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Paul Lukas (I) (1891–1971)

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Oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice (Kassa) to be an actor; in 1918 he became an actor specializing in comedy. For ten years he was the most popular character player and romantic lead of the company. In 1918 he began making in Budapest and in the 1920s he began appearing in films in Austria as well... See full bio »

Born:

Pál Lukács
in Budapest, Austria-Hungary (now Hungary)

Died:

(age 80) in Tangier, Morocco
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1970 The Challenge (TV movie)
Dr. Nagy
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Von Wolfgang
– A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 2 (1969) … Von Wolfgang
– A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 1 (1969) … Von Wolfgang
 
1968 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Vincennes
– Collector's Edition (1968) … Vincennes
 
1968 Sol Madrid
Capo Riccione
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Dr. Stoller
– The Test Tube Killer Affair (1967) … Dr. Stoller
 
1966-1967 The F.B.I. (TV series)
Ambassador Korvin / Anton Dieter
– The Hostage (1967) … Anton Dieter
– The Defector: Part 2 (1966) … Ambassador Korvin
– The Defector: Part 1 (1966) … Ambassador Korvin
 
1966 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Dr. Werner
– The Day Time Stopped (1966) … Dr. Werner
 
1965 Lord Jim
Stein
 
1965 The Man Who Bought Paradise (TV movie)
Colonel Von Rittner
 
1963 Fun in Acapulco
Maximillian Dauphin
 
1963 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Krug
– Four Kings (1963) … Dr. Krug
 
1963 55 Days at Peking
Dr. Steinfeldt
 
1963 Sam Benedict (TV series)
Karl Messerman
– Season for Vengeance (1963) … Karl Messerman
 
1962 Tender Is the Night
Dr. Dohmler
 
1962 The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Karl von Hartrott
 
1960 Scent of Mystery
Baron Saradin
 
1959 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Ernest Janning
– Judgment at Nuremberg (1959) … Ernest Janning
 
1958 The Roots of Heaven
Saint Denis
 
1955 Mr. Citizen (TV series)
– The Friendly Stranger (1955)
 
1955 The United States Steel Hour (TV series)
Charles Lagarde
– The Thief (1955) … Charles Lagarde
 
1954 20000 Leagues Under the Sea
Prof. Pierre Aronnax
 
1952-1954 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Dr. Leitner / Franz Kralik
– Miracle at the Waldorf (1954) … Dr. Leitner
– Something to Celebrate (1952) … Franz Kralik
 
1953 Tales of Tomorrow (TV series)
Program Host
– Read to Me, Herr Doktor (1953) … Program Host (uncredited)
 
1952 Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV series)
– Caprice (1952)
 
1950 Sure As Fate (TV series)
Narrator (1950-51)
 
1950 Kim
Lama
 
1949 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Gabbo the Great
– Battleship Bismark (1949)
– The Rival Dummy (1949) … Gabbo the Great
 
1949 The Silver Theatre (TV series)
– Rhapsody in Discord (1949)
 
1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
The Doctor
– The Unguarded Moment (1949) … The Doctor
 
