Marcel Dalio
Marcel Dalio
Short of stature but giant in talent, French actor Marcel Dalio entered films in 1933. He gained world-wide renown for his brilliant work in the Jean Renoir classics La Grande Illusion (1937) and Rules of the Game (1938). When the Nazis marched into Paris, the Jewish Dalio fled to the United States with his actress wife Madeleine Le Beau (the wisdom of his sudden flight was confirmed when the Nazis distributed a photograph of Dalio, labelled "The Typical Jew"). Launching his Hollywood career in 1941, Dalio was never able to rescale the heights of prominence that he'd enjoyed in France. In fact, he was often unbilled, even for his memorable role as the cynical croupier in 1942's Casablanca. The best of Dalio's Hollywood character parts included Clemenceau in Wilson (1945), Danny Kaye's nervous business associate in On the Riviera (1951), and the "dirty" old Italian in Catch-22 (1970). A frequent visitor to American television, Dalio was cast as Inspector Renault (the role originated by Claude Rains) in the short-lived 1955 TV version of Casablanca. In his final years, Marcel Dalio returned to the French film industry; his last movie assignment was 1980's Vaudoux aux Caraibes. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Marcel Dalio:
- On the Riviera with Danny Kaye , Gene Tierney , Corinne Calvet , Sig Rumann , Ann Codee , Mari Blanchard , Gwyneth Verdon , Joi Lansing , Alberto Morin , Sig Rumann , Danny Kaye
- Pépé le Moko with Jean Gabin , Gaston Modot
- Lucky Me with Doris Day , Robert Cummings , Phil Silvers , Eddie Jr. Foy , Martha Hyer , Bill Goodwin , Hayden Rorke , Angie Dickinson , Percy Helton , Ray Teal , Herb Vigran
- Donovan's Reef with John Wayne , Lee Marvin , Jack Warden , Dick Foran , Cesar Romero , Dorothy Lamour , Mike Mazurki , Edgar Buchanan , Sam Harris , Cliff Lyons , Mae Marsh , Chuck Roberson
- Catch-22 with Alan Arkin , Martin Balsam , Richard Benjamin , Jack Gilford , Buck Henry , Bob Newhart , Anthony Perkins , Paula Prentiss , Martin Sheen , Jon Voight , Orson Welles , Bob Balaban , Norman Fell , Charles Grodin , Elizabeth Wilson , Liam Dunn , Alan Alda
- Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt , Peter Lorre , Sydney Greenstreet , S.Z. Sakall , Dooley Wilson , John Qualen , Leonid Kinskey , Helmut Dantine , Mischa Auer , Monte Blue , Creighton Hale , Louis Mercier , Alberto Morin , Henry Rowland , Norma Varden
- The Song of Bernadette with Jennifer Jones , Charles Bickford , Gladys Cooper , Vincent Price , Lee J. Cobb , Anne Revere , Blanche Yurka , Mary Anderson , William Eythe , Sig Rumann , Fortunio Bonanova , Davison Clark , Jerome Cowan , Linda Darnell , Charles Dingle , Frank Lackteen , Mae Marsh , Alphonse Martell , Louis Mercier , Belle Mitchell , Dickie Moore , Patricia Morison , Alan Napier , Alla Nazimova , Ruth Robinson , George Sorel , Edwin Stanley , Minerva Urecal , Edward vanSloan , Charles Wagenheim , Ruth Warren , Cecil Weston , Ian Wolfe
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