Jose Luis de Vilallonga, 87; writer acted in ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

Jose Luis de Vilallonga, 87, an author, aristocrat and actor who shared the silver screen with Audrey Hepburn in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” died Thursday at his home on the island of Mallorca.

A colorful character in Spain’s high society, Vilallonga worked as a journalist for the national press agency EFE and for the magazines Paris-Match, Marie Claire and Vogue. He wrote an official biography of Spain’s King Juan Carlos that was published in 1993.

A high point in his acting career came when he starred as Jose da Silva Pereira, the dashing Brazilian multimillionaire whom Holly Golightly planned to marry in Blake Edwards’ 1961 classic movie.

He was born in Madrid in 1920 and began writing as a young man. He appeared in dozens of films, mostly in Europe, from the late 1950s until the late 1990s, often varying the spelling of his name for the credits.