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Oskar Homolka

Acting

Born August 11, 1898 · Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Died January 27, 1978

Also known as Oscar Homolka

Biography

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. By the age of 30, he had appeared in more than 400 plays; his film career covered at least 100 films and TV shows.

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Awards & recognition

  • German Film Award
  • Academy AwardBest Supporting Actor · 1949 · nominated

Filmography29 titles

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1955as Carpius

Ball of Fire

1941as Prof. Gurkakoff

The Madwoman of Chaillot

1969as The Commissar

Kojak

1973as Father Dimitrius

I Remember Mama

1948as Uncle Chris

The Seven Year Itch

1955as Dr. Brubaker

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

1968as Stryker

Thriller

1960as Pierre Jacquelin

Sabotage

1936as Karl Verloc - Her Husband

War and Peace

1956as Field Marshal Kutuzov

The Shop at Sly Corner

1947as Desius Heiss

Tempest

1958as Savelic

Funeral in Berlin

1966as Colonel Stok

Rage in Heaven

1941as Dr. Rameau

Mr. Sardonicus

1961as Krull

The Tamarind Seed

1974as General Golitsyn

The Protectors

1972as Zoltan Kolas

The Long Ships

1964as Krok

The Key

1958as Van Dam

Assignment to Kill

1968as Inspector Ruff

A Farewell to Arms

1957as Dr. Emerich

The Executioner

1970as Racovsky

The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm

1962as The Duke ('The Dream')

Boys' Night Out

1962as Dr. Prokosch

Seven Sinners

1940as Antro

Mission to Moscow

1943as Maxim Litvinov

The Invisible Woman

1940as Blackie

Billion Dollar Brain

1967as General Stok

Cavalcade of America

1952as Jeno Reinitz