Marcel Perez

Acting

Marcel Perez

Born — Died

1884-01-29 — 1929-02-08

Place of birth

Madrid

Known for

Acting

Credits

85 titles

Trained initially as a clown, Perez became a comedic star in the Nickelodeon era in France, working at Pathe, Eclair, and Ambrosio studios. Moving to the United States during the First World War, Perez continued writing, directing and starring in short comedies until an amputated leg forced him to work behind the camera.

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 5 titles

1910s · 39 titles

La nuova cameriera è troppo bella poster
6.7

The new maid and her mistress devise a plan to foil the men in the house. ...[The mistress of the house finds her chambermaid using her toiletries.]... She is dismissed and the lady advertises for a new maid. The new maid arrives at the front gate and the bemused gate keeper lets her in. The page boy sees her walking up to the house and admires her beauty. She is shown in to meet her new master, who also admires her, and mistress.

La nuova cameriera è troppo bella

1912

Some Hero poster
NR

When Tweedledum's girl is kidnapped by bad men, he springs into action.

Some Hero

1916

No artwork available
4.0

Marcel Perez and Nilde Baracchi are blackmailers engaged in the badger game: each gets a member of the opposite sex into compromising positions, the other partner takes a photo and snap! Pay up or we tell your spouse.

Robinet ricattatore

1912

Camouflage poster
NR

A detective pursues a woman suspected of spying for the Kaiser.

Camouflage

1918

Robinet boxeur poster
6.0

Robinet gets punched by a boxer in the ring and decides to challenge him for a match. To win, he needs to train as much as he can.

Robinet boxeur

1913

Robinet è Geloso poster
5.0

Robinet is jealous, with comedic results.

Robinet è Geloso

1914

The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola poster
5.8

Saturnino Farandola: Raised by monkeys, taken in by sailors, captain of a frigate. He sets off to chart unknown worlds with his loyal crew. Beneath the sea he encounters love in the person of Mysora the beautiful. On land he comes up against a mad wise man, a Machiavellian mandarin and bloodthirsty Apaches, but nothing will be able to stop his desire to explore.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola

1913

Tweedledum as Aviator poster
6.9

Robinet, the lead in this Italian slapstick comedy, wants to be an aviator in the worst way, and this being an Italian slapstick, that's how he does it. Italian slapstick in this period was absolutely bone-breaking, so much so that it makes Keystone slapstick look like drawing-room comedy by contrast.

Tweedledum as Aviator

1911

Oh! What a Day poster
NR

A short comedy

Oh! What a Day

1918

No artwork available
NR

Nilde Baracchi sends Marcel Perez out fishing, armed .... I mean "equipped" with a long, sturdy bamboo fishing pole and a line and hook. However, what he catches is not fish in this funny late 'Robinet' short.

Robinet Pescatore

1915

Robinet’s White Suit poster
5.5

In this play on the symmetry of black and white, Robinet leaves home in his bright new suit for a stroll through a blackening industrial landscape. (MoMA)

Robinet’s White Suit

1911

No artwork available
6.5

Italian slapstick actor Robinet riding a bicycle.

Robinet: Cyclist

1912

No artwork available
NR

Twede-Dan is aggressively courted, and courts, in a park.

Can You Beat It?

1919

No artwork available
4.0

Tweedledum goes out dining with a girl. He discovers that his worthy father is out on a little lark and is in the next booth to him. Many amusing complications result and in the end the old man buys his son's silence by paying both checks.

Robinet padre e figlio

1912

Tweedledum's Sweet Wife poster
4.0

Robinet escapes from his wife’s smothering devotion to the adventure of lovemaking outside marriage.

Tweedledum's Sweet Wife

1912

No artwork available
6.0

Tweedledum gets chased by police on bicycles.

L'auto di Robinet

1911

A Bath Tub Elopement poster
5.0

A 1916 short comedy starring Marcel Perez

A Bath Tub Elopement

1916

You're Next poster
5.0

A hapless nitwit sets up his living space in the middle of a street, then moves to a police station, then gets a job in a movie studio, with calamitous results.

You're Next

1919

No artwork available
4.0

Marcel Perez meets Nilde Baracchi at a party and falls instantly in love. How much comedy short subjects have contributed to the 'falling in love at first sight' trope might make an interesting paper. Anyway, he falls in love, but things go wrong at the party, then again when he waits outside her apartment -- today we would say he was stalking her. Back then it was considered cute, particularly given the indignities of Italian slapstick -- and when he finally meets her again on a train.

Una Dichiarazione Impossibile di Robinet

1912

Pedestrian Love poster
5.5

The story of the meeting and falling in love of a man and a woman. The story is told by showing the characters from below the knees only. A man in smart shoes prepares to go out. His maid gives him his coat, he dusts off his shoes and leaves. As he leaves the building an elegant woman drops her purse. He returns it to her and follows her home.

