Marcel Dalio (born Marcel Benoit Blauschild; 23 November 1899 in

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– 18 November 1983) was a French movie actor. He had major roles in two films directed by Jean Renoir, '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and ''

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'' (1939).

Life and career

Early life in France

Dalio was born Marcel Benoit Blauschild

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/ref> in Paris to Romanian-Jewish immigrant parents. He trained at the

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and performed in revues from 1920. Dalio appeared in stage plays from the 1920s and acted in French films in the 1930s. His first big film success was in Julien Duvivier's '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937). He followed them with two films for Jean Renoir, '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) and ''

'' (''La Règle du jeu'', 1939). After divorcing his first wife,

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, he married the young actress Madeleine Lebeau in 1939.

Wartime exile

In June 1940, Dalio and Lebeau left Paris ahead of the invading German army and reached Lisbon. They are presumed to have received transit visas from

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, allowing them to enter Spain and journey on to Portugal. It took them two months to get visas to

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. However, when their ship, the S.S. ''Quanza'', stopped in

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, they were stranded (along with around 200 other passengers) when the Chilean visas they had purchased turned out to be forgeries. Eventually they were able to get temporary Canadian passports and entered the United States. Meanwhile, the advancing German Nazi army in occupied France used posters of his face as a representative of "a typical Jew". All other members of Dalio's family died in

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, although Dalio was never quite able to regain the profile he had in France, he appeared in 19 American films during the Second World War, in stereotypical roles as a Frenchman. Dalio's first film in the United States was the

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comedy '' One Night in Lisbon'' (1941) in which he portrayed a hotel concierge. Around the same time, he appeared in the

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film ''Unholy Nights'' and the

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film ''

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'' (also 1941). He remained busy, appearing in ''

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'' (1942) starring

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and Glenn Ford. Dalio next portrayed a Frenchman, Focquet, in the film '' The Pied Piper'' (also 1942). In this film,

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portrayed an Englishman trying to get out of France with an ever-increasing number of children ahead of the German invasion. Dalio then appeared among the star-studded cast in ''

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'' (both 1942). In the uncredited role of Emil the croupier in '' Casablanca'' (also 1942), he appeared in the scene when Captain Renault closes down Rick's Cafe American using the pretext, "I am shocked, shocked to find that gambling is going on in here!", Emil approaches him and hands him his usual

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money saying, "Your winnings sir", while Rick darts Emile a flabbergasted look. His wife Madeleine Lebeau was also in the film, playing Yvonne, Rick's intermittent girlfriend. On 22 June, while Lebeau was filming her scenes with Hans Twardowski as the German officer, Dalio filed for divorce in Los Angeles on the grounds of desertion. To-Have-and-Have-Not-LIFE-1

He was cast in some larger roles, for example in the war dramas ''

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'' and ''

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'' (both 1943), in the latter his ex-wife Lebeau also appeared. Dalio played a French policeman in '' The Song of Bernadette'' (also 1943). His penultimate wartime role in an American film was in the adaptation of ''

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'' (1944) reuniting him with Humphrey Bogart.

Postwar

When the war in Europe ended in May 1945, Dalio returned to France to continue his movie career. His first appearance that year was in '' Her Final Role'' (''Son dernier rôle'', 1946). He appeared in ten more movies in France and one in England through the late 1940s. He played Captain Nikarescu in '' Black Jack'' (1950). Dalio appeared in four American movies in the mid-1950s. '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' starring

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and '' Flight to Tangier'' (both 1953) starring

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, '' Lucky Me'' starring

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and '' Sabrina'' (both 1954) starring Bogart and

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. In ''Sabrina'', the bearded Dalio played one of Hepburn's fellow cooking students in Paris. He then briefly returned to France. Dalio portrayed the

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character, Captain Renault, in the short-lived television series '' Casablanca'' (1955). Dalio had the role of a French sergeant in the war drama '' Jump into Hell'' (also 1955) about the French defeat at the

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. Dalio appeared in the musical comedy '' Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' starring

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, with Paul Henreid in the supporting cast. He also appeared as a French priest in a war movie, again about the French involvement in Vietnam, called '' China Gate'' which features the acting of

