Marcel Dalio

Marcel Dalio, born Israel Moshe Blauschild, (17 July 1900 in Paris, France – 20 November 1983 in Paris) was a French Jewish character actor. He had major roles in two of Jean Renoir's most famous films, Grand Illusion and The Rules of the Game, then fled to the United States before World War II. He makes a brief appearance as the croupier in Casablanca. One of his best-known part in American films was Humphrey Bogart's sidekick in the 1944 film adaptation in To Have and Have Not. After the war, he was very active as a character actor on both sides of the Atlantic, often playing villains and traitors in French pictures. He had roles in Donovan's Reef, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Can-Can, Pillow Talk and The Mad Adventures of Rabbi Jacob.