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Date of Birth
2 February 1912, Berlin, Germany

Date of Death
11 March 1999, Rogaro, Italy (heart attack)

Spouse
Kohler, Marion (1947 - 11 March 1999) (his death) 2 children
Pittman, Joan (1939 - 1945) (divorced) 1 child

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Son of famed classical pianist Artur Schnabel.

He and his wife had lived for 45 years in Rowayton, Connecticut, USA, before moving to Rogaro, