Biography
Marcel Dalio (born Israel Moshe Blauschild; 23 November 1899 in Paris – 18 November 1983) was a French character actor. He had major roles in two films directed by Jean Renoir, Grand Illusion (1937) and The Rules of the Game (1939).
Known For
Complete Filmography
I, Dalio
2015
as Himself (archival footage)
The great French actor, Marcel Dalio, who has the lead role in Jean Renoir's THE RULES OF THE GAME, also appears in Renoir's GRAND ILLUSION. In both f...
Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II
1993
as Self (archive footage)
Part one of a BBC documentary about Jean Renoir.
The Man You Loved to Hate
1979
as Self
The Man You Loved To Hate blends revealing interviews, rare photographs, and clips from von Stroheim's legendary and lesser-known works to create a fa...
The Paradise of Riches
1978
as Mathieu
During a trip organized by a municipality to cheer up the loneliness of the elderly in summer, seven "little old men" visit Orly airport and decide to...
Surprise Sock
1978
as Monsieur l'Église
Following a car accident, four men find themselves in the hospital, where they sow discord. Meanwhile, their wives take full advantage of their newfou...
Une page d'amour
1978
François, a Jewish lad, works for an insurance company and is engaged to a Jewish girl. His world is very ordered and secure and perhaps feels a bit c...
The White of the Eyes
1978
as The inventor
A César award nominated short feature.
La Mort amoureuse
1977
as Mr. Creator
A young woman, elegant, cold and inhuman, who is none other than Death, reigns over a universe dominated by electronics, the firm Thanatos Unlimited C...
Solemn Communion
1977
as Charles Gravet (vieux)
In this complex chronicle of the evolution of a provincial family's life, the story follows three generations of at least two neighboring families fro...
Shadow of the Castles
1977
as Père Renard
In the north of France, the life of a nice family of marginalized.
The Wing or the Thigh?
1976
as Duchemin's Tailor
Charles Duchemin, a well-known gourmet and publisher of a famous restaurant guide, is waging a war against fast food entrepreneur Tri- catel to save t...
Hard Love
1975
as The Hotel Manager
Walter Petit is the laughing stock of the secretaries at the office.
The Phoney
1975
as Cohen
While the President of a West African Republic arrives in France to sell uranium to the State, spies from around the world are on hand to thwart the t...
The Beast
1975
as Duc Rammendelo
The head of a failing French family thinks that fate has smiled down on him when the daughter of a wealthy man agrees to be married to his son. The da...
La chatte sur un doigt brûlant
1975
as Hector Franbourgeois
A number of strange characters come to Corecheux, in France: the Lalyre famille, an homossexual notary, a severe-looking governess, a female witch, a ...
Trop c'est trop
1975
as Saint-Pierre
Philippe, Didier, Georges and Edina were born on the same day. The three boys have always been in love with Edina, but she's always put them off. They...
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
as Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)
A look at 18th-century France, when the authorities depravity contributed to social oppression, and the uprisings flared up one after another.
The Eyes Closed
1974
as Le vieux monsieur
Protagonist is the young actor Yvan. During a tour, he witnesses the inexplicable suicide of one of his fellow actors. Back in Paris he tells Xénie, t...
T'es fou Marcel
1974
as Self
The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob
1973
as Rabbi Jacob
In this riot of frantic disguises and mistaken identities, Victor Pivert, a blustering, bigoted French factory owner, finds himself taken hostage by S...
The Punishment
1973
as Le Libanais
Britt, deluxe call-girl, is punished by the brothel owner because she was not accomodating enough to a customer. From now on, she must obey to all cus...
As Far as Love Can Go
1971
as Le milliardaire
The boyfriend of Isabelle has just committed suicide. Therefore Isabelle roams the streets of Paris until she decides to change her life radically and...
Papa, the Lil' Boats
1971
as Boudu the Tramp
In this whimsical French comedy, Cookie (aka Venus de Palma) is a tough, sweet little rich girl, and is rather smart, too. She's smart enough and char...
Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad
1971
as Mr. Paul
In a cul-de-sac in the Faubourg-Saint-Antoine, Leon shares two rooms with his sister Marie. In one, he receives his clients: he is a tailor. In the ot...
La Pomme de son œil
1970
What father doesn't care for his daughter unconditionally? It's a real question for Roland de Mailly, a divorced father who, in spite of himself, is s...
The Great White Hope
1970
as French Promoter
A black champion boxer and his white female companion struggle to survive while the white boxing establishment looks for ways to knock him down.
Catch-22
1970
as Old Man
A bombardier in World War II tries desperately to escape the insanity of the war. However, sometimes insanity is the only sane way to cope with a craz...