1948 Berlin Express
Dr. Bernhardt
 
1947 Whispering City
Albert Frédéric
 
1946 Temptation
Sir Meyer Isaacson
 
1946 Deadline at Dawn
Gus Hoffman
 
1944 Experiment Perilous
Nick Bederaux
 
1944 Address Unknown
Martin Schulz
 
1944 Uncertain Glory
Inspector Marcel Bonet
 
1943 Watch on the Rhine
Kurt Muller
 
1943 Hostages
Rheinhardt
 
1943 Don't Be a Sucker (short)
German Professor
 
1941 They Dare Not Love
Baron von Helsing
 
1941 The Monster and the Girl
W. S. Bruhl
 
1940 Lady in Distress
Zoltini
 
1940 The Ghost Breakers
Parada
 
1940 The Chinese Den
Yuan Sing
 
1940 Strange Cargo
Hessler
 
1939 Captain Fury
François Dupré
 
1939 Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Dr. Kassell
 
1938 The Lady Vanishes
Dr. Hartz
 
1937 Dinner at the Ritz
Baron Philip de Beaufort
 
1937 Mutiny on the Elsinore
Jack Pethurst
 
1937 Dangerous Secrets
Prof. Paul Bernardy
 
1937 Espionage
Anton Kronsky
 
1936 Ladies in Love
John Barta
 
1936 Dodsworth
Arnold Iselin
 
1935 I Found Stella Parish
Stephan Norman
 
1935 The Three Musketeers
Athos
 
1935 Age of Indiscretion
Robert Lenhart
 
1935 The Casino Murder Case
Philo Vance
 
1934 Father Brown, Detective
Flambeau
 
1934 Gift of Gab
Paul Lukas
 
1934 The Fountain
Rupert von Narwitz
 
1934 I Give My Love
Paul Vadja
 
1934 Affairs of a Gentleman
Victor Gresham
 
1934 Glamour
Victor Banki
 
1934 The Countess of Monte Cristo
Rumowski
 
1933 By Candlelight
Josef
 
1933 Little Women
Prof. Bhaer
 
1933 Sing, Sinner, Sing
Phil Carida
 
1933 Captured!
Colonel Carl Ehrlich
 
1933 Secret of the Blue Room
Captain Walter Brink
 
1933 The Kiss Before the Mirror
Walter Bernsdorf
 
1933 Grand Slam
Peter Stanislavsky
 
1932 Rockabye
Antonie de Sola
 
1932 A Passport to Hell
Lt. Kurt Kurtoff
 
1932 Downstairs
Albert, the Baron's Butler
 
1932 Thunder Below
Ken
 
1932 Tomorrow and Tomorrow
Dr. Nicholas Faber
 
1932 No One Man
Dr. Karl Bemis
 
1931 Strictly Dishonorable
Count Gus Di Ruvo
 
1931 Working Girls
Dr. Joseph Von Schrader
 
1931 Beloved Bachelor
Michael Morda
 
1931 Women Love Once
Julien Fields
 
1931 The Vice Squad
Stephen Lucarno
 
1931 City Streets
Big Fellow Maskal
 
1931 Unfaithful
Colin Graham
 
1930 The Right to Love
Eric
 
1930 Anybody's Woman
Gustave Saxon
 
1930 Grumpy
Berci
 
1930 The Devil's Holiday
Dr. Reynolds
 
1930 The Benson Murder Case
Adolph Mohler
 
1930 Young Eagles
Von Baden
 
1930 Slightly Scarlet
Malatroff
 
1930 Behind the Make-Up
Boris
 
1929 Halfway to Heaven
Nick Pogli
 
1929 Illusion
Count Fortuny
 
1929 The Wolf of Wall Street
David Tyler
 
1928 The Shopworn Angel
Bailey
 
1928 Manhattan Cocktail
Boris Renov
 
1928 The Woman from Moscow
Vladimir - his son
 
1928 Night Watch
Captain Corlaix
 
1928 Loves of an Actress
Dr. Durande
 
1928 Hot News
James Clayton
 
1928 Three Sinners
Count Dietrich Wallentin
 
1928 Two Lovers
Don Ramon de Linea
 
1924 Egy fiúnak a fele
 
1923 Das unbekannte Morgen
 
1923 Diadalmas élet
Lord Harry Arwood, londoni vasgyáros (as Lukács Pál)
 
1923 Az egyhuszasos lány (as Lukács Pál)
 
1922 Samson und Delila
Ettore Ricco, tenor
 
1922 Lady Violetta
 
1920 Tláni, az elvarázsolt hercegasszony (as Lukács Pál)
 
1920 A színésznö (as Lukács Pál)
 
1920 A szürkeruhás hölgy
 
1920 Masamód
A festõ (as Lukács Pál)
 
1918 Udvari levegö (as Pál Lukács)
 
1918 Vorrei morir
 
1918 Sphynx (as Lukács Pál)
 
1917 The Vanishing Woman (short)
Dr. Hartz
 
1917 Heartsong (short)
 
1915 A Man of the Earth (short)
 
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1935 Age of Indiscretion (performer: "Silent Night, Holy Night" 1818 - uncredited)
 
1933 Little Women (performer: "Marching Through Georgia" 1865 - uncredited, "None But the Lonely Heart Nur Wer die Sehnsucht Kennt" 1880 - uncredited)
 
1932 Downstairs (performer: "Schnitzelbank Song")
 
1931 Strictly Dishonorable (performer: "It Happened in Monterey" 1930 - uncredited)
 
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1968 The Joey Bishop Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.205 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #2.186 (1968) … Himself
 
1951 The Kate Smith Evening Hour (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1951) … Himself
 
1940 Screen Snapshots Series 19, No. 9: Sports in Hollywood (documentary short)
Himself, Tennis Fan
 
1936 Breakdowns of 1936 (short)
Himself
 
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2003 The Making of '20000 Leagues Under the Sea' (video documentary)
Himself
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1983 Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1976 Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color (TV series)
 
1953 Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (short)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1941) Stage: Appeared (as "Kurt Muller") in "Watch on the Rhine" on Broadway. Drama. Written by Lillian Hellman. Incidental music by Paul Bowles. Scenic Design by Jo Mielziner. Costume Design by Helene Pons. Assistant to Jo Mielziner: George Jenkins. Directed / produced by Herman Shumlin... See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 4 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Pál Lukács | Lukács Pál

Height:

6' 1½" (1.87 m)
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Personal Quote:

[on his role in Watch on the Rhine, which he originally played on Broadway] The writing is so right you don't have to learn the part. It sticks to you. I amuse myself by changing a gesture occasionally. See more »

Trivia:

Became a U. S. Citizen in 1933 and won the Academy Award 1943 for Watch on the Rhine. See more »

Star Sign:

Gemini