Paul Porcasi
From Wikipedia. Paul Porcasi (1 January 1879 – 8 August 1946) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 142 films between 1917 and 1945. He was born in Palermo, Sicily. Porcasi was memorable as "Nick the Greek" in Universal's Broadway (1929). Porcasi performed infrequently on Broadway from 1916 to 1928. He ended his theatrical career in the smash hit "Broadway" as Nick Verdis that ran from 16 September 1926 to 11 February 1928 (603 performances) at the Broadhurst Theatre. French actress Yola d'Avril portrayed his daughter, Madame Feronde in MGM's adventure film Tarzan and His Mate. Porcasi died on 8 August 1946 in Hollywood, California.
Casablanca
as Native Introducing Ferrari (uncredited)In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...
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King Kong
as Apple Vendor (uncredited)Adventurous filmmaker Carl Denham sets out to produce a motion picture unlike anything the world...
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Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Italian Opera Board Member (uncredited)Longfellow Deeds lives in a small town, leading a small town kind of life. When a relative dies...
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Tarzan and His Mate
as Monsieur Feronde (uncredited)Harry Holt returns to Africa with his friend Martin Arlington to head up a large ivory expedition.
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Morocco
as Lo TintoThe Foreign Legion marches in to Mogador with booze and women in mind just as singer Amy Jolly...
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Imitation of Life
as Jackson's Restaurant Manager (uncredited)A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....
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The Gay Divorcee
as French Headwaiter (uncredited)Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort....
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Footlight Parade
as ApolinarisA fledgling producer finds himself at odds with his workers, financiers and his greedy ex-wife...
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Flying Down to Rio
as MayorA dance band leader finds love and success in Brazil.
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Charlie Chan in Egypt
as Insp. Fouad SoueidaWhile investigating the theft of antiquities from an ancient tomb excavation , Charlie discovers...
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Hail the Conquering Hero
as Cafe Owner (uncredited)Having been discharged from the Marines for a hayfever condition before ever seeing action,...
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Brother Orchid
as Warehouse Manager (uncredited)When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...
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The Passionate Plumber
as Paul Le MaireParis plumber Elmer Tuttle is enlisted by socialite Patricia Alden to help make her lover Tony...
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The Bride Wore Red
as Signor NobiliA poor singer in a bar masquerades as a rich society woman thanks to a rich benefactor.
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The Emperor's Candlesticks
as SantuzziSpies on opposite sides fall in love in pre-revolutionary Russia.
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Smart Money
as Alexander AmenoppopolusTwo brothers' trip to the big city to do a little gambling results in a fateful turn of events.
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The Criminal Code
as Tony SpelvinAfter young Robert Graham commits a murder while drunk and defending his girlfriend, he is...
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While Paris Sleeps
as KapasTo save his daughter Manon from falling into the hands of a vicious gang of pimps, convict...
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Juarez
as Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian (uncredited)The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular...
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Crash Donovan
as Cafe OwnerA California Highway Patrolman gets involved with a smuggling ring.
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Seventh Heaven
as GendarmeA Parisian sewer worker longs for a rise in status and a beautiful wife. He rescues a girl from...
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Trouble for Two
as Cafe Proprietor (Uncredited)A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London...
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Quiet Please, Murder
as RebescuA forger steals and kills for a rare book from a library in order to make forgeries to sell to...
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Under Eighteen
as FrançoisWorking girl Margie Evans has decided there are two kinds of opportunities for a slum kid during...
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Bulldog Drummond in Africa
as Hotel ManagerDrummond has to leave for Morocco on his wedding day with his fiancee and trusted friends to...
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Maytime
as TrentiniAn aging opera singer looks back on her long life, including her relationships with her vocal...
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La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
as SelfLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was...
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Terror Aboard
as Luigi - the ChefAn ocean liner is found at sea with everyone on board dead. An investigation is begun to find...
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Svengali
as BonelliA music maestro uses hypnotism on a young model he meets in Paris to make her both his muse and...
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Cynara
as Joseph the Maitre D'A London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shopgirl who is out to...
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Background to Danger
as Customs Official with JoeAn American gets caught up in wartime action in Turkey.
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The Lady Consents
as Joe - Restaurant ProprietorCivilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer...
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Hi Diddle Diddle
as ImpressarioWhen the bride's mother is supposedly swindled out of her money by a spurned suitor, the groom's...