Justine
1969
as French Consul General
In Alexandria, in 1938, Darley, a young British schoolmaster and poet, makes friends through Pursewarden, the British consular officer, with Justine, ...
How Sweet It Is!
1968
as Louis
All-American couple who try to bridge the generation gap with their free-spirited son on a trip, frisky business and misunderstandings galore ensue, a...
The 25th Hour
1967
as Strul
A Romanian peasant fights to get back to his family after he's imprisoned by the Nazis.The picture is based on real events. It includes Hungary's gove...
The Oldest Profession
1967
as Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui")
A collection of sketches that tells the story of prostitution through the ages.
Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception
1967
as Self
In the third part of a Cinéastes triptych on Jean Renoir, the director sits alone in a cinema analyzing scenes from La Marseillaise and The Rules of t...
Tender Scoundrel
1966
as Le père de Véronique
Tony Maréchal is a professional seducer. Having conquered countless women, proclaims that there is none that can resist his charm. To prove this makes...
How to Steal a Million
1966
as Senior Paravideo
A woman must steal a statue from a Paris museum to help conceal her father's art forgeries.
Seventeenth Heaven
1966
as Le maître d'hôtel
The brave and moody François, a window washer by trade, has fallen head over heels in love with a delicious woman he spotted while working on the 17th...
Made in Paris
1966
as Georges
A pretty fashion buyer visiting Paris on business is courted by a famous designer. Boris Sagal's 1966 romantic comedy stars Ann-Margret, Louis Jourdan...
Lady L
1965
as Sapper
Lady L is an elegant 80-year-old woman who recalls her amorous life story, including past loves and lusty, scandalous adventures she has lived through...
Male Companion
1964
as Socratès
A dedicated layabout (Jean-Pierre Cassel) bounces from relationship to relationship, moving on only when the prospect of employment presents itself.
The Monocle's Sour Laugh
1964
as Elie Mayeriftsky
A French agent goes after a gang of Asian terrorists who plan to blow up an American nuclear aircraft carrier.
American in Paris
1964
as Michel
The owner of a travel agency in Paris tries to help fellow Americans in trouble.
Wild and Wonderful
1964
as Dr. Reynard
Cognac, a pampered poodle and popular star on French television, creates marital problems for his pretty owner Giselle when he becomes jealous of her ...
Daggers Drawn
1964
as Jean Gregor / Gregor Veloni
Via Something Weird: "Four men representing the world’s great criminal organizations unite to locate a cache of sunken treasure. The treasure is in fa...
Donovan's Reef
1963
as Father Cluzeot
After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.
The List of Adrian Messenger
1963
as Max Karoudjian
Adrian Messenger, a famous writer, asks his friend Anthony Gethryn, a former British agent, to help him investigate the whereabouts of the people who ...
The Abominable Man of Customs
1963
as Gregor
Two rival gangs fight over drug trafficking. An American killer named Timetti Le Muet arrives at Marseille airport to make a delivery to Arnakos' gang...
The Devil and the Ten Commandments
1962
as Le bijoutier / Jeweler
The film consists of seven roughly 15 minute episodes, each showing what will happen if one or more of the Ten Commandments will be broken: Jérome Cha...
Law of Men
1962
as The lawyer Plautet
After a planned robbery on an armoured car the investigating police officer encounters a female journalist who specialises in criminology, and who he ...
Jessica
1962
as Luigi Tuffi
When the men of a Sicilian village start obsessing over ravishing blonde midwife Jessica, angry females revolt by refusing to have sex with their husb...
The Little Boy from the Lift
1962
as Antonio
A young boy is hired as a lift attendant in a grand hotel when his mother dies. To fulfill his dream, he takes part in a competition organized by the ...
Cartouche
1962
as Malichot
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, ac...
Song Without End
1960
as Chelard
The romantic story of Hungarian pianist Franz Liszt, whose scandalous love affair forced him to abandon his adoring audiences.
The Big Risk
1960
as Arthur Gibelin
Two men pull off a daring daylight payroll heist in Milan, making a fast getaway. One is returning to France after years in hiding, needing money to s...
Can-Can
1960
as André
Parisian nightclub owner Simone Pistache is known for her performances of the can-can, which attracts the ire of the self-righteous Judge Philipe Forr...
Pillow Talk
1959
as Pierot
Playboy songwriter Brad Allen's succession of romances annoys his neighbor, interior designer Jan Morrow, who shares a telephone party line with him a...
The Man Who Understood Women
1959
as Le Marne
A film director turns his actress wife into a star, leading to marital problems.
