Alexander D'Arcy (Arabic: ألكسندر دارسي‎; 10 August 1908
â€" 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian stage, television and film 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, and then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's
Champagne (1928). He went to France, acted in a number of films, then
departed for America. In 1936, listed as Joseph Alexandre Fabre -
artist, aged 27, race French, nationality Egyptian - he sailed to New
York as a first class passenger on the S/S Ile de France. He
eventually left New York for 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 the suitors of Marilyn Monroe's
character 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 acted mostly on television and
resurfaced 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 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Meyer's
The Seven Minutes (1971) and Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
(1972 or 1974 TV movie).
â€" 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian stage, television and film 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, and then appeared in Alfred Hitchcock's
Champagne (1928). He went to France, acted in a number of films, then
departed for America. In 1936, listed as Joseph Alexandre Fabre -
artist, aged 27, race French, nationality Egyptian - he sailed to New
York as a first class passenger on the S/S Ile de France. He
eventually left New York for 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 the suitors of Marilyn Monroe's
character 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 acted mostly on television and
resurfaced 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 The St. Valentine's Day Massacre (1967), Meyer's
The Seven Minutes (1971) and Fuller's Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
(1972 or 1974 TV movie).
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