Roy D'Arcy

Acting

Roy D'Arcy

Born February 10, 1894 · San Francisco, California, USA

Died November 15, 1969 · aged 75

No biography available.

Known For

Flying Down to RioFlying Down to Rio · 1933
Flying Down to Rio
★ 6.31933
MovieComedyRomance
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
The Story of Vernon and Irene CastleThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle · 1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
★ 7.01939
MovieMusicRomance
In 1911, minor stage comic, Vernon Castle meets the stage-struck Irene Foote. A few misadventures later, they marry and then abandon comedy to attempt a dancing career together. While they're performing in Paris, an agent sees them rehearse and starts them on their brilliant career as the world's foremost ballroom dancers. However, at the height of their fame, World War I begins.
Revolt of the ZombiesRevolt of the Zombies · 1936
Revolt of the Zombies
★ 3.41936
MovieHorror
The story is set in Cambodia in the years following WWI. An evil count has come into possession of the secret methods by which men can be transformed into walking zombies and uses these unholy powers to create a race of slave laborers. An expedition is sent to the ruins of Angkor Wat, in hopes of ending the count's activities once and for all. Unfortunately, one of the members of the expedition has his own agenda.
ButtonsButtons · 1927
Buttons
★ 3.71927
MovieDrama
Working as a pageboy on an ocean liner, a street orphan and his friend Slugger end up on the wrong side of the ship's captain when they try to tell him that his wife is cheating on him with other members of the crew. The boys end up in deeper trouble, after they are thrown in the brig and the ship starts sinking...
La BohèmeLa Bohème · 1926
La Bohème
★ 6.41926
MovieRomanceDrama
A group of starving artists try to survive in 1830s Paris, including a seamstress and the would-be playwright she loves.
The Last WarningThe Last Warning · 1928
The Last Warning
★ 6.71928
MovieHorrorMystery
A story about a haunted old theater where an old Broadway play is being brought back despite threats from the ghost of a dead actor.
Forbidden HoursForbidden Hours · 1928
Forbidden Hours
★ 7.01928
MovieDramaRomance
Set in the fictitious European kingdom of Balanca, Prince Michael IV is being coerced, by his advisers, to marry a young woman of royal blood. However, he has fallen for a peasant.
Sing and Like ItSing and Like It · 1934
Sing and Like It
★ 5.01934
MovieComedy
While breaking into a bank safe, a gangster overhears a bank employee singing and decides to put her in a Broadway revue

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The Legion of Missing MenThe Legion of Missing Men · 1937
The Legion of Missing Men
★ 6.71937
MovieRomanceAction
Bob Carter, a member of the Foreign Legion, is glad to see his brother, Don, for the first time in ten years but is sorry that Don has joined the Legion. Bob, Don and Bob's buddies, Muggsy and Bilgey, go to a café and there Don falls for Nina, a singer in love with Bob. Bob doesn't know this and thinks she is Garccia's girl, and warns Don to have nothing to do with her. Don disregards the warning and Garcia discovers Nina and Don together and provokes Don into hitting him. Don is arrested and thrown into the company brig. Nina, with the aid of an Arabian sheik, Ul Ahmed, helps Don escape. Bob, Muggsy and Bilgey follow but are captured and taken to Ul Hamid's headquarters. The sheik tortures Don to force Bob to work some captured machine guns for him. Ah Hamid and his tribe attack the fort, but Bob manages to turn the machine guns against his captors, and the fort is saved.

Shiek Ibrahim-Ul-Ahmed