Paul Henreid
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 in the Now, Voyager trailer (1942) |
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| Born | Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter von Wassel-Waldingau 10 January 1908 Trieste, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) |
| Died | 29 March 1992 (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1933–1977 |
Paul Henreid (born Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter von Wassel-Waldingau; 10 January 1908 – 29 March 1992)[1] was an Austrian actor and film director, best remembered for playing Victor Laszlo in Casablanca (1942).
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[edit] Early life
Born in Trieste, which was then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Henreid was the son of an aristocratic Viennese banker. He studied theatre in Vienna and debuted on the stage under the direction of Max Reinhardt. He began his film career acting in German films in the 1930s, but left Austria in 1935 for Britain. With the start of World War II, Henreid risked deportation or internment as an enemy alien, but Conrad Veidt spoke for him and he was allowed to remain free in England.[2] A small role in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) then led him to Hollywood.
[edit] Career
In 1942, Henreid appeared in his two most important films. In Now, Voyager, he and Bette Davis created one of the screen's most imitated scenes, in which he lights two cigarettes and hands one to her. Henreid's next role was as Victor Laszlo, heroic anti-Nazi leader, in Casablanca with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman.
In 1946, Henreid became a citizen of the United States.[3]
He made regular film appearances throughout the 1940s, and in the early 1950s began directing for both film and television. His film credits include The Spanish Main (1945), Of Human Bondage (1946), Song of Love (1947), Thief of Damascus (1952), Siren of Bagdad (1953), and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1961). His television directorial credits include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Bonanza and The Big Valley. In 1964, Henreid directed Dead Ringer, which starred Bette Davis and featured, in a minor role, the director's daughter, Monika.
[edit] Death
Henreid died of pneumonia in Santa Monica, California and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery. He was reportedly buried with a fan letter from a woman named Mildred Jacobs which he had received in 1937, when he was little known, and which he said meant more to him than any award he had won.[citation needed]
Henreid married Elizabeth Gluck in 1936, with whom he had two daughters, Monika Henreid and Mimi Duncan.
Henreid has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one (for film) at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard and the other (for television) at 1722 Vine Street.
[edit] Filmography
[edit] As actor
[edit] As director
- For Men Only (1952)
- A Woman's Devotion (1956)
- Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
- Girls on the Loose (1958)
- Dead Ringer (1964)
- Ballad in Blue (1964)
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