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Louis Dumar (3 April 1896 – 15 December 1955) was an American actor who had a brief career during the silent era. He is probably best remembered today for playing Tigellinus in Salomé (1922).
Dumar was born as Luigi Liserani in Boston, Massachusetts in 1896, the son of recently arrived Italian immigrant parents Carlo Liserani and Caterina née Tessitori. His two brothers were also actors: his older brother was Gino Corrado (real name Gino Corrado Liserani), while another brother, Lawrence Liserani, worked mostly as an extra. Louis Dumar's film roles included: Prince Eiderstrom in The Great Impersonation (1921); Count Cognasto in The Lady from Longacre (1921); José De Silva in You Never Know (1922); Malcolm Thorne in The Golden Gift (1922), and Tigellinus in Salomé (1922).
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Dumar was married to Vivian Eleanor Liserani née Marino (1914-1994) from 1940 to his death. They had two children.
Louis Dumar died in Alhambra, California in 1955.