Darío Moreno
Birthday
1921/04/03
Day of death
1968/12/01 (47 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Smyrna, Ottoman Empire [now Izmir, Turkey]
Also know as
Dario Moreno, David Arugete
Biography
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 Ayd...Read more
Acting
(1953) The Wages of Fear
as Pepito Hernandez
(1959) Oh! What a Mambo
as Miguel Montero
(1959) Come Dance with Me!
as Florès
(1956) Forgive Our Trespasses
as Rebor
(1960) It Happened All Night
as Darío Moreno
(1966) The Saint Lies in Wait
as (uncredited)
(1958) A Woman Like Satan
as Arbadajian
(1963) Good King Dagobert
as Charibert
(1953) Sins of Paris
as ---
(1951) No Vacation for Mr. Mayor
as The Maharaja
(1953) Deux de l'escadrille
as ---
(1960) Candide or The Optimism in the 20th Century
as Un dictateur sud américain / South American Dictator
(1958) Incognito
as Fernando
(1953) Poison Ivy
as Joe Madrigal
(1966) Hotel Paradiso
as The Turk
(1959) Atomic Agent
as Doctor Alberto / Don José
(1960) The Revolt of the Slaves
as Massimiano
(1963) Ladies First
as L'aubergiste
(1957) An Eye for an Eye
as Le cafetier de Toluma
(1954) The Sheep Has Five Legs
as Le joueur américain
(1960) Marie of the Isles
as Desmarais, the traitor
(1957) Anyone Can Kill Me
as Luigi Falconi
(1960) Lay Off Blondes
as Rodinoff
(1954) Dames Don't Care
as Perera, the Head Waiter
(1957) Burning Fuse
as Jeff
(1965) Tell Me Whom to Kill
as Pitou
(1965) Dernier tiercé
as Guido
(1961) Tintin and the Mystery of the Golden Fleece
as Midas Papos
(1962) Le tout pour le tout
as ---
(1963) No temas a la ley
as Bruno Suárez
(1954) Quai des blondes
as Lucky
(1968) Woman in Chains
as Sala
(1956) Cinépanorama
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self (archive footage)