Alexander D'Arcy

Alexander D'Arcy

Infobox actor
bgcolour = silver
name = Alexander D'Arcy



imagesize = 250px
caption = from the trailer for "Topper Takes a Trip" (1939)
birthdate = birth date|1908|8|10|mf=y
location = Cairo, Egypt
deathdate = death date and age|1996|4|20|1908|8|10|mf=y
deathplace = West Hollywood, California, U.S.
birthname =Alexander Sarruf

Alexander D'Arcy, ( 10 August 1908 – 20 April 1996) was an Egyptian actor with an international career.

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 suave gentlemen or smooth rogues. 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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