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. Finally that year, Dalio played Zizi in ''

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novel, this time starring

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, '' The Man Who Understood Women'' starring

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, '' Pillow Talk'' (both 1959) starring

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and Doris Day, '' Can-Can'' (1960) starring Frank Sinatra and '' The Devil at 4 O'Clock'' (1961) starring Sinatra and

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. After making more movies in France, Dalio received a major supporting role in the mystery '' The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963), set entirely in England but filmed primarily in Hollywood. Two of Dalio's previous co-stars, Tony Curtis and Frank Sinatra, had cameos in the film. This was followed with the part of Father Cluzeot in the John Wayne movie, '' Donovan's Reef'' (also 1963). After appearing again with Tony Curtis in '' Wild and Wonderful'' (1964), Dalio returned to France. He continued making movies for Hollywood, but he also appeared in many French productions. Later movies featuring Dalio include ''

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'' (1966) starring Audrey Hepburn and

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'' Dalio played the old Italian living in the whorehouse, while he also appeared in '' The Great White Hope'' (both 1970) with

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. From then on, he did movies almost entirely in France, the best known of them being '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' (1973) and '' La Bête'' (1975) directed by

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. His last appearance was in a TV movie portraying Lord Exeter in ''Les Longuelune'' (1982).

Television

Dalio also appeared in numerous television shows both in the United States (between 1954 and 1963) and in France (1968 to 1981). These include guest appearances in ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Maverick'' (in "

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''. Dalio married Hollywood based French journalist Madeleine

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Prime in Los Angeles, in 1981. Dalio, who appeared in almost 150 movies, died in Paris on 18 November 1983, just 5 days shy of his 84th birthday. He is buried in Cimetière parisien de Montrouge in Hauts de Seine, France.

Selected filmography

* ''Olive passager clandestin'' (1931) – Caravanos * '' The Night at the Hotel'' (1932) – Jérôme * '' Les affaires publiques'' (1934) – Le speaker / Le sculpteur / Le capitaine des pompiers / L'amiral * '' Turandot, Princess of China'' (1935) – Hippolyte * '' Return to Paradise'' (1935) – Le notaire * ''Le golem'' (1936) – (uncredited) * ''Quand minuit sonnera'' (1936) * '' Beethoven's Great Love'' (1936) – L'éditeur Steiner * '' Pépé le Moko'' (1937) – L'Arbi * ''

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'' (1937) – Pérez * ''L'Homme à abattre'' (1937) * ''Marthe Richard, au service de la France'' (1937) – Pedro * ''

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'' (1937) – Le ministre d'Abyssinie * '' La Grande Illusion'' (1937) – Le lieutenant Rosenthal * '' Sarati the Terrible'' (1937) – Benoît * '' The Kiss of Fire'' (1937) – Le photographe * '' Miarka'' (1937) – Le maire * '' Rail Pirates'' (1938) – Le mercenaire * '' Mollenard'' (1938) – Happy Jones * ' (1938) – Le donneur * ''La Maison du Maltais'' (1938) – Matteo Gordina – le Maltais * '' The Curtain Rises'' (1938) – Le jude d'instruction * '' Conflict'' (1938) – L'usurier / The Money-Lender * '' The White Slave'' (1939) – Le sultan Soliman * ''La Tradition de minuit'' (1939) – Édouard Mutter, l'antiquaire * ''

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'' (1939) – Marquis Robert de la Cheyniest * ''

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'' (1939) – Zakouskine, le danseur * ''

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'' (1940) – Barel * '' One Night in Lisbon'' (1941) – Concierge * '' Unholy Partners'' (1941) – Molyneaux * ''

'' (1941) – The Master of the Spinning Wheel * ''

'' (1942) – Marcel Faulet (uncredited) * '' The Pied Piper'' (1942) – Focquet * ''

'' (1942) – 2nd Salesman at Santelli's (Fields sequence) (uncredited) * '' Casablanca'' (1942) – Emil – Croupier at Rick's (uncredited) * ''