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Chained
as Mr. Piazza (uncredited)Richard, a millionaire in love with his secretary, Diane, is dispirited when his wife refuses to...
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The Secret of Madame Blanche
as French Doctor (Uncredited)A murder trial reunites a former chorus girl and her son, a grandson of an English aristocrat.
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I Dream Too Much
as Uncle TitoOpera student Annette Monard meets composer Jonathan Street, and in a buoyant, alcohol-fueled...
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A Lady's Morals
as MarettiRomantic biography of Swedish opera singer Jenny Lind and her famous affairs.
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Madame X
as Hotel Gran Via ProprietorAn alcoholic woman was charged and tried for murder and a young defense attorney, unaware that...
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Star Spangled Rhythm
as Benito Mussolini (uncredited)Pop, a security guard at Paramount has told his son that he's the head of the studio. When his...
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British Agent
as Count RomanoIn the days leading up to the Russian Revolution, Stephen Locke, a minor British diplomat in St...
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Dr. Kildare's Strange Case
as Antonio 'Tony', the Hospital ChefKildare tries brain surgery, advised by Dr. Gillespie, and faces a rival for nurse Lamont.
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Waterfront Lady
as Tony SpadaloniWhen a young man is befriended by a gambling ship operator and made a partner in the business,...
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It Started with Eve
as Armand (uncredited)A young man asks a hat check girl to pose as his fiancée in order to make his dying father's...
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The Death Kiss
as EllsmithWhen a movie actor is shot and killed during production, the true feelings about the actor begin...
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I'll Give a Million
as Cafe Proprietor (uncredited)After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out...
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The Devil's in Love
as BartenderThe French Foreign Legion is the setting for this episodic adventure yarn. Victor Jory plays a...
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Crime School
as Nick PapadopolosIn the slums, teenager Frankie Warren hangs out with a rowdy gang who one day knock him out in a...
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The Kid from Spain
as GonzalesEddie and his Mexican friend Ricardo are expelled from college after Ricardo put Eddie in the...
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Muss 'em Up
as Luigi Turseniani, Head of the MobFamous private detective Tip O'Neil is summoned by telegram to the estate of old friend Paul...
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The Leathernecks Have Landed
as Enrico 'Rico' VenetziDishonorably discharged from the U.S. Marines after starting a barroom brawl that gets his...
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Bought!
as RapelloWorking-class girl dreams of living a better life and forsakes her friends when she has a chance...
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Swing Hostess
as SpumoniAn out-of-work band singer gets a job at a jukebox company and makes a hit.
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Stowaway
as TonyOn her first night as a dockside dancer, Mary Foster loses her job when she tries to fend of the...
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The Unknown Guest
as Town Barber (uncredited)Residents get suspicious when a shady character takes over the local hunting lodge right after...
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The Florentine Dagger
as AntonioA playwright descended from the Borgia family becomes a murder suspect.
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Road to Happiness
as Pietro PacelliA struggling singer, devoted to his young son, fears the child's super-spoiled, unloving but...
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Such Men Are Dangerous
as Monsieur Durand (uncredited)A wealthy and powerful industrialist changes his identity to avenge himself on the wife that...
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Rags to Riches
as Professor Del RioA framed cabby rounds up fur thieves and saves his opera-singer girlfriend.
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Baby Face Harrington
as Headwaiter (uncredited)Thanks to a series of comic mishaps, a timid, small-town office clerk finds himself wanted by...
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Doctors Don't Tell
as MontezDr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for...
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Red Haired Alibi
as MargoliA young woman new to the big city gets a job as a man's companion. What she doesn't know is that...
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The Good Bad Girl
as Tony PaganoA woman's former association with a gangster threatens to destroy her marriage to an upstanding...
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Gentleman's Fate
as Papa Mario GiovanniA bootlegger falls apart when his wife leaves him.
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Broadway Gondolier
as Señor FuzziA taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
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Broadway
as Nick VerdisA naive young dancer in a Broadway show innocently gets involved in backstage bootlegging and...
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Havana Widows
as Fernando, the Headwaiter (uncredited)Two golddiggers go fishing for millionaires in Havana.
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The Devil's Mate
as NickA convicted murderer has been sentenced to death in the electric chair. He decides to spill the...
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La Cucaracha
as Señor MartinezSeñor Martinez, a famous theater owner, visits a local café in Mexico because of its reputation...
