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Alexander D'Arcy

Acting Born Aug 10, 1908 Cairo, Egypt 24 credits

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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

Film

Young Frankenstein

as Mr. Novak

Batman

as Shop Owner

Carter Country

as J. Stewart Merrill
Film

The Awful Truth

as Armand Duvalle

Tokusou Sentai Dekaranger

as Admiral

Full filmography

  • Scene of the Crime (1970) as Mr. Novak
  • Batman (1966) as Shop Owner
  • How to Marry a Millionaire (1953) as J. Stewart Merrill
  • The Awful Truth (1937) as Armand Duvalle
  • The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967) as Joe Aiello
  • The Seven Minutes (1971) as Christian Leroux
  • Champagne (1928) as (uncredited)
  • Fanny Hill (1964) as Admiral
  • Daughter of the Regiment (1929) as Tonio
  • Topper Takes a Trip (1938) as Baron de Rossi
  • Fifth Avenue Girl (1939) as Maitre d'Hotel
  • Horrors of Spider Island (1960) as Gary Webster
  • Man on a Tightrope (1953) as Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
  • Irene (1940) as Mr. Dumont (uncredited)
  • Soldier of Fortune (1955) as Rene Dupont Chevalier
  • City of Chance (1940) as Baron Joseph
  • Blood of Dracula's Castle (1969) as Count Charles Townsend (Dracula)
  • Vicki (1953) as Robin Ray
  • The Blonde from Singapore (1941) as Prince Sali
  • Rhumba Rhythm at the Hollywood La Conga (1939) as Himself (uncredited)
  • À Nous la Liberté (1931) as Le gigolo
  • Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) as Paul Kingston
  • Poliche (1934)
  • Riviera Dream (1950) as American Soldier