'' (1943) – Jacques Grandet * '' The Constant Nymph'' (1943) – Georges * ''

'' (1943) – Luigi – Quisling Barber * '' Flesh and Fantasy'' (1943) – Clown (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1943) – Tarbouch * '' The Song of Bernadette'' (1943) – Callet * '' Action in Arabia'' (1944) – Chakka – Arab Henchman at Airport * '' Pin Up Girl'' (1944) – Pierre (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1944) – Premier Georges Clemenceau * ''

'' (1944) – Gérard (Frenchy) * '' A Bell for Adano'' (1945) – Zito * '' Her Final Role'' (1946) – Ardouin * ''Pétrus'' (1946) – Luciani * ''

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'' (1947) – Insp. Dupré * '' The Damned'' (1947) – Larga * '' Snowbound'' (1948) – Stefano Valdini *'' Judicial Error'' (1948) – Dinari * '' Dédée d'Anvers'' (1948) – Marco * '' Dark Sunday'' (1948) – Max – l'éditeur * '' The Lovers Of Verona'' (1949) – Amedeo Maglia * '' Wicked City'' (1949) – Aimé – un nervi * ''

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'' (1949) – Fred dit Bébé * ''

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'' (1949) – Le steward * ''Menace de mort'' (1950) – Denis * '' Black Jack'' (1950) – Captain Nikarescu * '' Oriental Port'' (1950) – Zarapoulos * ''

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'' (1951) – Philippe Lebrix * '' Rich, Young and Pretty'' (1951) – Claude Duval * ''Nous irons à Monte-Carlo'' (1951) – Poulos – l'imprésario * '' Lovely to Look At'' (1952) – Pierre * ''

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'' (1952) – Police Sergeant * '' The Snows of Kilimanjaro'' (1952) – Emile * '' The Happy Time'' (1952) – Grandpere Bonnard * '' Gentlemen Prefer Blondes'' (1953) – Magistrate * '' Flight to Tangier'' (1953) – Goro * '' Monte Carlo Baby'' (1953) – Melissa Farrell's Agent * '' Lucky Me'' (1954) – Anton * ''La Patrouille des sables'' (1954) – Maillard * '' Sabrina'' (1954) – Baron St. Fontanel * ''Tres hombres van a morir'' (1954) – Maillard * '' The Lovers of Lisbon'' (1955) – Porfirio * '' Jump Into Hell'' (1955) – Sgt. Taite * '' Razzia sur la chnouf'' (1955) – Paul Liski * '' Miracle in the Rain'' (1956) – Marcel – Waiter * ''

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'' (1956) – Ship's Captain (uncredited) * '' Ten Thousand Bedrooms'' (1957) – Vittorio Cisini * '' China Gate'' (1957) – Father Paul * ''

'' (1957) – Zizi * '' Tip on a Dead Jockey'' (1957) – Toto del Aro * '' Lafayette Escadrille'' (1958) – Drill Sergeant * '' The Perfect Furlough'' (1958) – Henri Valentin * '' Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond'' (10/2/1959) -Jean Gabeau, Ghost -('The Dark Room', episode) * '' The Man Who Understood Women'' (1959) – Le Marne * '' Pillow Talk'' (1959) – Pierot * '' Can-Can'' (1960) – Andre – the head waiter * '' Classe Tous Risques'' (1960) – Arthur Gibelin * '' Song Without End'' (1960) – Chelard * '' The Devil at 4 O'Clock'' (1961) – Gaston * '' Jessica'' (1962) – Luigi Tuffi * ''

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'' (1962) – Malichot * ''Le Petit Garçon de l'ascenseur'' (1962) – Antonio * '' The Law of Men'' (1962) – L'avocat Plautet * ''

Le Diable et les Dix Commandements ''Le Diable et les Dix Commandements'' ( en, The Devil and the Ten Commandments) is a French film from 1962 directed by Julien Duvivier that consists of seven sketches (eight in the versions shown in Germany and Japan) played by an ensemble cast t ...

