Actor
Marcel Dalio
Born 23 November 1899 · Paris, France — died 18 November 1983
Marcel Dalio (1899–1983) was a Parisian character actor who worked in both French and Hollywood cinema. He is best remembered for two Jean Renoir classics, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, and later for supporting roles in American films such as Casablanca.
Key films
Grand Illusion (1937)
Major role in Jean Renoir's celebrated prisoner-of-war drama, one of his defining French performances.
The Rules of the Game (1939)On Cinespective
Key role in Renoir's landmark social satire, often ranked among the greatest films ever made.
Pépé le Moko (1937)
Appeared in this influential French crime classic during his peak years in 1930s French cinema.
Casablanca (1943)On Cinespective
His best-known Hollywood part, in one of the most beloved films in American cinema.
To Have and Have Not (1945)
Supporting role in a Howard Hawks Hollywood film, showing his continued success in American cinema.
Key awards
No major awards are documented here.
On Cinespective
Full filmography · 140
- 1931Stowaway Olive · as CaravanosActor
- 1931The NecklaceActor
- 1931The four legs · as Edgar Landres, l'amantActor
- 1932The Night at the HotelActor
- 1934Les Affaires publiques · as The Admiral/The Fire Chief/The Sculptor/The SpeakerActor
- 1935Return to Paradise · as NotaryActor
- 1935Turandot, princesse de Chine · as HippolyteActor
- 1936The GolemActor
- 1936Quand minuit sonneraActor
- 1937Grand Illusion · as Lieutenant RosenthalActor
- 1937Pépé le Moko · as L'ArbiActor
- 1937The Pearls of the Crown · as Le prêtreActor
- 1937The Life and Loves of Beethoven · as SteinerActor
- 1937Marthe Richard · as PedroActor
- 1937Naples Under the Kiss of Fire · as The PhotographerActor
- 1937Sarati the Terrible · as BenoîtActor
- 1937French White Cargo · as PérezActor
- 1937A Man to KillActor
- 1937Miarka · as MayorActor
- 1938The Curtain Rises · as Le juge d'instructionActor
- 1938Hatred · as Happy JonesActor
- 1938Sirocco · as Matteo Gordina, 'le Maltais'Actor
- 1938Rail Pirates · as Le mercenaireActor
- 1938Chéri-Bibi · as InformerActor
- 1938Conflit · as L'usurierActor
- 1939The Rules of the Game · as Robert de la CheyniestActor
- 1939Pasha's Wives · as Sultan SolimanActor
- 1939La Tradition de minuit · as Édouard MutterActor
- 1939Sacred Woods · as Zakouskine, le danseurActor
- 1940Thunder Over Paris · as BarelActor
- 1941The Shanghai Gesture · as The Master of the Spinning WheelActor
- 1941Unholy Partners · as MolyneauxActor
- 1942Tales of Manhattan · as Salesman at Santelli's #2 (uncredited)Actor
- 1942The Pied Piper · as FocquetActor
- 1942Flight Lieutenant · as Marcel FauletActor
- 1943Casablanca · as Emil - Croupier at Rick's (uncredited)Actor
- 1943The Song of Bernadette · as CalletActor
- 1943The Constant Nymph · as GeorgesActor
- 1943Tonight We Raid Calais · as Jaques GrandetActor
- 1943Paris After Dark · as MichelActor
- 1944Wilson · as Premier Georges ClemenceauActor
- 1944Action in Arabia · as Chakka - Arab Henchman at AirportActor
- 1944The Desert Song · as TarbouchActor
- 1945To Have and Have Not · as Gerard 'Frenchy'Actor
- 1945A Bell for Adano · as ZitoActor
- 1946Pétrus · as LucianiActor
- 1946Her Last Part · as ArdouinActor
- 1947The Damned · as LargaActor
- 1947Temptation Harbour · as Insp. DupréActor
- 1948Dedee · as MarcoActor
- 1948Snowbound · as Stefano ValdiniActor
- 1948Judicial Error · as DinariActor
- 1949The Lovers of Verona · as Amedeo MagliaActor
- 1949Maya · as Le stewardActor
- 1949Portrait of a Murderer · as Fred aka 'Bébé'Actor
- 1949Wicked City · as Aimé - un nerviActor
- 1949Dark Sunday · as Max - l'éditeurActor
- 1950Black Jack · as Captain NikarescuActor
- 1950Death Threat · as DenisActor
- 1950Oriental Port · as ZarapoulosActor
- 1951On the Riviera · as Philippe LebrixActor
- 1951Monte Carlo Baby · as Poulos, ImprésarioActor
