Personal Info
Birth date
1882-10-23 (142 Years)
Day of death
1941-02-01
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Paris, France
Also known as
Armand Kalisz
Armand David Kaliz
Armand Kaliz
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Armand Kali(s)z (October 23, 1882 or 1883 - February 1, 1941) was a French born American film actor of the silent film and early sound period of the 1930s. Born in Paris, or in Warsaw, Poland Kaliz was a headliner in vaudeville. He arrived in the USA in 1907. His Broadway debut came in The Hoyden (1907). His other plays on Broadway included The Kiss Burglar (1918) and Spice of 1922 (1922). He appeared in films such as The Temptress (1926) with actresses such as Greta Garbo, making some 82 film appearances between 1917 and 1941. After 1933, the majority of his small roles in films went uncredited.
Filmography
Letter of Introduction
5.667
Overview:
An aging actor, trying to make a comeback on Broadway, is surprised when his estranged daughter shows up. It seems that she is an actress and is also trying to make it on Broadway. He tries to re-establish his relationship with her while also trying to hide the fact that she is his daughter from the press.Noah's Ark
6.3
Overview:
The Biblical story of Noah and the Great Flood, with a parallel story of soldiers in the First World War.Ninotchka
7.501
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A stern Russian woman sent to Paris on official business finds herself attracted to a man who represents everything she is supposed to detest.Ziegfeld Girl
6.5
Overview:
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.Little Caesar
6.874
Overview:
A small-time hood shoots his way to the top, but how long can he stay there?Midnight
7.3
Overview:
An unemployed American showgirl poses as Hungarian royalty to infiltrate Parisian high society.Gold Diggers in Paris
5.667
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When the representative of the Paris International Dance Exposition arrives in New York to invite the Academy Ballet of America to compete for monetary prizes, the taxi driver mistakenly brings him to the Club Ballé, a nightclub on the brink of declaring bankruptcy. The owners, Terry Moore and Duke Dennis, jump at the chance to go, despite being aware of the mistake. They hire ballet teacher, Luis Leoni, and his only pupil, Kay Morrow, to join the group, hoping to teach their two dozen show girls ballet en route to Paris by ship. Also going along and rooming with Kay is Mona, Terry's ex-wife, who wants to keep an eye on her alimony checks. Naturally, Kay and Terry fall in love.Topper Takes a Trip
6.4
Overview:
Mrs. Topper's friend Mrs. Parkhurst has convinced Mrs Topper to file for a divorce from Cosmo due to the strange circumstances of his trip with ghost Marion Kirby. Marion comes back from heaven's door to help Cosmo again, this time only with dog Mr. Atlas. Due to a strange behavior of Cosmo, the judge refuses to divorce them, so Mrs. Parkhurst takes Mrs. Topper on a trip to France where she tries to arrange the final reasons for the divorce. With help of a gold-digging French baron, Marion takes Cosmo to the same hotel to bring them back together and to get her own final ticket to heaven, but the whole thing turns out to be not too easy.Desire
6.878
Overview:
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses American engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain, to get the pearls out of France. But getting the pearls back from him proves to be difficult without falling in love.Brother Orchid
6.5
Overview:
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.Down Argentine Way
6.08
Overview:
The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.The Ice Follies of 1939
5.6
Overview:
Mary and Larry are are a modestly successful skating team. Shortly after their marriage, Mary gets a picture contract, while Larry is sitting at home, out of work.Hollywood Halfbacks
NYR
Overview:
Johnny Harron is watching the Hollywood fire department football team playing a game and decides that he can round up some Hollywood actors that could beat the firemen. Since Johnny Mack Brown is about the only person in the film that even looks like he could play football other than Johnny and stuntman Joe Bonomo, it’s doubtful that the team Harron put together could even beat the Our Gang football team! So, Betty Compson, anxious to see her Hollywood friends win the game, keeps phoning false alarms to the fire department. A Hollywood Thalians Club short.Fashions of 1934
6.381
Overview:
When the Manhattan investment firm of Sherwood Nash goes broke, he joins forces with his partner Snap and fashion designer Lynn Mason to provide discount shops with cheap copies of Paris couture dresses.Broadway Babies
5.2
Overview:
Dee is a naive chorus girl living in a boarding house full of low-paid actors. Dee and Billy are in love and he helps her to move from chorus girl to star. Things run afoul when jealousy, misunderstandings and sleazy men enter the picture.The Temptress
6.5
Overview:
A seductive woman forsakes her husband and lover to pursue a young engineer.Caravan
5
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A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine country, Hungary.I'll Give a Million
5.7
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After saving a tramp from suicide, a millionaire takes his clothing and disappears. Word is out that he will give a million dollars to anyone who is kind to a tramp.Bitter Sweet
5.833
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A woman runs away with her music teacher in order to escape an arranged marriage, but they struggle to make ends meet.Josette
6.5
Overview:
Two young men try to wrest their father from the clutches of a gold digger but by mistake think the woman is a young nightclub singer with whom they both fall in love.Ex-Lady
6.3
Overview:
Although free spirit Helen Bauer does not believe in marriage, she consents to marry Don, but his infidelities cause her to also take on a lover.Miracles for Sale
6.4
Overview:
A maker of illusions for magicians protects an ingenue likely to be murdered.Arise, My Love
6.3
Overview:
A dashing pilot and a vivacious reporter have romantic and dramatic adventures in Europe as World War II begins.Here's to Romance
NYR
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Kathleen Gerard, a high society wife fed up with her husband's artistic "protegées", decides to take one of her own in Nino, a promising tenor, patronizing him to study in Paris. He and her girlfriend are perfectly happy until the Gerards pay a visit and Mrs. Gerard starts to show too much interest in him.Remember?
