Roy D'Arcy (born Roy Francis Giusti; February 10, 1894 – November 15, 1969) was an American
film actor
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of the
silent film
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and early sound period of the 1930s noted for his portrayal of flamboyant
villain
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s. He appeared in 50 different films between 1925 and 1939, such as ''
The Temptress
''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by V ...
'' in 1926 with actresses such as
Greta Garbo
Greta Garbo (born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson; 18 September 1905 – 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress. Regarded as one of the greatest screen actresses, she was known for her melancholic, somber persona, her film portrayals of tragic ch ...
.
Finishing his film career around the age of 45, D'Arcy retired to his own real estate business. He died in 1969 and was buried at Montecito Memorial Park in
Colton, California
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Pretty Ladies
''Pretty Ladies'' is a 1925 American silent comedy drama film starring ZaSu Pitts and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film is a fictional recreation of the famed Ziegfeld Follies. Directed by Monta Bell, the film was written by Alice D. ...
'' (1925) - Paul Thompson
* ''
The Merry Widow
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'' (1925) - Crown Prince Mirko
* ''
Graustark
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Description
Gra ...
'' (1925) - Dangloss
* ''
The Masked Bride
''The Masked Bride'' is a 1925 American silent romantic drama film directed by Christy Cabanne and starring Mae Murray, Francis X. Bushman, and Basil Rathbone. It is currently a lost film.
Plot
As described in a review in a film magazine, Gab ...
'' (1925) - Prefect of Police
* ''
La Bohème
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'' (1926) - Vicomte Paul
* ''
Monte Carlo
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'' (1926) - Prince Boris
* ''
Beverly of Graustark
''Beverly of Graustark'' is a 1926 American silent romantic comedy film directed by Sidney Franklin and starring Marion Davies, Antonio Moreno, and Creighton Hale. The film's screenplay was written by Agnes Christine Johnston based on the nov ...
'' (1926) - General Marlanax
* ''
The Gay Deceiver
''The Gay Deceiver'' is a 1926 film directed by John M. Stahl. The film stars Lew Cody and Carmel Myers. The film is considered lost.
Plot
A deceiver leads the fast set in Paris and is involved in love affairs and blackmail until he mends his ...
'' (1926) - Count de Sano
* ''
Bardelys the Magnificent
''Bardelys the Magnificent'' is a 1926 American silent romantic film directed by King Vidor and starring John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman. The film is based on the 1906 novel of the same title by Rafael Sabatini. It was the second film of the ...
'' (1926) - Comte de Chatellerault
* ''
The Temptress
''The Temptress'' is a 1926 American silent romantic drama film directed by Fred Niblo and starring Greta Garbo, Antonio Moreno, Lionel Barrymore, and Roy D'Arcy. It premiered on October 10, 1926. The film melodrama was based on a novel by V ...
'' (1926) - Manos Duras
* ''
Valencia
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Frisco Sally Levy
''Frisco Sally Levy'' (a.k.a. "Véspera de Natal") is a lost 1927 comedy silent film directed by William Beaudine and starring Sally O'Neil and Roy D'Arcy, which was released on April 2, 1927.Lovers'' (1927) - Señor Galdos
* ''
On Ze Boulevard
''On Ze Boulevard'' is a 1927 American comedy silent film directed by Harry F. Millarde and written by Earl Baldwin, William Scott Darling, Joseph Farnham and Richard Schayer. The film stars Lew Cody, Renée Adorée, Anton Vaverka, Dorothy Se ...
'' (1927) - Counnt de Guissac
* '' Adam and Evil'' (1927) - Mortimer Jenkins
* ''
The Road to Romance
''The Road to Romance'' is a 1927 American silent action film directed by John S. Robertson, based upon the 1903 Joseph Conrad- Ford Madox Ford novel ''Romance''. A copy of the film survives at the New Zealand Film Archive.
Plot
Serafina (Mar ...
'' (1927) - Don Balthasar
* ''
Riders of the Dark
''Riders of the Dark'' is a 1928 American silent Western film directed by Nick Grinde and written by W. S. Van Dyke and Madeleine Ruthven. The film stars Tim McCoy, Dorothy Dwan, Rex Lease, Roy D'Arcy and Frank Currier. The film was released o ...
'' (1928) - Eagan
* ''
The Actress
''The Actress'' is a 1953 American comedy-drama film based on Ruth Gordon's autobiographical play ''Years Ago''. Gordon herself wrote the screenplay. The film was directed by George Cukor and stars Jean Simmons, Spencer Tracy, and Teresa Wright, ...
'' (1928) - Gadd
* ''
Forbidden Hours
''Forbidden Hours'' is a 1928 American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry Beaumont as a vehicle for Mexican-born star Ramon Novarro. It was the second of four films to pair Novarro with leading lady Renée Adorée.
Plot
Set in the fic ...
Domestic Meddlers
''Domestic Meddlers'' is a 1928 American silent comedy film directed by James Flood and starring Claire Windsor, Lawrence Gray and Roy D'Arcy.Darby p.373
Cast
* Claire Windsor as Claire
* Lawrence Gray as Walter
* Roy D'Arcy
Roy D'Arcy ...
