This youthful, darkly handsome actor played smooth, continental lovers in the 60s but his career lost steam come the decade's end. Was for a time engaged to Sharon Tate.
He was a titled count. His full title is Phillipe Forquet, Viscount de Dorne.
Had a great sense of humor and delighted in playing jokes on his friends.
Philippe is an excellent chef, accomplished equestrian, and student of languages. His English, learned in about a month of cramming for his first major role, was perfected and he speaks, reads and writes it fluently.
Long retired from show business, he lived in San Quentin, France, where he managed the family estate. (2006)
He succeeded his struggle against a cancer. (2002)