Darío Moreno
Actor
Born April 3, 1921 in Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey]
David Arugete (3 April 1921 – 1 December 1968), commonly known under his stage name Darío Moreno, was a Turkish-Jewish polyglot singer, an accomplished composer, lyricist, and guitarist. He attained fame and made a remarkable career centred in France which also included films, during the 1950s and the 1960s. He became famous with his 1961 song Brigitte Bardot. Darío Moreno was born to a large Jewish family. He was orphaned in early childhood when his father, who worked in a train station in Aydın, was shot dead under tragic circumstances. He was placed in the Sephardic orphanage of Izmir (Nido De Guerfanos) by his mother and remained there until he was four.
Filmography
Le monde est à vous
Self (archive footage)
Woman in Chains
Sala
The Saint Lies in Wait
(uncredited)
Hotel Paradiso
The Turk
Tell Me Whom to Kill
Pitou
Dernier tiercé
Guido
Good King Dagobert
Charibert
No temas a la ley
Bruno Suárez
Ladies First
L'aubergiste
Le Tout pour le tout
Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
Midas Papos
The Revolt of the Slaves
Massimiano
Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
Lay Off Blondes
Rodinoff
It Happened All Night
Darío Moreno
Marie of the Isles
Desmarais, the traitor
Come Dance with Me!
Florès
Atomic Agent
Doctor Alberto / Don José
Oh! What a Mambo
Miguel Montero
A Woman Like Satan
Arbadajian
Incognito
Fernando
Anyone Can Kill Me
Luigi Falconi
An Eye for an Eye
Le cafetier de Toluma
Burning Fuse
Jeff
Forgive Our Trespasses
Rebor
Cinépanorama
Self
The Sheep Has Five Legs
Le joueur américain
Dames Don't Care
Perera, the Head Waiter
Quai des blondes
Lucky
Poison Ivy
Joe Madrigal
The Wages of Fear
Pepito Hernandez
Sins of Paris
Deux de l'escadrille
No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
The Maharaja