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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

Oskar Homolka (August 12, 1898 – January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Homolka's strong accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and Slavic-sounding name led many to believe he was Eastern European or Russian, but he was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oskar Homolka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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 Long Ships

1964as Krok

The Key

1958as Van Dam

The Protectors

as Zoltan Kolas

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

as Jeno Reinitz