Pedestrian Love

1914

Robinet in Love with a Singer poster
5.0

Robinet brings down the house when he unleashes himself on Mimi Kratzfuss , an attractive opera singer, during a music hall performance.

Robinet in Love with a Singer

1911

A Scrambled Honeymoon poster
NR

A Short Comedy

A Scrambled Honeymoon

1916

Lend Me Your Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lend Me Your Wife

1916

No artwork available
4.0

Robinet wants to try out to be a jockey, but has to go through a lot of exercise to reach the weight needed.

Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey

1910

No artwork available
NR

Tweedledum tries out his roller skates down a slope. As he picks up speed he grabs a long pole, which causes him to destroy everything in sight. The townspeople chase after him as he crashes into everything.

Tweedledum's Auto-Skates

1911

No artwork available
NR

Fricot finds his father asleep and takes advantage of the opportunity to pour down his parent's hack a handful of itching powder. The poor man's antics in attempting to relieve himself of his distress are ludicrous and finally result in incurring the wrath of his wife and her mother, who set upon him and beat him until exhausted. To his amazement he discovers that the blows have a salutary effect and he submits to the thrashing. When the women finally leave him alone he arises well pleased, as his affliction has been overcome.

Fricot's Itching Powder

1910

No artwork available
5.0

Marcel Perez arrives at the holiday resort wearing a pith helmet and carrying enough luggage to hold supplies for a monthlong journey through hostile territory. It's a good idea for a comic who never met a flight of stairs he didn't fall down.

Robinet in vacanza

1912

Chickens in Turkey poster
NR

Marcel Perez is taken aboard an all-female crewed boat where he has to dress as a woman so the female captain won't claim him as her own.

Chickens in Turkey

1919

No artwork available
NR

Marcel Perez is, as you might guess from the title of this movie, a reporter. He's been assigned a new story: a general is in town to review the troops. Get an interview! The general does not wish to give an interview, so Perez has to resort to subterfuge. Good thing he's a comic and can raid the studio's wardrobe department for disguises.

Robinet Reporter

1913

Miss Tweedledum poster
4.3

Robinet disguises himself as a woman to get away from his girlfriend’s husband, and discovers the unexpected pleasures of public drag amidst mobs of flirtatious men. (MoMA)

Miss Tweedledum

1912

A Busy Night poster
NR

A disgruntled man imagines what the world would be like if everyone were like him.

A Busy Night

1916

No artwork available
NR

A short comedy for the actor Marcel Perez

Tweedledum as a Cycling Policeman

1913

No artwork available
4.0

Robinet is challenged to a duel, but owing to an overpowering fear, ludicrously depictd, the weapons are discarded, one by one, and two bottles of champagne subistituted. (Moving Picture world Synopsis)

Il duello di Robinet

1910

No artwork available
4.0

Marcel Perez is so poor he can't even tip the janitor for some service or other. However, a messenger arrives with a telegram from a notary. An uncle is dead and has left Marcel a hundred thousand francs! With a huzzah and skips and falls and smashing of his old junk, Marcel is off to equip himself in the latest and most expensive fashion, waving the telegram like Mark Twain's Million-Pound Note to gain the instant obsequiousness of tailors, haberdasher and hatters. But wait, why is that messenger following on Marcel's trail? Could it be another telegram? What could it possibly say?

Tweedledum a Rich Man for Ten Minutes

1912

No artwork available
NR

Tweedledum wears his sister's new slit-skirt, and with a handsome wig and beautiful hat, causes a stir on the boulevard. His many admirers follow him around from place to place and even invade his parlor when he gets home. His sister puts them to rout with a stout broom and she and Tweedledum enjoy a hearty laugh over the joke.

Le furberie di Robinet

1911

No artwork available
6.0

Tweedledum's attempts to master the bicycle lead him into situations both thrilling and comical, and the ride proves most adventurous. He barely escapes with his life, and causes a mad scramble on the part of pedestrians who cross his path.

Tweedledum on His First Bicycle

1910

The Destruction of Carthage poster
NR

In ancient times Rome looked upon Carthage as her greatest rival, and determined to plan her downfall. Cato, a Roman Senator, appealed to the Senate to conquer Carthage, and under a pretext that she had failed to keep faith, the Romans began a new war. The Roman army embarked for Africa and landed near Carthage.

The Destruction of Carthage

1914

No artwork available
5.0

From a futuristic airship, the French police stop crime, arrest criminals, and catch dogs without touching the ground. (MoMA)

Police in the Year 2000

1910

No artwork available
5.0

A Italian short comedy with Robinet.