The Perfect Furlough
1958
as Henri Valentin
A love-starved soldier stationed at an Arctic base wins a furlough in Paris, but a pretty, no-nonsense military psychologist is ordered to accompany h...
Lafayette Escadrille
1958
as Drill Sergeant
A hotshot young flyer falls for a French prostitute during World War I.
Tip on a Dead Jockey
1957
as Toto del Aro
Broke and about to divorce his wife, a pilot joins a smuggling scheme in postwar Madrid.
The Sun Also Rises
1957
as Zizi
A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.
China Gate
1957
as Father Paul
Near the end of the French phase of the Vietnam War, a group of mercenaries are recruited to travel through enemy territory to the Chinese border.
Ten Thousand Bedrooms
1957
as Vittorio Cisini
In this musical-comedy, Dean Martin plays an American hotel mogul who becomes smitten with a young Italian woman (Anna Maria Alberghetti) when buying ...
Anything Goes
1956
as Ship's Captain
Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female...
Miracle in the Rain
1956
as Marcel
Wartime romance about a lonely man and woman who meet one rainy afternoon in New York.
Razzia
1955
as Paul Liski, le chef du réseau de drogue
Henri, the Man from Nantes, comes back to his country after a successful stay in the United States, where he was working for Liski, the drug dealer. W...
Jump Into Hell
1955
as Sgt. Taite
Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one ...
Lovers' Net
1955
as Porfirio
Daniel Gelin plays a soldier who is acquitted after committing a crime of passion. Relocating to Lisbon, and still feeling remorse over his impulsive ...
Tres hombres van a morir
1955
as Maillard
Sabrina
1954
as Baron St. Foritanel
Linus and David Larrabee are the two sons of a very wealthy family. Linus is all work – busily running the family corporate empire, he has no time for...
La patrouille des sables
1954
as Maillard
Three adventurers, Pierre, an engineer, Mailard, an escaped convict and Luis, a guitarist, are in search of gold in the Sahara. They happen to be capt...
Lucky Me
1954
as Anton
Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a wealthy oilman to finance a musical he is scripting, promi...
Flight to Tangier
1953
as Goro, Importer / Exporter
At the Tangier airport, a group of people await the arrival of a mysterious plane from behind the Iron Curtain. The reception committee includes Susan...
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1953
as Magistrate
Lorelei Lee is a beautiful showgirl engaged to be married to the wealthy Gus Esmond, much to the disapproval of Gus' rich father, Esmond Sr., who thin...
The Happy Time
1952
as Grandpere Bonnard
A violinist and his brother guide one's son through his crush on the family maid in 1920s Ottawa.
The Snows of Kilimanjaro
1952
as Emile
Writer Harry Street reflects on his life as he lies dying from an infection while on safari in the shadow of Mount Kilimanjaro.
The Merry Widow
1952
as Police Sergeant
Marshovia, a small European kingdom, is on the brink of bankruptcy but the country may be saved if the wealthy American Crystal Radek, widow of a Mars...
Lovely to Look At
1952
as Pierre
Three broke Broadway producers are desperately looking for backers for a new show. When they are about to give up, one of them discovers that they are...
Monte Carlo Baby
1951
as Poulos, imprésario
When a measles epidemic forces the temporary closing of a child care center, the son of a film star and her estranged husband, a concert pianist, is m...
Rich, Young and Pretty
1951
as Claude Duval
A rancher's daughter visits Paris to meet her mother and find love.
On the Riviera
1951
as Philippe Lebrix
In this fast-paced remake of the Maurice Chevalier vehicle Folies Bergère, talented Danny Kaye plays both a performer and a heroic French military pil...
Oriental Port
1950
as Zarapoulos
In Marseille, a customs inspector falls in love with a young woman involved in dubious traffic.
Black Jack
1950
as Captain Nikarescu
A man who lost everything in the war now smuggles contraband into and out of Spain, but the law's closing in.
Death Threat
1950
as Denis
André Garnier, a young pianist, who was sent to deportation following a denunciation, absolutely wants to find his informer. He falls in love with Hél...
Maya
1949
as Le steward
Based on a venerable Legend of the Sea, the story concerns a pliable prostitute named Bella (Romance) who is all things to all men. No matter what sor...
Portrait of a Murderer
1949
as Fred aka 'Bébé'
A circus daredevil is the next victim of a danger-seducing woman who tricks him into a potentially deadly stunt after he attempted to kill her.
Wicked City
1949
as Aimé - un nervi
A Canadian sailor becomes a fugitive for love after a night with a woman in Marseille.
