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Marcel Dalio
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Actor Born: July 17, 1900 in Paris, France Death: November 20, 1983 in Paris, France Biography: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... Full Biography
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