Oscar Beregi (actor, born 1918)
Oscar Beregi | |
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| File:Oscar Beregi in Hogan's Heroes 1966.jpg Oscar Beregi in Hogan's Heroes 1966 | |
| Born | May 12, 1918 |
| Died | November 1, 1976 (aged 58) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Grand View Memorial Park |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1959–1976 |
| Parent | Oscar Beregi Sr. |
Oscar Beregi Jr. (May 12, 1918 – November 1, 1976) was a Hungarian-born film and television actor. He was the son of actor Oscar Beregi Sr. and often was billed simply as Oscar Beregi. Beregi was most famous for his roles in The Twilight Zone.
Career
Television
Beregi had a major recurring role as fictional gang lord Joe Kulak on The Untouchables. He played the starring role as ex-Nazi Captain Gunther Lutze in the Twilight Zone episode "Deaths-Head Revisited." He also appeared in the Twilight Zone episodes "The Rip Van Winkle Caper" and "Mute" and in dozens of shows that used his distinctively paradoxical heavy-set European urbanity to comic effect, including Hogan's Heroes (twice), The Monkees, The Man From U.N.C.L.E., Blue Light, The Wild Wild West, Mission: Impossible, season 1 episodes 4 and 5, Get Smart, Green Acres in the 1968 episode 1 & 2 of "A Star Named Arnold is Born" as well as the 1970 episode "A Royal Love Story," and in an episode of The Lucy Show which featured Hogan's Heroes star Bob Crane and a cameo by John Banner in character as Stalag 13's Sergeant Schultz. Airing on March 29, 1968, he appeared in the episode “Love and Goulash” on Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C..
Film
Beregi's film career included small roles in several major films, including Judgement at Nuremberg (1961), The Incredible Mr. Limpet (1964), My Fair Lady (1964), Ship of Fools (1965), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972) and Young Frankenstein (1974).
Death
Beregi died of a heart attack on November 1, 1976 in Los Angeles, California. He was buried in Glendale's Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1959 | The Oregon Trail | Ralph Clayman | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Let's Make Love | Chauffeur | Uncredited |
| 1960 | North to Alaska | Captain | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Sea Hunt | Rebreather | 1 episode |
| 1961 | Operation Eichmann | Chief of Police, Kuwait | |
| 1961 | The Fiercest Heart | Klaas | |
| 1961 | Judgement at Nuremberg | Waiter at Court Lounge | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Police Nurse | Dr. Leon Claudel | |
| 1963 | Decision at Midnight | Chief Marshal | |
| 1964 | The Incredible Mr. Limpet | Nazi Admiral | |
| 1964 | My Fair Lady | Greek Ambassador | Uncredited |
| 1964 | Youngblood Hawke | Builder | Uncredited |
| 1964 | 36 Hours | Lt. Col. Ostermann | |
| 1965 | Ship of Fools | Herr Lutz | |
| 1965 | Morituri | Admiral Wendel | |
| 1967 | Batman (TV Series) | Dr. Floyd | year 2, episode 48 |
| 1968 | Panic in the City | Dr. Paul Cerbo | |
| 1970 | The Christine Jorgensen Story | Dr. Victor Dahlman | |
| 1970 | The Great White Hope | Ragosy | |
| 1971 | The Organization | Andre / Drug Lord | Uncredited |
| 1971 | Cactus in the Snow | Mr. Albert | |
| 1972 | Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex | Brain Control | |
| 1974 | Young Frankenstein | Sadistic Jailor |
References
- ^ Wilson, Scott (2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 58. ISBN 9781476625997. Retrieved 16 July 2017.
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- American male film actors
- American male television actors
- Hungarian emigrants to the United States
- 1918 births
- 1976 deaths
- 20th-century American male actors
- Male actors from Budapest
- Burials at Grand View Memorial Park Cemetery
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