- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- July 25, 1917
- Place of Birth
- Nancy, France
- Died
- July 29, 1995
Philippe De Lacy
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 Made…
Filmography
movieThe Best of Cinerama
1963 · Director
movieCinerama Holiday
1955 · Director
movieThe Sins of the Children
1930 · Rudolph Wagenkampf as a Child (uncredited)
movieOne Romantic Night
1930 · Prince Georg
movieSarah and Son
1930 · Bobby
movieGeneral Crack
1929 · Christian, as a boy
movieThe Marriage Playground
1929 · Terry Wheater
movieThe Four Feathers
1929 · Harry Faversham - age 10
movieSquare Shoulders
1929 · Eddie
movieThe Royal Rider
1929 · King Michael XI
movieThe Redeeming Sin
1929 · Petit
movieNapoleon's Barber
1928 · The Barber's Son
movie4 Devils
1928 · Adolf - as a Boy
movieThe Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928 · Heir Apparent
movieThe Broken Mask
1928 · Pertio, as a boy
movieMother Machree
1927 · Brian - Child
movieLove
1927 · Serezha Karenin (as Philippe de Lacy)
movieThe Tigress
1927 · Pippa
movieThe Way of All Flesh
1927 · August, as a child
The Elegy
movieThe Elegy
1927
movieThe Magic Garden
1927 · John Guido Forrester, as a child
movieIs Zat So?
1927 · Little Jimmy Parker
movieFlesh and the Devil
1926 · Leo as a boy (uncredited)
Faithful Wives
movieFaithful Wives
1926 · The Child
movieBeau Geste
1926 · Digby Geste - younger
movieDon Juan
1926 · Don Juan - at age 10 (uncredited)
movieA Lover's Oath
1925 · His Son
movieThe Happy Warrior
1925 · Ralph (at 8 years)
My Neighbor's Wife
movieMy Neighbor's Wife
1925 · William Jordan Jr.
moviePeter Pan
1924 · Michael Darling
movieRosita
1923 · Rosita's Brother
movieDivorce
1923 · 'Dicky' Parker
movieThe Wheel of Fortune
1923
movieThelma
1922 · Viking Prince (uncredited)
movieIs Matrimony a Failure?
1922 · One of the kids
movieA Doll's House
1922 · Ivar
movieWhat's a Wife Worth?
1921 · Child (uncredited)
movieThe Riddle: Woman
1920