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Philippe De Lacy‌

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Philippe De Lacy

Nancy, France

Philippe De Lacy

Nancy, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1917-07-25

Popularity

star0.8

Biography

Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy (July 25, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was a former silent film era child actor. Born during World War I, the already fatherless Philippe lost his mother and five siblings when a German shell devastated the family home. Only two days old at the time of tragedy, the boy was kept alive, but barely, in the basement of his grandmother's house. He was adopted by Mrs. Edith De Lacy, who was associated with the U.S. Woman's Overseas Hospital. After the war ended, Mrs. De Lacy brought Philippe to America, where his stunning looks soon created opportunities for him as a model for magazine advertisements. His modeling assignments brought him to the attention of Hollywood, and he appeared in his first film in a bit part at the age of four. Phillipe's childhood story was used as the subject of a fictional children's book, Little Philippe of Belgium, written by Madeline Brandeis as part of her "Children of the World" series. De Lacy freelanced for several studios in the 1920s, but mostly for Paramount. In 1924 he played the role of Michael Darling in the classic silent version of Peter Pan, with Betty Bronson. He played the young Don Juan at ten years of age in John Barrymore's Don Juan (1926), and in 1927 he played the young prince Karl Heinrich in Ernst Lubitsch's memorable The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, which also starred Ramon Novarro and Norma Shearer. Also in 1927 he starred with Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in Love, an updated version of the Tolstoy novel Anna Karenina in which he played the young son of Anna, Serezha Karenin. When the sound era arrived De Lacy's acting career was declining, and he never made the transition from child actor to adult. Apart from his films, De Lacy also did some work in the theatre. However he had lost his boyish charm by his early teens and retired from the screen in the early 1930s. De Lacy concentrated on the production end of films as a producer, director and cinematographer. He became an assistant to director Louis De Rochemont and worked with him in the 1940 film The Ramparts We Watch. Eventually he became an executive with the J. Walter Thompson advertising agency, a position he held for over 25 years. De Lacy’s first credit was in 1942 as an editorial associate for the US armed forces propaganda film We Are The Marines. Radio and television announcer Westbrook Van Voorhis provided the narration for the documentary, which was effectively a full-length fighting feature. In 1944 De Lacy was involved in another documentary, this time for the US Navy, filmed aboard the carrier Yorktown. The narrators in this documentary were actors Robert Taylor (who was actually a lieutenant in the navy at the time) and Charles Boyer who supplied the French narration. De Lacy was the cinematographer in The Fighting Lady and had three real life naval commanders to assist him. This film won the 1945 Oscar for Best Documentary. De Lacy then turned his hand to directing a television series in 1950, and in addition, he also became manager of a local Hollywood television station.

Movie Credits

Is Zat So?

Is Zat So?‌
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calendar 1927

The Tigress

The Tigress‌
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calendar 1927

The Happy Warrior

The Happy Warrior‌
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calendar 1925

Beau Geste

Beau Geste‌
star5.9
calendar 1926

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg‌
star7.2
calendar 1928

Peter Pan

Peter Pan‌
star7.0
calendar 1924

The Magic Garden

The Magic Garden‌
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calendar 1927

General Crack

General Crack‌
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calendar 1929

The Royal Rider

The Royal Rider‌
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calendar 1929

Love

Love‌
star6.0
calendar 1927

The Sins of the Children

The Sins of the Children‌
star4.0
calendar 1930

A Doll's House

A Doll's House‌
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calendar 1922

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers‌
star4.4
calendar 1929

The Broken Mask

The Broken Mask‌
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calendar 1928

Rosita

Rosita‌
star6.5
calendar 1923

Mother Machree

Mother Machree‌
star6.2
calendar 1927

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh‌
star6.9
calendar 1927

Sarah and Son

Sarah and Son‌
star5.1
calendar 1930

One Romantic Night

One Romantic Night‌
star5.3
calendar 1930

Square Shoulders

Square Shoulders‌
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calendar 1929

The Riddle: Woman

The Riddle: Woman‌
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calendar 1920

A Lover's Oath

A Lover's Oath‌
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calendar 1925

Napoleon's Barber

Napoleon's Barber‌
star5.0
calendar 1928

The Marriage Playground

The Marriage Playground‌
star5.8
calendar 1929

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil‌
star7.3
calendar 1926

The Redeeming Sin

The Redeeming Sin‌
star0.0
calendar 1929

Don Juan

Don Juan‌
star6.6
calendar 1926

Tv Credits