5.8
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Sky and Linda meet on vacation and become engaged. When Sky introduces Linda to his best friend, Jeff, Linda and Jeff fall in love and marry. But Jeff's work puts a strain on the marriage and a divorce is planned. Sky uses an experimental memory loss drug to make Linda and Jeff forget their rough times (and the fact that they were married) and they fall in love all over again.Acting
1941Ziegfeld Girl as Pierre, Headwaiter (uncredited)
1940Arise, My Love as Orchestra Leader (Uncredited)
1940Bitter Sweet as Headwaiter (uncredited)
1940Down Argentine Way as Hotel Manager
1940Brother Orchid as Frenchman (uncredited)
1939Remember? as Marcel
1939Ninotchka as Louis the Headwaiter (uncredited)
1939Miracles for Sale as François
1939Midnight as Lebon
1939The Ice Follies of 1939 as Count (uncredited)
1939Off the Record as Chatteau
1938Topper Takes a Trip as Hotel Clerk
1938Vacation from Love as M. Fumagolly, Divorce Lawyer
1938Letter of Introduction as Jules the Barber (uncredited)
1938I'll Give a Million as Hotel Manager
1938Gold Diggers in Paris as Stage Manager
1938Josette as Thomas
1937Café Metropole as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1936Champagne Charlie as Cashier
1936Desire as Jewelry Clerk (uncredited)
1935Here's to Romance as Andriot
1935Diamond Jim as Jewelry Salesman
1934Caravan as Chief of Hussars (Uncredited)
1934George White's Scandals as Count Dekker
1934Love Detectives as John Smith
1934Fashions of 1934 as Paris Cafe Manager (uncredited)
1933Design for Living as Mr. Burton (uncredited)
1933Flying Down to Rio as One of the Three Greeks
1933Secret Sinners as Armand Blum
1933Ex-Lady as Man Flirting with Iris (uncredited)
1932Three Wise Girls as Andre
1931Hollywood Halfbacks as Unknown
1931Honeymoon Lane as King of Bulgravia
1931Sweepstakes as Maitre D'
1931Men of the Sky as Senor Mendoca
1931God's Gift to Women as Mons. Rancour
1931Little Caesar as De Voss
1931Kiss Me Again as M. Bachegalupé (uncredited)
1929Gold Diggers of Broadway as Barney Barnett
1929Broadway Babies as Tony Ginetti - the Nightclub Manager
1928Noah's Ark as The Frenchman / Leader of the King's Guard
1928The Devil's Cage as Pierre
1928A Woman's Way as Jean
1927That's My Daddy as Lucien Van Tassel
1927The Love Mart as Jean Delicado
1927The Stolen Bride as Baron von Heimburg
1927Fast and Furious as Dupont
1927Say It with Diamonds as Armand Armour
1926Josselyn's Wife as Pierre Marchand
1926The Temptress as Marquis de Torre Bianca
1926The Belle of Broadway as Count Raoul de Parma
1926Yellow Fingers as De Vries
1919A Temperamental Wife as Countt Tosoff de Zoolac
1918The Yellow Ticket as Count Rostov
1918Let's Get a Divorce as Adhemar
1918Innocent as Louis Doucet
1917The Siren as Armand
Writing
1928The Sporting Age ... Story