean-Luc Godard, playing Lemmy Caution in *Alphaville* (1965) and reprising the role in *Germany Year 90 Nine Zero* (1991). Other credits include *Beware of a Holy Whore* (1971) for Rainer Werner Fassbinder, *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962) and *Europa* (1991). In 1980 he played Charlie in the British film *The Long Good Friday*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), Fi1m 88, as Charlie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)
- *Alphaville* (1965), Fi1m 78, as Lemmy Caution — [page](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md)
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), Fi1m 88, as The Sprinkler / Actor in Silent Film — [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)

## Complete filmography (117)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Image Book* (2018), as (archive footage)
- *Every Day Words Disappear* (2015), as (archive footage)
- *Dimension* (2010), Actor
- *Three Shake-a-Leg Steps to Heaven* (1993), as Don Fabrizzi
- *Germany Year 90 Nine Zero* (1993), as Lemmy Caution
- *Dark Galaxy* (1993), as (archive footage)
- *Tōkyō no kyūjitsu* (1991), Actor
- *Europa* (1991), as Colonel Harris
- *Europe in the Evening* (1989), as Mr. Hardayle
- *Le Retour de Lemmy Caution* (1989), as Lemmy Caution
- *Rivalen der Rennbahn* (1989), series, as Mr Belmont
- *Helsinki Napoli All Night Long* (1987), as Old Gangster
- *Freckled Max and the Spooks* (1987), as Alojz
- *Frankenstein's Aunt* (1987), series, as Alojz
- *Roncalli* (1986), series, as Clown Pablo
- *Makaroni Blues* (1986), as Lemmy Caution
- *Paul Chevrolet and the Ultimate Hallucination* (1985), as Boy Pappa
- *Seifenblasen* (1985), Actor
- *Springtime in Vienna* (1984), as Lemmy Caution
- *Neapolitan Boy in New York* (1984), as Sammy
- *Flight to Berlin* (1984), as Eddie
- *Rambo Zambo* (1984), as Harry
- *Red Love* (1983), as Pawel Pawlowitsch
- *The Mikado Project* (1983), as Beppo Bourbon
- *La Bête noire* (1983), as Le patron du bar américain
- *Non Stop Trouble with Spies* (1983), as Gregori Ustinov
- *Hochkant* (1982), as Er (He)
- *Oasis* (1982), Actor
- *Freak Orlando* (1981), as Säulenheiliger
- *Die Hinrichtung* (1981), as Showagent
- *Snow* (1981), as Eddie
- *The Nightmare Woman* (1981), Actor
- *Tango Through Germany* (1981), as Eddie
- *The Long Good Friday* (1980), as Charlie — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-good-friday.md)
- *Carnapping - Ordered, Stolen and Sold* (1980), as Laroux
- *Panic Time* (1980), as Lemmy Caution
- *Exit... But No Panic* (1980), as Poignard
- *Ticket of No Return* (1979), as Küstler
- *The Third Generation* (1979), as P. J. Lurz
- *Victor* (1979), as Father
- *Eddie and Lutz* (1979), Actor
- *It Lives Again* (1978), as Dr. Forrest
- *Tarzana* (1978), as Police Inspector
- *The Model Couple* (1977), as Doctor Goldberg
- *Blood Relations* (1977), as Priest
- *Raid on Entebbe* (1976), as Capt. Becaud
- *A Second Spring* (1975), as Frank Cabot
- *Souvenir of Gibraltar* (1975), as Jo, father
- *A Whale That Had a Toothache* (1975), as Eddie
- *World on a Wire* (1973), series, as Man in Rolls Royce
- *No Panic* (1973), as Bill Silkstocking
- *Perlico - Perlaco* (1971), Actor
- *Beware of a Holy Whore* (1971), as Eddie
- *Supergirl* (1971), as Party Guest
- *Haytabo* (1971), as Professor
- *Eine Rose für Jane* (1970), as Boss
- *Malatesta* (1970), as Malatesta
- *Lions Love* (1969), as Eddie
- *The Great Chase* (1968), as Ric
- *The Men in the Family* (1968), as Cousin Lemmy
- *Residence for Spies* (1968), as Dan Leyton
- *Attack of the Robots* (1966), as Al Pereira
- *Nick Carter and Red Club* (1965), as Nick Carter
- *Hail! Mafia* (1965), as Rudy Hamberg
- *Alphaville* (1965), as Lemmy Caution — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/alphaville.md)
- *How Not to Rob a Department Store* (1965), as Consumer at the bar (uncredited)
- *Make Your Bets Ladies* (1965), as Mike Warner
- *Ces dames s'en mêlent* (1965), as Jeff Gordon
- *Lucky Jo* (1964), as Lucky Jo
- *Let the Shooters Shoot* (1964), as Jeff Gordon
- *License to Kill* (1964), as Nick Carter
- *Jeff Gordon, Secret Agent* (1964), as Jeff Gordon
- *How Do You Like My Sister?* (1964), as Eddie
- *As If It Were Raining* (1963), as Eddie Ross
- *Ladies First* (1963), as Bobby Carao
- *Your Turn, Darling* (1963), as Lemmy Caution
- *We Will Go to Deauville* (1962), as Friend of Pin-Up Girl (uncredited)
- *The Empire of Night* (1962), as Eddie
- *Good Luck, Charlie* (1962), as Charlie
- *Lykke og krone* (1962), Actor
- *Cléo from 5 to 7* (1962), as The Sprinkler / Actor in Silent Film — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/film/cleo-from-5-to-7.md)
- *Fiancés on the Bridge* (1962), as The Sprinkler
- *Ladies' Man* (1962), as Lemmy Caution
- *A Swelled Head* (1962), as Napoléon Dubois aka 'Naps'
- *Keep Talking, Baby* (1961), as Jackson
- *Destination Fury* (1961), as Felice Esposito
- *It Means That Much to Me* (1961), as Eddie MacAvoy
- *There's Going to Be a Party* (1960), as John Lewis / John Jarvis
- *Jack of Spades* (1960), as Patrick
- *Ravishing* (1960), as Eddie (uncredited)
- *Women Are Like That* (1960), as Lemmy Caution
- *Bombs on Monte Carlo* (1960), as Kapitän Eddie Cronen
- *SOS Pacific* (1959), as Mark
- *The Treasure of San Teresa* (1959), as Larry Brennan
- *Riff Raff Girls* (1959), as Interpol Agent Williams
- *Passport to Shame* (1958), as Johnny McVey
- *Hoppla, jetzt kommt Eddie* (1958), as Eddie Petersen
- *Incognito* (1958), as Robert 'Bob' Stanley
- *Dishonorable Discharge* (1957), as Captain Burt Brickford
- *The Big Bluff* (1957), as Eddie F. Morgan, adventurer and bluffer
- *And This Way to the Exit* (1957), Actor
- *Good Evening Paris* (1956), as Eddie
- *Man and Child* (1956), as Fred Barker
- *An Evening at the Music Hall* (1956), as Bob Wellington
- *Tonight the Skirts Fly* (1956), as Howard l'homme attendant Marlène au bar (uncredited)
- *Les Truands* (1956), as Jim Esposito
- *Diamond Machine* (1955), as Lemmy Caution
- *Headlines of Destruction* (1955), as Barney Morgan
- *Around the World with Orson Welles* (1955), series, as Man in Nightclub (archive footage)
- *5 Against the House* (1955), as Casino Robber (uncredited)
- *Give 'em Hell* (1955), as Johnny Jordan
- *Yours Truly, Blake* (1954), as Larry Blake
- *Jailbirds* (1954), as Franco Cesari
- *Dames Don't Care* (1954), as Lemmy Caution
- *This Man Is Dangerous* (1953), as Lemmy Caution
- *Poison Ivy* (1953), as Lemmy Caution
- *Egypt by Three* (1953), as Nick