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I Loved a Woman
as Apopoulis - Hotel Proprietor in Greece (uncredited)The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and...
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Born Reckless
as Pa BerettiIn order to use the publicity to get re-elected, a judge sentences a notorious gangster to fight...
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Torrid Zone
as GarciaA Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl.
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Stars Over Broadway
as LuigiAn aggressive agent turns a hotel porter into an overnight sensation.
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Lady of the Tropics
as LamartinePlayboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal...
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Devil and the Deep
as HassanNaval commander Charles Storm has made life miserable for his wife Diana due to his insane...
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Café Metropole
as Police OfficialAn American posing as a Russian prince woos a visiting Ohio heiress.
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Go Into Your Dance
as Show MCAn irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
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The Border Legion
as TonyWanted by the law in New York, Dr. Steve Kells heads west and arrives in an area controlled by...
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Coming Out Party
as ManagerIn this romance, a lovely young debutante falls in love with a jazz violinist. Her mother wants...
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Gigolettes of Paris
as uncreditedSilent screen favorite Madge Bellamy starred in this low-budget melodrama written and directed...
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His Greatest Gamble
as Innkeeper (uncredited)A man escapes from jail in France to free his daughter from her mother's hold.
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Vacation from Love
as French JudgeA socialite dumps her fiancé on their wedding day and runs off with a saxophone player. Comedy.
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Big Town Girl
as Nightclub ManagerWhen a department store songstress becomes a radio star she keeps her identity secret, as the...
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Wake Up and Dream
as PolopolisThe story of a small-time vaudeville trio and their rise to the big time.
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Everything Happens at Night
as BartenderTwo reporters compete to discover a scientist living in hiding and win his daughter.
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Enter Madame
as ArchimedeMan marries opera singer, winds up taking back seat to her career.
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The Payoff
as NickAn honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked...
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The Great Flirtation
as Herr DirektorAn actor is jealous of his wife's stardom.
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Argentine Nights
as Papa ViejosAn all-girl band flees to Argentina to avoid their creditors. Comedy with songs.
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I Was an Adventuress
as FishermanPosing as the fabulously glamorous Countess Tanya Vronsky, a poor young ballet dancer and her...
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Under-Cover Man
as Sam DorseWhen his father is murdered, erstwhile conman Nick Darrow asks the cops if he can go undercover...
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Say It Again
as Count TanzaBob Howard, a WWI wounded soldier in a army hospital, meets and falls in love with Princess...
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Derelict
as MasoniTwo rival seamen fight for both a promotion to a captaincy in their shipping line and the...
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Doctors' Wives
as Dr. CalucciThe trials of being a doctor's wife are presented in this drama. The story centers upon the...
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Big Time Or Bust
as LouieNewlywed carnival performers decide to try their luck in New York, but their marriage begins to...
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Party Husband
as Henri RenardParty Husband finds ex-Ziegfield Girl Dorothy playing the better half of a thoroughly “modern...
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A Woman Commands
as Cafe ProprietorIn order to keep his lover, Maria Draga, in luxury, Captain Alex Pastitsch contracts huge debts...
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Saturday's Millions
as FelixJim Fowler is Western University's football hero and is constantly besieged by reporters. Jim's...
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Million Dollar Baby
as Marvelo No.1A husband-and-wife vaudeville team disguise their young son as a girl so he can enter a contest...
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A Night at the Ritz
as HenriA PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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The Three Sisters
as RinaldiA 1930 American pre-Code film directed by Paul Sloane and starring Louise Dresser, Tom Patricola...
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Men Are Such Fools
as KlepakAn immigrant and his wife arrive in America hoping to make it big in the world of music. Shortly...
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I'll Remember April
as PopolopolisThe daughter of a formerly wealthy man tries to get a job singing on a radio show, but gets...
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Hi, Gaucho!
as Gen. OrtegasThe son and daughter of feuding ranchers defy their fathers in the name of love.
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He Couldn't Take It
as NickJimmy Kelly, who can't hold on to a job because of his hot temper, finds his calling as a...
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When Strangers Marry
as PhillipeIn this action-drama, a railroad worker plys his trade at the straits of Malay. He begins a...
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Murder on the Roof
as Joe CarozzoThis primarily two-set programmer has a has-been criminal lawyer, Anthony Sommers (William V....
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