Robinet chauffeur miope

1914

Behind the camera

Some Hero poster
NR

When Tweedledum's girl is kidnapped by bad men, he springs into action.

Some Hero

1916

Camouflage poster
NR

A detective pursues a woman suspected of spying for the Kaiser.

Camouflage

1918

No artwork available
4.0

A man poses as a lifeguard but his rescue techniques are not the most desirable.

Blowing Bubbles

1921

No artwork available
10.0

Jim Stanley becomes an ally to Mona and Phil in their dispute with the stepfather. Phil is wrongly accused of murder and Jim assists him in proving his innocence. Ultimately, the stepfather is arrested for the murder of Phil and Mona's father, bringing him to justice resolving the central conflict.

Lash of the Law

1926

Sweet Daddy poster
5.0

Perez plays a henpecked husband who is chained at the neck by his wife in the kitchen and when he tries to stand up for himself, she throws him out of the window where he is dangling for dear life.Once she sends him to the store, Tweedy becomes smitten by a stage actress and tries to woo her with great success until his wife shows up on the scene and all hell breaks loose with cartoon gags.

Sweet Daddy

1921

Alice Blues poster
7.0

King Ferdinand of Sodonje (King Ferdinand Saronoff) is threatened with an attack. When a tourist who resembles him shows up at the palace, the king suggests that they switch clothes with each other. The fake king signs a document, and thereby signs his own death sentence. He manages to avoid the firing squad just in time, and asks for his own clothes back, but the real king refuses.

Alice Blues

1926

Robinet è Geloso poster
5.0

Robinet is jealous, with comedic results.

Robinet è Geloso

1914

Unconquered Woman poster
5.0

Helen offers herself in marriage to the winner of a poker game in order to obtain money to replace what her brother has stolen. Antonio, a half-breed, is the winner, but Helen is saved from fulfilling her bet by Bruce Devereux when he doubles the stakes and wins the girl. She marries Bruce but leaves for New York when she finds the marriage to be a fake one. There she marries her previous music teacher, but he proves to be faithless, leaving her with a small son. Bruce returns and assures her he had not arranged for a fake marriage. Her present husband, not able to cope with the pressures of his many affairs, kills himself, leaving Helen free to remarry Bruce.

Unconquered Woman

1922

The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola poster
5.8

Saturnino Farandola: Raised by monkeys, taken in by sailors, captain of a frigate. He sets off to chart unknown worlds with his loyal crew. Beneath the sea he encounters love in the person of Mysora the beautiful. On land he comes up against a mad wise man, a Machiavellian mandarin and bloodthirsty Apaches, but nothing will be able to stop his desire to explore.

The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola

1913

The Lobbygow poster
8.0

Jimmy Aubrey causes chaos in China.

The Lobbygow

1923

No artwork available
NR

Nilde Baracchi sends Marcel Perez out fishing, armed .... I mean "equipped" with a long, sturdy bamboo fishing pole and a line and hook. However, what he catches is not fish in this funny late 'Robinet' short.

Robinet Pescatore

1915

Robinet’s White Suit poster
5.5

In this play on the symmetry of black and white, Robinet leaves home in his bright new suit for a stroll through a blackening industrial landscape. (MoMA)

Robinet’s White Suit

1911

Out All Night poster
10.0

A young man marries an actress, but meanwhile her uncle has signed a contract binding her to spinsterhood, many complications arise.

Out All Night

1927

No artwork available
10.0

The baddies want Alyce Ardell's mine, which they know -- but she doesn't -- has just struck a rich vein. They will stick at naught, but she is protected by Bobby Dunn in this good thrill comedy directed by Marcel Perez.

Hold Tight

1925

She's a Prince poster
NR

Starring comedienne Alice Ardell, whose persona included wearing traditionally masculine garb, who finds herself initiated into a secret flapper society full of bizarre rituals. This zany film again features cross-dressing, including men wearing girdles and donning lipstick.

She's a Prince

1926

Madamigella Robinet poster
5.0

While Robinette's old admirer isn't at home, she secretly meets Robinet. Suddenly the man returns and Robinet is forced to disguise himself as a woman.

Madamigella Robinet

1913

Wild poster
NR

A short comedy

Wild

1921

No artwork available
NR

Twede-Dan is aggressively courted, and courts, in a park.

Can You Beat It?

1919

No artwork available
NR

Twede-Dan is aggressively courted, and courts, in a park.

Can You Beat It?

