Paul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi
A former opera singer in his native Sicily, bull-necked, waxed-moustached character actor Paul Porcasi made his screen bow in 1917's Fall of the Romanoffs. Porcasi flourished in the talkie era, playing innumerable speakeasy owners, impresarios, chefs, and restaurateurs. The nationalities of his screen characters ranged from Italian to French to Greek to Spanish; most often, however, he played Greeks with such onomatopoeic monikers as Papapopolous. Porcasi's best-remembered film roles include Nick the Greek in Broadway (1929), the obsequious garment merchant in Devil in the Deep (1932), dour border guard Gonzalez in Eddie Cantor's The Kid From Spain (1932), and the apoplectic apple vendor ("Hey! You steal-a!") in King Kong (1933). Paul Porcasi was also starred in the first three-strip Technicolor short subject, La Cucaracha (1934), wherein his face turned a deep crimson after he ingested one too many hot chili peppers. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Paul Porcasi:
- Dr. Kildare's Strange Case with Lew Ayres , Lionel Barrymore , Laraine Day , Shepperd Strudwick , Samuel S. Hinds , Emma Dunn , Nat Pendleton , Walter Kingsford , Alma Kruger , John Eldredge , Nell Craig , Marie Blake , George H. Reed , Frank Orth , Margaret Seddon , Fay Helm , Marcia Mae Jones , Horace McMahon
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft , Lionel Stander , Douglas Dumbrille , Raymond Walburn , H.B. Warner , Warren B. Hymer , Ruth Donnelly , Spencer Charters , Emma Dunn , Arthur Hoyt , Jameson Thomas , Walter Catlett , Margaret Seddon , Stanley Andrews , Irving Bacon , Billy Bevan , Harry C. Bradley , Cecil Cunningham , Ann Doran , Bess Flowers , Edward Gargan , George "Gabby" Hayes , Russell Hicks , Paul C. Hurst , Eddie Kane , Edward Keane , Edward J. LeSaint , Edwin Maxwell , George Meeker , James Millican , Gene Morgan , Jack Mower , Franklin Pangborn , Christian Rub , Lee Shumway , Charles Sullivan , Dale vanSickel , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Pierre Watkin , Charles Wilson , George Cooper , Charles Lane , Dennis O'Keefe
- King Kong with Fay Wray , Robert Armstrong , Bruce Cabot , Frank Reicher , Samuel B. Hardy , Noble Johnson , James Flavin , Roscoe Ates , Dick Curtis , Ethan Laidlaw , LeRoy Mason , Etta McDaniel , Gil Perkins , Russell Powell , Charles Sullivan , Harry Tenbrook , Victor Wong , Merian C. Cooper , Frank Mills , Ernest B. Schoedsack
- Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart , Ingrid Bergman , Paul Henreid , Claude Rains , Conrad Veidt , Peter Lorre , Sydney Greenstreet , S.Z. Sakall , Dooley Wilson , Joy Page , John Qualen , Leonid Kinskey , Helmut Dantine , Curt Bois , Marcel Dalio , Ludwig Stossel , Dan Seymour , Mischa Auer , Leon Belasco , Monte Blue , Gino Corrado , William Edmunds , Creighton Hale , Olaf Hytten , Michael Mark , George Meeker , Louis Mercier , Torben Meyer , Alberto Morin , Henry Rowland , Norma Varden
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