- 1951Rich, Young and Pretty · as Claude DuvalActor
- 1952The Snows of Kilimanjaro · as EmileActor
- 1952The Happy Time · as Grandpere BonnardActor
- 1952The Merry Widow · as Police SergeantActor
- 1952Lovely to Look At · as PierreActor
- 1953Gentlemen Prefer Blondes · as MagistrateActor
- 1953Flight to Tangier · as Goro, Importer / ExporterActor
- 1954Sabrina · as Baron St. ForitanelActor
- 1954Lucky Me · as AntonActor
- 1954La patrouille des sables · as MaillardActor
- 1955Razzia · as Paul Liski, le chef du réseau de drogueActor
- 1955Lovers' Net · as PorfirioActor
- 1955Jump Into Hell · as Sgt. TaiteActor
- 1955Tres hombres van a morir · as MaillardActor
- 1956Anything Goes · as Ship's Captain (uncredited)Actor
- 1956Miracle in the Rain · as MarcelActor
- 1957The Sun Also Rises · as ZiziActor
- 1957China Gate · as Father PaulActor
- 1957Ten Thousand Bedrooms · as Vittorio CisiniActor
- 1957Tip on a Dead Jockey · as Toto del AroActor
- 1958The Perfect Furlough · as Henri ValentinActor
- 1958Lafayette Escadrille · as Drill SergeantActor
- 1959Pillow Talk · as PierotActor
- 1959The Man Who Understood Women · as Le MarneActor
- 1960The Big Risk · as Arthur GibelinActor
- 1960Can-Can · as AndréActor
- 1960Song Without End · as ChelardActor
- 1962Cartouche · as MalichotActor
- 1962The Devil and the Ten Commandments · as Le bijoutier / JewelerActor
- 1962Jessica · as Luigi TuffiActor
- 1962The Little Boy from the Lift · as AntonioActor
- 1962Law of Men · as The lawyer PlautetActor
- 1963Donovan's Reef · as Father CluzeotActor
- 1963The List of Adrian Messenger · as Max KaroudjianActor
- 1963The Abominable Man of Customs · as GregorActor
- 1964The Monocle's Sour Laugh · as Elie MayeriftskyActor
- 1964Male Companion · as SocratèsActor
- 1964Daggers Drawn · as Jean Gregor / Gregor VeloniActor
- 1964Wild and Wonderful · as Dr. ReynardActor
- 1964American in Paris · as MichelActor
- 1965Lady L · as SapperActor
- 1966How to Steal a Million · as Senior ParavideoActor
- 1966Tender Scoundrel · as Le père de VéroniqueActor
- 1966Made in Paris · as GeorgesActor
- 1966Seventeenth Heaven · as Le maître d'hôtelActor
- 1967The 25th Hour · as StrulActor
- 1967The Oldest Profession · as Vladimir Leskov (segment "Aujourd'hui")Actor
- 1967Jean Renoir, le patron, 3e partie: La règle et l'exception · as SelfActor
- 1968How Sweet It Is! · as LouisActor
- 1969Justine · as French Consul GeneralActor
- 1970Catch-22 · as Old ManActor
- 1970The Great White Hope · as French PromoterActor
- 1970La Pomme de son œil · as Old gentlemanActor
- 1971Love Is Gay, Love Is Sad · as Mr. PaulActor
- 1971Papa, the Lil' Boats · as Boudu the TrampActor
- 1971As Far as Love Can Go · as Le milliardaireActor
- 1973The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob · as Rabbi JacobActor
- 1973The Punishment · as Le LibanaisActor
- 1974Ursule and GreluActor
- 1974The Eyes Closed · as Le vieux monsieurActor
- 1974T'es fou Marcel · as SelfActor
- 1975The Beast · as Duc RammendeloActor
- 1975Let Joy Reign Supreme · as Nobleman suffocating at the meal (uncredited)Actor
- 1975The Phoney · as CohenActor
- 1975Trop c'est trop · as Saint-PierreActor
- 1975Hard Love · as The Hotel ManagerActor
- 1975Village Girls · as Hector FranbourgeoisActor
- 1976The Wing or the Thigh? · as Le tailleur de DucheminActor
- 1977Solemn Communion · as Charles Gravet (vieux)Actor
- 1977Shadow of the Castles · as Père RenardActor
- 1977La Mort amoureuse · as Mr. CreatorActor
- 1978A Page of Love · as Le père de FannyActor
- 1978Surprise Sock · as Monsieur l'ÉgliseActor
- 1978The Paradise of Riches · as MathieuActor
- 1978The White of the Eyes · as The inventorActor
- 1979The Man You Loved to Hate · as SelfActor
- 1993Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II · as Self (archive footage)Actor
- 2015I, Dalio · as Himself (archival footage)Actor
Filmography data from TMDB. The profile text is a draft written for Cinespective.