Dark Sunday
1949
as Max - l'éditeur
Shortly before the War, Jan Lazlo, a Hungarian musician who has emigrated to France, falls for a young woman. Alas, the lady forsakes him and the poor...
The Lovers of Verona
1949
as Amedeo Maglia
Angelo, a glass-blower from Murano, and Georgia Maglia, the pretty daughter of a fallen fascist magistrate, are chosen to be the stand-ins for the sta...
Dedee
1948
as Marco, le portier du bar, souteneur de Dédée
Dedee is a prostitute, working in Monsieur Rene's night club on Antwerp's harbour. The porter is Marco, her pimp. Dedee is not happy, until she meets ...
Judicial Error
1948
as Dinari
After a banker is driven to suicide by his wife's reckless spending, an innocent cashier is wrongly implicated in a crime.
Snowbound
1948
as Stefano Valdini
Good and bad characters are stuck in a ski chalet near buried Nazi gold in the Alps.
The Damned
1947
as Larga
A group of Nazis and sympathizers board a submarine bound for South America in the hopes of finding shelter.
Temptation Harbour
1947
as Insp. Dupré
The story of a harbor signalman who retrieves a suitcase full of money after witnessing a murder, fails to report it to the police, and finds himself ...
Pétrus
1946
as Luciani
Petrus, a Montmartre photographer, is accidentally wounded by Migo, a dancer at the Frou Frou night club, when she is trying to shoot her faithless lo...
Her Last Part
1946
as Ardouin
An actress who has just played the part of an old lady says that she would like to grow old like that character did.Sadly, she will not get her wish b...
A Bell for Adano
1945
as Zito
Major Joppolo and his men are assigned to restore order to the war-torn Italian town of Adano. He has to manage getting supplies into town without int...
To Have and Have Not
1945
as Gerard 'Frenchy'
A Martinique charter boat skipper gets mixed up with the underground French resistance operatives during WWII.
Wilson
1944
as Premier Georges Clemenceau
The political career of Woodrow Wilson is chronicled, beginning with his decision to leave his post at Princeton to run for Governor of New Jersey, an...
Action in Arabia
1944
as Chakka - Arab Henchman at Airport
Reporter Michael Gordon uncovers intrigue in Damascus, where the Allies and Nazis struggle for control of Arab sympathies.
The Song of Bernadette
1943
as Callet
In 1858 Lourdes, France, Bernadette, an adolescent peasant girl, has a vision of "a beautiful lady" in the city dump. She never claims it to be anythi...
The Desert Song
1943
as Tarbouch
Paul Hudson, leads a group of desert bandits against some Nazis, who want to use them as cheap labor for their railroad.
Paris After Dark
1943
as Michel
Andre Marbel is the upper-class doctor who is able to continue his practice above suspicion even though he is a leader in the French Resistance. His n...
The Constant Nymph
1943
as Georges
The daughter of a musical mentor adores a promising composer, who is quite fond of the adolescent. When her father dies, an uncle arrives with his own...
Tonight We Raid Calais
1943
as Jaques Grandet
A British commando is on a one-man raid to destroy a bomb factory in Nazi-occupied France. He must enlist the aid of French farmers to complete his mi...
Casablanca
1943
as Emil - Croupier at Rick's (uncredited)
In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
The Pied Piper
1942
as Focquet
Englishman Mr. Howard is on a fishing holiday in eastern France when the Germans invade in 1940. Setting off to try and get back home he is persuaded ...
Tales of Manhattan
1942
as Second Salesman at Sandelli's (uncredited)
Ten screenwriters collaborated on this series of tales concerning the effect a tailcoat cursed by its tailor has on those who wear it. The video relea...
Flight Lieutenant
1942
as Marcel Faulet
A disgraced pilot determines to regain the respect of both his son, now a test pilot for the Army, and the men he once flew with.
The Shanghai Gesture
1941
as The Master of the Spinning Wheel
A gambling queen uses blackmail to stop a British financier from closing her Chinese clip joint.
Unholy Partners
1941
as Molyneaux
A crusading newsman starts up a tabloid with a gangster as his 50-50 partner.
Thunder Over Paris
1940
as Barel
An international crook hunted by the police comes to Paris to save his daughter from the clutches of a blackmailer friend of a cabaret singer with ecc...
Sacred Woods
1939
as Zakouskine, le danseur
Despite her success, writer Francine Margerie is let down to see that she is not nominated for the Legion of Honor award. One solution could be to sle...
The Rules of the Game
1939
as Robert de la Cheyniest
A weekend at a marquis’ country château lays bare some ugly truths about a group of haut bourgeois acquaintances.
