Paul Porcasi

Paul Porcasi

Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1879

Place of Birth:

Palermo, Sicily, Italy

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.

filmography:

Maytime Maytime

1937

King Kong King Kong

1933

Broadway Broadway

1929

The Payoff The Payoff

1935

Stowaway Stowaway

1932

Chained Chained

1934

Derelict Derelict

1930

Cynara Cynara

1932

Bought! Bought!

1931

Juarez Juarez

1939

Morocco Morocco

1930

Madame X Madame X

1937

Svengali Svengali

1931

Casablanca Casablanca

1943

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