## Gallery

- ![Eddie Constantine](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-fd8113e9542e.png) Eddie Constantine — Studio Harcourt., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f4/EddieConstantine-StudioHarcourt-1956.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eddie Constantine, presskonferens i Stockholm. (1958)](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-8033c5c81f23.jpg) Eddie Constantine, presskonferens i Stockholm. (1958) — Unknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Eddie-Constantine-at-the-press-reception-in-Stockholm-391835469294.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen "Geen paniek" 7 augustus 1972](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-a90dc25c711a.jpg) Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen "Geen paniek" 7 augustus 1972 — Rob Croes for Anefo, CC BY-SA 3.0 nl, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ae/Eddie_Constantine_%281972%29.jpg/1280px-Eddie_Constantine_%281972%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , Eddie Con (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-d160f98f6393.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , Eddie Con (1972) — Rob Croes / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_Eddie_Constantine_%28%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7924.jpg/1280px-Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_Eddie_Constantine_%28%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7924.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Eddie Constantine](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-6402a9f23b5d.jpg) Eddie Constantine — Image via TMDB
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , Eddie Con (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-b89c53e31fe8.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , Eddie Con (1972) — Rob Croes / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_Eddie_Constantine_%28%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7925.jpg/1280px-Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_Eddie_Constantine_%28%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7925.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , zwaaiend  (1972)](https://film.one/media/person/59722/gallery-284bc85f11f3.jpg) Collectie / Archief : Fotocollectie Anefo Reportage / Serie : [ onbekend ] Beschrijving : Eddie Constantine op Schiphol voor filmopnamen Geen paniek , zwaaiend  (1972) — Rob Croes / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_zwaaiend_met_hoed%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7923.jpg/1280px-Eddie_Constantine_op_Schiphol_voor_filmopnamen_Geen_paniek_%2C_zwaaiend_met_hoed%2C_Bestanddeelnr_925-7923.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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