Oskar Homolka
Austrian actor (1898-1978) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 79
Oscar Homolka was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain and the United States. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officials, for which he was in regular demand.
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Film Emigration from Nazi GermanySeries1974
PlayhouseSeries, Father
The Tamarind SeedFilm, 1974General Golitsyn1972
The ProtectorsSeries, Zoltan Kolas1969
The Madwoman of ChaillotFilm, The Commissar1967
Billion Dollar BrainFilm, General Stok1965
Joy in the MorningFilm, Stan Pulaski1963
Breaking PointSeries1961
Mr. SardonicusFilm, Krull1960
ThrillerSeries, Pierre Jacquelin1958
TempestFilm, Savelic1956
War and PeaceFilm, Field Marshal Kutuzov1955
Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSeries, Carl Kaminsky1954
Prisoner of WarFilm, Col. Nikita I. Biroshilov1953
General Electric TheaterSeries, King1952
Cavalcade of AmericaSeries, Jeno Reinitz
Top SecretFilm, 1952Zekov1950
Robert Montgomery PresentsSeries1949
Anna LucastaFilm, Joe Lucasta1948
The Philco Television PlayhouseSeries, Bert1943
HostagesFilm, Lev Pressinger1940
Comrade XFilm, Commissar Vasiliev1931
Road to RioFilm, Ricardo Gabiano1927
Tragedy of the StreetFilm, Anton - Pimp1898Born12 August 1898People around Oskar
Richard Oswald Directed 1914, The Green Alley and Dreyfus
John Huston Directed A Farewell to Arms (1957)
Dino De Laurentiis Produced War and Peace and Tempest
King Vidor Directed War and Peace and Comrade X
Andrew Marton Directed A Farewell to Arms and Prisoner of WarHarry Saltzman Produced Billion Dollar Brain (1968)
Vladimir Sokoloff Also in Mission to Moscow and Mr. Sardonicus
Fritz Wendhausen Directed The Trial of Donald Westhof (1927)
Michael Caine Also in Billion Dollar Brain (1968)Billy Wilder Directed The Seven Year Itch (1955)
Bryan Forbes Directed The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
Charles Lane Also in The Invisible Woman (1940)
Helmut Dantine Also in Mission to Moscow and Tempest
Sam Spiegel Produced Invisible Opponent (1933)- Gottfried Reinhardt Produced Rage in Heaven (1941)
Aubrey Mather Also in Rage in Heaven and Ball of Fire
Alfred Hitchcock Directed Sabotage (1937)
Richard Chamberlain Also in Joy in the Morning (1965)
Carlo Ponti Produced War and Peace (1958)
Blake Edwards Directed The Tamarind Seed (1976)
George Stevens Directed I Remember Mama (1948)
Alfred Newman Wrote The Seven Year Itch and Ball of Fire
Alberto Lattuada Directed Tempest (1958)
Karl Freund Produced Die Abenteuer eines Zehnmarkscheines (1926)
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Ball of Fire 1941
I Remember Mama 1948
The Seven Year Itch 1955
Sabotage 1936
War and Peace 1956
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Television 16
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By the age of 30, he had appeared in more than 400 plays; his film career covered at least 100 films and TV shows.