Alexander D'Arcy
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1908-08-10
Day of Death
1996-04-20 (87 years old)
Place of Birth
Cairo, Egypt
Alexander D'Arcy
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.
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Known For
Acting
(1972)
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
as Mr. Novak
(1971)
The Seven Minutes
as Christian Leroux
(1969)
Blood of Dracula's Castle
as Count Charles Townsend (Dracula)
(1967)
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Joe Aiello
(1965)
The Incredible Sex Revolution
as Pierre
(1964)
Fanny Hill
as Admiral
(1961)
The Festival Girls
as Larry Worthington
(1960)
Horrors of Spider Island
as Gary Webster
(1955)
Soldier of Fortune
as Rene Dupont Chevalier
(1955)
Abdullah's Harem
as Marco
(1954)
Vice Dolls
as Louis d'Osterkoff
(1953)
How to Marry a Millionaire
as J. Stewart Merrill
(1953)
Vicki
as Robin Ray
(1953)
Man on a Tightrope
as Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
(1950)
Riviera Dream
as American Soldier
(1949)
(1941)
The Blonde from Singapore
as Prince Sali
(1940)
Irene
as Mr. Dumont (uncredited)
(1940)
City of Chance
as Baron Joseph
(1939)
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Paul Kingston
(1939)
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Maitre d'Hotel
(1939)
Three Sons
as Prince Nicky - Phoebe's Husband
(1939)
Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga
as Himself (uncredited)
(1938)
Topper Takes a Trip
as Baron de Rossi
(1938)
Flight to Fame
as Perez
(1937)
The Awful Truth
as Armand Duvalle
(1937)
Stolen Holiday
as Anatole
(1937)
She Married an Artist
as Phillip Corval
(1935)
Carnival in Flanders
as The Captain
(1934)
(1932)
(1932)
(1931)
À Nous la Liberté
as Le gigolo
(1929)
A Romance of Seville
as Ramon
(1929)
Daughter of the Regiment
as Tonio
(1928)
(1928)
Paradise
as Spirdoff
Crew
(1950)
Riviera Dream
Story, Producer, Director