1919

Pioneers of the West poster
8.0

Caught by the Piutes, pony Express Rider Dick Carter falls in love with pretty Dorothy Earle, who belongs to that seemingly endless supply of white girls kidnapped in childhood and raised by Indians. Unfortunately, Dorothy is promised to Bud Osborne, described in a title as "a renegade white who dominates the simple minds of the savage horde." Does Dorothy succeed in taking her own life rather than face an uncertain future with evil Bud? Or does the stalwart Dick rescue her in time?

Pioneers of the West

1925

Pioneers of the West poster
8.0

Caught by the Piutes, pony Express Rider Dick Carter falls in love with pretty Dorothy Earle, who belongs to that seemingly endless supply of white girls kidnapped in childhood and raised by Indians. Unfortunately, Dorothy is promised to Bud Osborne, described in a title as "a renegade white who dominates the simple minds of the savage horde." Does Dorothy succeed in taking her own life rather than face an uncertain future with evil Bud? Or does the stalwart Dick rescue her in time?

Pioneers of the West

1925

No artwork available
4.0

Tweedledum goes out dining with a girl. He discovers that his worthy father is out on a little lark and is in the next booth to him. Many amusing complications result and in the end the old man buys his son's silence by paying both checks.

Robinet padre e figlio

1912

Pinched poster
NR

A short comedy

Pinched

1921

Tweedledum's Sweet Wife poster
4.0

Robinet escapes from his wife’s smothering devotion to the adventure of lovemaking outside marriage.

Tweedledum's Sweet Wife

1912

A Bath Tub Elopement poster
5.0

A 1916 short comedy starring Marcel Perez

A Bath Tub Elopement

1916

You're Next poster
5.0

A hapless nitwit sets up his living space in the middle of a street, then moves to a police station, then gets a job in a movie studio, with calamitous results.

You're Next

1919

Pedestrian Love poster
5.5

The story of the meeting and falling in love of a man and a woman. The story is told by showing the characters from below the knees only. A man in smart shoes prepares to go out. His maid gives him his coat, he dusts off his shoes and leaves. As he leaves the building an elegant woman drops her purse. He returns it to her and follows her home.

Pedestrian Love

1914

The Better Man Wins poster
7.0

Nell refuses Bill's aid when her rancher father can no longer work, but when her father dies, she turns to Bill for help.

The Better Man Wins

1922

Robinet in Love with a Singer poster
5.0

Robinet brings down the house when he unleashes himself on Mimi Kratzfuss , an attractive opera singer, during a music hall performance.

Robinet in Love with a Singer

1911

A Scrambled Honeymoon poster
NR

A Short Comedy

A Scrambled Honeymoon

1916

Lend Me Your Wife poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Lend Me Your Wife

1916

No artwork available
4.0

Robinet wants to try out to be a jockey, but has to go through a lot of exercise to reach the weight needed.

Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey

1910

No artwork available
NR

Tweedledum tries out his roller skates down a slope. As he picks up speed he grabs a long pole, which causes him to destroy everything in sight. The townspeople chase after him as he crashes into everything.

Tweedledum's Auto-Skates

1911

No artwork available
NR

Fricot finds his father asleep and takes advantage of the opportunity to pour down his parent's hack a handful of itching powder. The poor man's antics in attempting to relieve himself of his distress are ludicrous and finally result in incurring the wrath of his wife and her mother, who set upon him and beat him until exhausted. To his amazement he discovers that the blows have a salutary effect and he submits to the thrashing. When the women finally leave him alone he arises well pleased, as his affliction has been overcome.

Fricot's Itching Powder

1910

No artwork available
5.0

Marcel Perez arrives at the holiday resort wearing a pith helmet and carrying enough luggage to hold supplies for a monthlong journey through hostile territory. It's a good idea for a comic who never met a flight of stairs he didn't fall down.

Robinet in vacanza

1912

No artwork available
NR

Sailor Slim Summerville saves a lady from nasty men.

A Peaceful Riot

1925

Chickens in Turkey poster
NR

Marcel Perez is taken aboard an all-female crewed boat where he has to dress as a woman so the female captain won't claim him as her own.

Chickens in Turkey

1919

Chickens in Turkey poster
NR

Marcel Perez is taken aboard an all-female crewed boat where he has to dress as a woman so the female captain won't claim him as her own.

Chickens in Turkey

1919

No artwork available
NR

Marcel Perez is, as you might guess from the title of this movie, a reporter. He's been assigned a new story: a general is in town to review the troops. Get an interview! The general does not wish to give an interview, so Perez has to resort to subterfuge. Good thing he's a comic and can raid the studio's wardrobe department for disguises.

Robinet Reporter

1913

Miss Tweedledum poster
4.3

Robinet disguises himself as a woman to get away from his girlfriend’s husband, and discovers the unexpected pleasures of public drag amidst mobs of flirtatious men. (MoMA)

Miss Tweedledum

1912