Alexander D'Arcy
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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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Acting
TV
Batman
as Shop Owner
1966
Movie
How to Marry a Millionaire
as J. Stewart Merrill
1953
Movie
The Awful Truth
as Armand Duvalle
1937
TV
Scene of the Crime
as Mr. Novak
1970
Movie
À Nous la Liberté
as Le gigolo
1931
Movie
The St. Valentine's Day Massacre
as Joe Aiello
1967
Movie
Horrors of Spider Island
as Gary Webster
1960
Movie
Champagne
as (uncredited)
1928
Movie
Carnival in Flanders
as The Captain
1935
Movie
Blood of Dracula's Castle
as Count Charles Townsend (Dracula)
1969
Movie
Man on a Tightrope
as Rudolph (as Alex D'Arcy)
1953
Movie
Soldier of Fortune
as Rene Dupont Chevalier
1955
Movie
Topper Takes a Trip
as Baron de Rossi
1938
Movie
Fifth Avenue Girl
as Maitre d'Hotel
1939
Movie
Vicki
as Robin Ray
1953
Movie
Fanny Hill
as Admiral
1964
Movie
The Seven Minutes
as Christian Leroux
1971
Movie
Good Girls Go to Paris
as Paul Kingston
1939
Movie
City of Chance
as Baron Joseph
1940
Movie
Stolen Holiday
as Anatole
1937
Movie
Irene
as Mr. Dumont (uncredited)
1940
Movie
The Blonde from Singapore
as Prince Sali
1941
Movie
The Incredible Sex Revolution
as Pierre
1965
Movie
A Romance of Seville
as Ramon
1929
