Philippe De Lacy
Philippe De Lacy
Born 25/07/1917 in Nancy, France

Philippe De Lacy a.k.a. Philippe deLacy (July 25, 1917 – July 29, 1995) was a former silent film era child actor.

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.

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Filmography (Movies)

The Sins of the Children

The Sins of the Children

Character:Rudolph Wagenkampf as a Child (uncredited)

Release Date:27/06/1930

One Romantic Night

One Romantic Night

Character:Prince Georg

Release Date:30/04/1930

Sarah and Son

Sarah and Son

Character:Bobby

Release Date:14/03/1930

General Crack

General Crack

Character:Christian, as a boy

Release Date:16/12/1929

The Marriage Playground

The Marriage Playground

Character:Terry Wheater

Release Date:12/12/1929

The Four Feathers

The Four Feathers

Character:Harry Faversham - age 10

Release Date:01/06/1929

Square Shoulders

Square Shoulders

Character:Eddie

Release Date:10/03/1929

The Royal Rider

The Royal Rider

Character:King Michael XI

Release Date:17/02/1929

The Redeeming Sin

The Redeeming Sin

Character:Petit

Release Date:16/02/1929

Napoleon's Barber

Napoleon's Barber

Character:The Barber's Son

Release Date:24/11/1928

4 Devils

4 Devils

Character:Adolf - as a Boy

Release Date:03/10/1928

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg

Character:Heir Apparent

Release Date:30/01/1928

The Broken Mask

The Broken Mask

Character:Pertio, as a boy

Release Date:01/01/1928

Mother Machree

Mother Machree

Character:Brian - Child

Release Date:19/12/1927

Love

Love

Character:Serezha Karenin (as Philippe de Lacy)

Release Date:29/11/1927

The Tigress

The Tigress

Character:Pippa

Release Date:21/10/1927

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh

Character:August, as a child

Release Date:01/10/1927

The Elegy

The Elegy

Character:

Release Date:06/08/1927

The Magic Garden

The Magic Garden

Character:John Guido Forrester, as a child

Release Date:30/06/1927

Is Zat So?

Is Zat So?

Character:Little Jimmy Parker

Release Date:15/05/1927

Flesh and the Devil

Flesh and the Devil

Character:Leo as a boy (uncredited)

Release Date:25/12/1926

Faithful Wives

Faithful Wives

Character:The Child

Release Date:25/11/1926

Beau Geste

Beau Geste

Character:Digby Geste - younger

Release Date:24/08/1926

Don Juan

Don Juan

Character:Don Juan - at age 10 (uncredited)

Release Date:06/08/1926

A Lover's Oath

A Lover's Oath

Character:His Son

Release Date:29/09/1925

The Happy Warrior

The Happy Warrior

Character:Ralph (at 8 years)

Release Date:05/07/1925

Peter Pan

Peter Pan

Character:Michael Darling

Release Date:29/12/1924

Rosita

Rosita

Character:Rosita's Brother

Release Date:03/09/1923

Divorce

Divorce

Character:'Dicky' Parker

Release Date:10/06/1923

The Wheel of Fortune

The Wheel of Fortune

Character:

Release Date:01/06/1923

Thelma

Thelma

Character:Viking Prince (uncredited)

Release Date:26/11/1922

Is Matrimony a Failure?

Is Matrimony a Failure?

Character:One of the kids

Release Date:16/04/1922

A Doll's House

A Doll's House

Character:Ivar

Release Date:12/02/1922

What's a Wife Worth?

What's a Wife Worth?

Character:Child (uncredited)

Release Date:27/03/1921

The Riddle: Woman

The Riddle: Woman

Character:

Release Date:03/10/1920

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