Marcel Perez
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 | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3223 |
| Birthday | 1884-01-29 |
| Place of Birth | Madrid |
| Also Known As | Marcel Fabre, Marcel Fernández Peréz, Michel Fabre, Fernandea Perez, Robinet, Tweedledum, |
1912
Miss Tweedledum
4.3/3
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 f...
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Miss Tweedledum
1911
Tweedledum as Aviator
6.9/10
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 i...
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Tweedledum as Aviator
1912
Robinet: Cyclist
6.5/2
Italian slapstick actor Robinet riding a bicycle.
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Robinet: Cyclist
1910
Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey
4/2
Robinet wants to try out to be a jockey, but has to go through a lot of exercise to reach the weight needed.
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Tweedledum Wants to Be a Jockey
1914
Pedestrian Love
5.545/11
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 sma...
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Pedestrian Love
1912
La nuova cameriera è troppo bella
6.667/3
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.].....
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La nuova cameriera è troppo bella
1916
A Bath Tub Elopement
5/1
A 1916 short comedy starring Marcel Perez
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A Bath Tub Elopement
1911
Robinet’s White Suit
5.5/2
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. (M...
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Robinet’s White Suit
1914
Robinet è Geloso
5/1
Robinet is jealous, with comedic results.
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Robinet è Geloso
1911
Robinet in Love with a Singer
5/1
Robinet brings down the house when he unleashes himself on Mimi Kratzfuss , an attractive opera singer, during a music hall performance.
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Robinet in Love with a Singer
1916
A Busy Night
0/0
A disgruntled man imagines what the world would be like if everyone were like him.
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A Busy Night
1918
Camouflage
0/0
A detective pursues a woman suspected of spying for the Kaiser.
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Camouflage
1919
You're Next
5/1
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 calamitou...
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You're Next
1912
Tweedledum's Sweet Wife
4/1
Robinet escapes from his wife’s smothering devotion to the adventure of lovemaking outside marriage.
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Tweedledum's Sweet Wife
1916
Some Hero
0/0
When Tweedledum's girl is kidnapped by bad men, he springs into action.
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Some Hero
1910
Police in the Year 2000
5/2
From a futuristic airship, the French police stop crime, arrest criminals, and catch dogs without touching the ground. (MoMA)
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Police in the Year 2000
1916
Lend Me Your Wife
0/0
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Lend Me Your Wife
1913
Robinet boxeur
6/6
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.
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Robinet boxeur
1911
L'auto di Robinet
6/3
Tweedledum gets chased by police on bicycles.
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L'auto di Robinet
1914
Robinet chauffeur miope
5/1
A Italian short comedy with Robinet.
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Robinet chauffeur miope
1921
Sweet Daddy
5/1
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...
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Sweet Daddy
1907
The Short-Sighted Cyclist
0/0
The cyclist is dispatched upon an important errand, and his humorous and alarming adventures by the way form the subject of this series. Misadventure...
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The Short-Sighted Cyclist
1919
Chickens in Turkey
0/0
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.
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Chickens in Turkey
1921
Pinched
0/0
A short comedy
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Pinched
1923
Friday the 13th
7/1
A short comedy
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Friday the 13th
1916
A Scrambled Honeymoon
0/0
A Short Comedy
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A Scrambled Honeymoon
1918
Oh! What a Day
0/0
A short comedy
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Oh! What a Day
1921
Wild
0/0
A short comedy
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Wild
1913
The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola
5.8/15
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 th...
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The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnino Farandola
1919
Can You Beat It?
0/0
Twede-Dan is aggressively courted, and courts, in a park.
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Can You Beat It?
1926
Lash of the Law
10/1
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 hi...
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Lash of the Law
1912
Robinet padre e figlio
4/1
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 comp...
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Robinet padre e figlio
1910
Tweedledum on His First Bicycle
6/2
Tweedledum's attempts to master the bicycle lead him into situations both thrilling and comical, and the ride proves most adventurous. He barely escap...
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Tweedledum on His First Bicycle
1912
Una Dichiarazione Impossibile di Robinet
4/1
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 f...
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Una Dichiarazione Impossibile di Robinet
1912
Tweedledum a Rich Man for Ten Minutes
4/1
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...
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Tweedledum a Rich Man for Ten Minutes
1912
Robinet in vacanza
5/2
Marcel Perez arrives at the holiday resort wearing a pith helmet and carrying enough luggage to hold supplies for a monthlong journey through hostile...
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Robinet in vacanza
1912
Robinet ricattatore
4/1
Marcel Perez and Nilde Baracchi are blackmailers engaged in the badger game: each gets a member of the opposite sex into compromising positions, the o...
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Robinet ricattatore
1911
Le furberie di Robinet
0/0
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...
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Le furberie di Robinet
1913
Robinet Reporter
0/0
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 troop...
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Robinet Reporter
1915
Robinet Pescatore
0/0
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...
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Robinet Pescatore
1910
Tweedledum's Itching Powder
0/0
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 antic...
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Tweedledum's Itching Powder
1913
Tweedledum as a Cycling Policeman
0/0
A short comedy for the actor Marcel Perez
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Tweedledum as a Cycling Policeman
1910
Il duello di Robinet
4/1
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 cha...
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Il duello di Robinet
1911
Tweedledum's Auto-Skates
0/0
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 t...
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Tweedledum's Auto-Skates
1914
The Destruction of Carthage
0/0
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 t...
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