'' (1962) – Le bijoutier / Jeweler (segment "Luxurieux point ne seras") * ''L'Abominable Homme des douanes'' (1963) – Gregor * '' The List of Adrian Messenger'' (1963) – Max Karoudjian * '' Donovan's Reef'' (1963) – Father Cluzeot * ''À couteaux tirés'' (1964) – Jean Grégor / Gregor Veloni * '' Wild and Wonderful'' (1964) – Dr. Reynard * '' The Monocle Laughs'' (1964) – Elie Mayerfitsky * '' Male Companion'' (1964) – Socratès * '' Tintin and the Blue Oranges'' (1964) – (voice, uncredited) * ''

'' (1965) – Sapper * '' Made in Paris'' (1966) – Georges * ''Un garçon, une fille. Le dix-septième ciel'' (1966) – Le maître d'hôtel * ''

'' (1966) – Senor Paravideo * '' Tender Scoundrel'' (1966) – Le père de Véronique * '' The 25th Hour'' (1967) – Strul * '' The Oldest Profession'' (1967) – Me Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui") * '' How Sweet It Is!'' (1968) – Louis * ''Du blé en liasses'' (1969) – Vanessian * '' Justine'' (1969) – French Consul General * ''

'' (1970) – Old Man in Whorehouse * '' The Great White Hope'' (1970) – French Promoter * ''L'amour c'est gai, l'amour c'est triste'' (1971) – M. Paul * ''Aussi loin que l'amour'' (1971) – Le milliardaire * ''Papa les p'tits bateaux'' (1971) – Boudu, le clochard * ''Les Yeux fermés'' (1972) – Le vieux monsieur * ''La punition'' (1973) – Le Libanais * '' The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob'' (1973) – Rabbi Jacob * ''Ursule et Grelu'' (1974) – Le réceptionniste * ''Dédé la tendresse'' (1974) * '' La Bête'' (1975) – Duc Rammendelo De Balo * '' Let Joy Reign Supreme'' (1975) – Le noble suffocant au repas (uncredited) * '' Trop c'est trop'' (1975) – Saint-Pierre * ''La chatte sur un doigt brûlant'' (1975) – Hector Franbourgeois * ''Le faux-cul'' (1975) – Cohen * ''Hard Love'' (1975) – Le maître d'hôtel * ''

The Wing or the Thigh ''The Wing or the Thigh'', from the French () is a 1976 French comedy film directed by Claude Zidi, starring Louis de Funès and Coluche. Plot Charles Duchemin (Louis de Funès) is the editor of an internationally known restaurant guide, for ...

'' (1976) – Le tailleur de Duchemin * ''

Solemn Communion ''Solemn Communion'' (french: La Communion solennelle) is a 1977 French comedy-drama film directed by René Féret. It was entered into the 1977 Cannes Film Festival. Cast * Christian Drillaud as Young Charles Gravet * Claude Bouchery as Ju ...

'' (1977) – Old Charles Gravet * '' Shadow of the Castles'' (1977) – Père Renard * ''L'Honorable Société'' (1978) – Marcel * ''

One Page of Love ''One Page of Love'' (french: Une page d'amour) is a 1978 French-Belgian film directed by Maurice Rabinowicz. It was entered into the 28th Berlin International Film Festival. Cast * Ève Bonfanti - Anna * Adrian Brine - Policier * Geraldine Ch ...

'' (1978) – Le père de Fanny * ''

Surprise Sock ''Surprise Sock'' (french: Chaussette surprise) is a 1978 French comedy film directed by Jean-François Davy and starring Anna Karina. Cast * Bernadette Lafont – Bernadette * Anna Karina – Nathalie * Christine Pascal – Juliette * Rufus � ...

'' (1978) – Monsieur L'église * ''Le paradis des riches'' (1978) – Mathieu * ''Brigade mondaine: Vaudou aux Caraïbes'' (1980) – Mazoyer

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Dalio, Marcel 1899 births 1983 deaths French Ashkenazi Jews Male actors from Paris French male film actors French male television actors Jewish French male actors French people of Romanian-Jewish descent Burials at the Cimetière parisien de Bagneux 20th-century French male actors French expatriate male actors in the United States