Paul Porcasi
Paul Porcasi was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than 140 films from 1917 to 1945.
Biography
Porcasi sang with the Metropolitan Opera.
One of his early non-operatic productions was The Country Boy. He ended his theatrical career with the role of Nick Verdis in Broadway, which ran for 603 performances at the Broadhurst Theatre. He reprised the role of Nick the Greek in Universal's 1929 film adaptation of the play.
Porcasi's other Broadway credits included Oh Mama, The Texas Nightingale, The National Anthem, Jimmie, Little Simplicity, Blind Youth, and Follow Me.
Porcasi's film debut was in Fall of the Romanoffs. He also was seen in MGM's adventure film Tarzan and His Mate.
Porcasi and his wife Rose Marie had a son. Porcasi died on 8 August 1946 at his home in Van Nuys, California, aged 67.
Selected filmography
The Fall of the Romanoffs Way Down East as Party Guest ) as Cobra as Cafe Proprietor Say It Again as Count TanzaBroadway as Nick VerdisMurder on the Roof as Joe CarozzoSuch Men Are Dangerous as Monsieur Durand The Three Sisters as RinaldiBorn Reckless as Pa BerettiA Lady's Morals as MarettiMorocco as Lo TintoDerelict as MasoniThe Criminal Code as Tony SpelvinThe Men of North as John RuskinGentleman's Fate as Papa Mario GiovanniDoctors' Wives as Dr. CalucciThe Good Bad Girl as Tony PaganoSvengali as BonelliParty Husband as Henri RenardSmart Money as Alexander AmenoppopolusChildren of Dreams El pasado acusa as Tony PaganoBought! as RapelloJenny Lind as MarettiUnder Eighteen as FrançoisThe Woman from Monte Carlo as Minor Role The Passionate Plumber as Paul Le MaireA Woman Commands as Cafe Proprietor The Man Who Played God as French Concert Manager Stowaway as TonyWhile Paris Sleeps as KapasNew Morals for Old as Concierge Devil and the Deep as HassanThe Painted Woman as Nick MachadoA Parisian Romance as DevilleThe Red-Haired Alibi as MargoliThe Kid from Spain as GonzalesMen Are Such Fools as KlepakUnder-Cover Man as Sam DorseThe Death Kiss as Ellsmith A Farewell to Arms as Harry - Innkeeper Cynara as Joseph, Maitre D'The Secret of Madame Blanche as French Doctor Grand Slam as Nick King Kong as NY Apple Vendor early in the film Terror Aboard as Luigi - the ChefHell Below as Italian Admiral Reunion in Vienna as Chef When Strangers Marry as PhillipeThe Devil's in Love as Bartender No Marriage Ties as Angelo, Saloon Proprietor He Couldn't Take It as NickDevil's Mate as NickI Loved a Woman as Apopoulis - Hotel Proprietor in Greece Footlight Parade as ApollinarisSaturday's Millions as FelixGigolettes of Paris Big Time or Bust as LouieHavana Widows as Fernando - Headwaiter Roman Scandals as Chef By Candlelight as Train Conductor Flying Down to Rio as The MayorThe Cat and the Fiddle as Cafe Proprietor Coming Out Party as ManagerLooking for Trouble as Cabaret ManagerRiptide as House Detective Tarzan and His Mate as Monsieur Feronde The Great Flirtation as Herr DirektorHis Greatest Gamble as Innkeeper La Cucaracha as Señor MartinezChained as Mr. Piazza, Hotel Manager British Agent as Count RomanoWake Up and Dream as PolopolisThe Gay Divorcee as French Headwaiter Imitation of Life as Jackson's Restaurant Manager Million Dollar Baby as Marvelo No. 1Enter Madame as ArchimedeRumba as CarlosA Night at the Ritz as HenriThe Florentine Dagger as AntonioBaby Face Harrington as Headwaiter Go Into Your Dance as Show MC Under the Pampas Moon as HeadwaiterCharlie Chan in Egypt as Insp. Fouad SoueidaBroadway Gondolier as Señor Fuzzi Waterfront Lady as Tony SpadaloniHi, Gaucho! as General OrtegasThe Payoff as NickStars Over Broadway as Luigi Coronado as Waiter I Dream Too Much as Uncle TitoLa Fiesta de Santa Barbara as himselfRose Marie as Emil - the Chef Muss 'em Up as Luigi Turseniani - Head of the MobThe Lady Consents as Joe - Restaurant Proprietor The Leathernecks Have Landed as Enrico 'Rico' VenetziMr. Deeds Goes to Town as Italian Opera Board Member Trouble for Two as Cafe Proprietor Down to the Sea as VasiliosCrash Donovan as Cafe OwnerTwo in a Crowd as Polito, the Headwaiter Seventh Heaven as GendarmeMaytime as TrentiniCafé Metropole as Police OfficialThat I May Live as Mr. Scaffa The Emperor's Candlesticks as SantuzziMadame X as Hotel Gran Via Proprietor The Bride Wore Red as NobiliBig Town Girl as Nightclub Manager Crime School as Nick PapadopoulosI'll Give a Million as Cafe Proprietor Bulldog Drummond in Africa as Hotel Manager Vacation from Love as French JudgeTopper Takes a Trip as Casino Owner Juarez as Councilman in Meeting with Maximilian Lady of the Tropics as LamartineEverything Happens at Night as BartenderDr. Kildare's Strange Case as Antonio "Tony", the Hospital ChefI Was an Adventuress as FishermanTorrid Zone as GarciaBrother Orchid as Warehouse Manager Argentine Nights as Papa ViejosThe Border Legion as TonyMoon Over Burma as StorekeeperThe Trial of Mary Dugan as Ship's Captain Road to Zanzibar as Turk at Slave Market Two in a Taxi as HermanRags to Riches as Professor Del RioDoctors Don't Tell as MontezIt Started with Eve as Armand - the Chef Road to Happiness as Pietro PacelliCasablanca as Native introducing Ferrari Star Spangled Rhythm as Benito Mussolini—"Sweater, Sarong & Peekaboo Bang" Number Quiet Please, Murder as Rebescu Background to Danger as Customs Official with Joe Hi Diddle Diddle as ImpresarioMelody Parade The Unknown Guest as Town Barber Hot Rhythm as Mr. PeroniHail the Conquering Hero as Cafe Owner Swing Hostess as SpumoniAn American Romance as Professor Giovanni Cantaloni Nothing but Trouble as Italian Restaurateur I'll Remember April as Popolopolis