La Tradition de minuit
1939
as Édouard Mutter
Five people are gathered in a cafe because of a phone call they have all received. The plot thickens when they discover a dead body in a bedroom upsta...
Pasha's Wives
1939
as Sultan Soliman
Mireille, a Frenchwoman, marries a westernized Turkish diplomat and, thinking that she will live a dream life in an Arabian Nights setting, follows hi...
Conflit
1938
as L'usurier
Claire Buisson becomes enamored with Gerard and soon afterwords she becomes pregnant. Gerard advises her to abort the child but, at the last moment, C...
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Le juge d'instruction
1938, France, Paris, at the Superior Conservatory of Dramatic Art ("Conservatoire Supérieur d'Art Dramatique"). The first-year entrance exams are in f...
Sirocco
1938
as Matteo Gordina, 'le Maltais'
Town trollop Safia, much against her better judgment, falls in love with Matteo, a beggar and mystic in the native quarter of Sirocco. She flees to Fr...
Grisou
1938
Theatre Play
Femme fatale Madeleine Robinson is married to Raymond Aimos, a coal miner with a face like a pickled walnut and a libido to match. She wants some acti...
Chéri-Bibi
1938
as Informer
An innocent young man, burglar Cheri-Bibi, and his gangsters are sent to a penal colony.
Hatred
1938
as Happy Jones
Captain Justin Mollenard works for a company that sells armaments to the Far East. After an eventful stay in Shanghai, where he and his cargo are the ...
Rail Pirates
1938
as Le mercenaire
Henri Pierson, the chief engineer of a railway line crossing Yunnan in China, must prevent the incessant attacks of a gang of looters.
Miarka
1937
as Mayor
Cattion d'Urville takes in a gypsy, Sarah, and her granddaughter Miarka, in an outbuilding of her chateau. Miarka, while growing up, attracts the atte...
Naples Under the Kiss of Fire
1937
as The Photographer
Mario Esposito, who sings in a Neapolitan restaurant, is in love with Assunta, the niece of Teresa, the owner of the place. He shares his apartment wi...
Sarati the Terrible
1937
as Benoît
In Algiers, Cesar Sarati who grudges the dockers, is, without realizing it, in love with his niece. But Rose loves Gilbert, a former gambler and debau...
Grand Illusion
1937
as Le lieutenant Rosenthal
A group of French soldiers, including the patrician Captain de Boeldieu and the working-class Lieutenant Maréchal, grapple with their own class differ...
The Pearls of the Crown
1937
as Le prêtre
The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.
Marthe Richard
1937
as Pedro
Fictionalized reconstruction of the life of the French spy Marthe Richard who decided to contact the secret services during the First World War.
A Man to Kill
1937
Captain Benoit successfully completes a mission in Berlin, but when he returns to Paris he escapes attacks by German agents.
French White Cargo
1937
as Pérez
Two journalists from different papers are looking for the same story. They want to know, who a group of gangsters getting young women from Europe to S...
Pépé le Moko
1937
as L'Arbi
Pépé le Moko, one of France's most wanted criminals, hides out in the Casbah section of Algiers. He knows police will be waiting for him if he tries t...
The Life and Loves of Beethoven
1937
as Steiner
Lyrical biography of the classical composer, depicted as a romantic hero, an accursed artist.
Quand minuit sonnera
1936
A criminal is being blackmailed by his former accomplices. He does everything in his power to gain time because the statutory limitation for the crime...
The Golem
1936
The Golem, a giant creature created out of clay by a rabbi, comes to life in a time of trouble to protect the Jews of Prague from persecution.
Return to Paradise
1935
as Notary
Trying to acclimatize a group of overworked city dwellers from very different backgrounds to the open air and work in the fields, such is the unusual ...
Turandot, princesse de Chine
1935
as Hippolyte
Les Affaires publiques
1934
as The Admiral/The Fire Chief/The Sculptor/The Speaker
A slapstick comedy centered on two neighboring republics, Crogandia and Miremia, and the various disasters that befall the ceremonial unveiling of a s...
The Night at the Hotel
1932
In a palace on the Côte d'Azur, a whole fauna evolves: a colonel who cheats on his wife, the colonel's daughter who flirts with Fred, Fred's friend, E...
Stowaway Olive
1931
as Caravanos
Charmed by a pretty girl, Olive follows her on board a dirigible. There, he discovers the belle, named Pearl, has a husband. Never mind such an insign...
The four legs
1931
as Edgar Landres, l'amant
The Necklace
1931
A professional female thief figures out an original way to steal a precious necklace: she takes a gullible jeweler to a psychiatrist, poses as his wif...