Alexander D'Arcy

Personal Info

Known For Actor

Gender Male

Birthday 1908-08-10

Deathday 1996-04-20 (87 years old)

Place of Birth Cairo, Egypt

Also Known As Alexander Sarruf, Alexandre D'Arcy, Alex D'Arcy, Alexandre Darcy, Alex d'Arcy

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alexander D'Arcy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

1971
The Seven Minutes

as Christian Leroux

1970
Scene of the Crime

as Mr. Novak

1969
Blood of Dracula's Castle

as Count Charles Townsend (Dracula)

1966
Batman

as Shop Owner

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
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

1941
1940
Irene

as Mr. Dumont (uncredited)

1940
City of Chance

as Baron Joseph

1939
Three Sons

as Prince Nicky - Phoebe's Husband

1939
5th Ave Girl

as Maitre d'Hotel

1939
1939
Good Girls Go to Paris

as Paul Kingston

1938
Topper Takes a Trip

as Baron de Rossi

1938
1937
She Married an Artist

as Phillip Corval

1937
The Awful Truth

as Armand Duvalle

1937
Stolen Holiday

as Anatole

1935
Carnival in Flanders

as The Captain

1931
À Nous la Liberté

as Le gigolo

1928
Paradise

as Spirdoff

Writer

1950
Riviera Dream

as Story

Producer

1950
Riviera Dream

as Producer

Director

1950
Riviera Dream

as Director