Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'Arcy

  • Birthday: 1908-08-10
  • Deathday: 1996-04-20
  • Place of birth: Cairo, Egypt
  • Also know as: Alexander Sarruf

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Alexander D'Arcy, ( 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian actor with an international film repertoire. Born Alexander Sarruf in Cairo, Egypt, D'Arcy, variously credited as Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy and Alex d'Arcy appeared in some 45 films, mostly as a suave gentleman or smooth rogue. His first film appearance was in 1927 in The Garden of Allah, before appearing in Alfred Hitchcock's Champagne (1928). He then went to Hollywood where he started by playing supporting roles in several films in the late 1930s including The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) Stolen Holiday (1937), The Awful Truth (1937). In 1953, he was one of Marilyn Monroe's suitors in How to Marry a Millionaire and featured in Abdulla the Great and Soldier of Fortune in 1955. His roles diminished in importance and by the 1960s he was acting mostly on television before resurfacing in horror films, notably It's Hot in Paradise (1962) and as Dracula in Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969). Evidently a favorite of such cult directors as Roger Corman, Russ Meyer and Sam Fuller, D'Arcy was seen in Corman's St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Meyer's The Seven Minutes (1971) and Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street (1972). His last appearance was in a German television detective series in 1973. He died in West Hollywood, California. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander D'Arcy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Horrors of Spider Island

1960

As Gary Webster

Blood of Dracula's Castle

1969

As Count Charles Townsend (Dracula)

A Romance of Seville

1929

As Ramon

Fanny Hill

1964

As Admiral

The Festival Girls

1961

As Larry Worthington

Paradise

1928

As Spirdoff

Poliche

1934

As

The Awful Truth

1937

As Armand Duvalle

Flight to Fame

1938

As Perez

Stolen Holiday

1937

As Anatole

She Married an Artist

1937

As Phillip Corval

Abdullah's Harem

1955

As Marco

Vice Dolls

1954

As Louis d'Osterkoff

The Blonde from Singapore

1941

As Prince Sali

Vicki

1953

As Robin Ray

Soldier of Fortune

1955

As Rene Dupont Chevalier

Champagne

1928

As

Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga

1939

As Himself (uncredited)

How to Marry a Millionaire

1953

As J. Stewart Merrill

Topper Takes a Trip

1938

As Baron de Rossi

City of Chance

1940

As Baron Joseph

Good Girls Go to Paris

1939

As Paul Kingston

Man on a Tightrope

1953

As Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)

5th Ave Girl

1939

As Maitre d'Hotel

Three Sons

1939

As Prince Nicky - Phoebe's Husband

À Nous la Liberté

1931

As Le gigolo

The Seven Minutes

1971

As Christian Leroux

Carnival in Flanders

1935

As The Captain

Irene

1940

As Mr. Dumont (uncredited)

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