The Last Warning
''The Last Warning'' is a 1928 American mystery film directed by Paul Leni, and starring Laura La Plante, Montagu Love, and Margaret Livingston.
''The Last Warning'' was also one of the very last silent films Universal made — except it was ...
The Woman from Hell
''The Woman from Hell'' newly renamed as ''The Woman from Luna'' was a 1929 American silent film drama produced and distributed by Fox Film Corporation and starring Mary Astor. This film had a Movietone sound system, Movietone sound track of musi ...
'' (1929) - Slick Glicks
* '' The Black Watch'' (1929) - Rewa Ghunga
* ''
Romance
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* Romance (love), emotional attraction towards another person and the courtship behaviors undertaken to express the feelings
* Romance languages, ...
'' (1930) - Minor Role (uncredited)
* ''
The Gay Buckaroo
''The Gay Buckaroo'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film, directed by Phil Rosen. It stars Hoot Gibson, Merna Kennedy, and Roy D'Arcy, and was released on January 17, 1932.
Plot
Cowboy Hale and gambler Dumont are both in love with Field. ...
'' (1931) - Dave Dumont
* ''
Discarded Lovers
''Discarded Lovers'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Fred C. Newmeyer.
Plot summary
Discarded Lovers is a murder mystery. Early in the film a blonde bombshell movie star is murdered and her body is found in a car. She h ...
File 113
''File 113'' is a 1933 American pre-Code mystery film directed by Chester Franklin and starring Lew Cody, Mary Nolan and June Clyde.Pitts p.25 Monsieur Lecoq, a Parisian detective solves a series of crimes. It is based on a story by the nineteen ...
'' (1932) - De Clameran
* ''
Love Bound
''Love Bound'' is a 1932 American Pre-Code mystery film directed by Robert F. Hill and starring Jack Mulhall, Natalie Moorhead, Clara Kimball Young.Pitts p.259 It is a second feature produced by the Poverty Row studio Peerless Pictures. The fi ...
'' (1932) - Juan de Leon
* ''
Broadway to Cheyenne
''Broadway to Cheyenne'' is a 1932 American pre-Code Western film directed by Harry L. Fraser. The film is also known as ''From Broadway to Cheyenne'' (American poster title). The film successfully combines the Western with the gangster film an ...
'' (1932) - Jess Harvey
* ''
Sherlock Holmes
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'' (1932) - Manuel Lopez (uncredited)
* ''
The Whispering Shadow
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'' (1933) - Professor Alexis Steinbeck
* ''
Flying Down to Rio
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'' (1933) - One of the Three Greeks #1
* ''
Orient Express
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'' (1934) - Josef Grunlich
* '' Sing and Like It'' (1934) - Mr. Gregory - Leading Man in Show
* ''
Kentucky Blue Streak
''Kentucky Blue Streak'' is a 1935 American film directed by Raymond K. Johnson and starring Edward J. Nugent, Frank Coghlan Jr. and Cornelius Keefe.Pitts p.290 The film's sets were designed by the art director Vin Taylor.
It was released in the ...
'' (1935) - Harry Johnson
* ''
Outlawed Guns
''Outlawed Guns'' is a 1935 American Western film directed by Ray Taylor and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Buck Jones, Ruth Channing, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Roy D'Arcy, Pat J. O'Brien and Joseph W. Girard. The film was released on ...
Revolt of the Zombies
''Revolt of the Zombies'' is a 1936 American horror film directed by Victor Halperin, produced by Edward Halperin, and stars Dean Jagger and Dorothy Stone. One of the earliest zombie films, it was initially conceived as a loose sequel to the dire ...
Hollywood Boulevard
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'' (1936) - The Sheik
* ''
Under Strange Flags
''Under Strange Flags'' is a 1937 American drama film directed by I. V. Willat and starring Tom Keene, Luana Walters, and Maurice Black. It was released on August 16, 1937. During production, it was also titled ''South of Sonora'' and ''Beyond ...
'' (1937) - Captain Morales
* ''
The Legion of Missing Men
''The Legion of Missing Men'' is a 1937 Monogram Pictures film about the French Foreign Legion set in the French protectorate of Morocco. Directed by Hamilton MacFadden, it stars Ralph Forbes who had also served in the cinematic Foreign Legion i ...
'' (1937) - Shiek Ibrahim-Ul-Ahmed
* ''
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
''The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle'' is a 1939 American biographical musical comedy directed by H.C. Potter. The film stars Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, and Walter Brennan. The film is based on the stories ''My Husband'' and ...
'' (1939) - Actor in 'Patria' (uncredited)
* ''
Chasing Danger
''Chasing Danger'' is a 1939 American adventure film directed by Ricardo Cortez and written by Robert Ellis and Helen Logan. The film stars Preston Foster, Lynn Bari, Wally Vernon, Henry Wilcoxon, Joan Woodbury and Harold Huber. The film was re ...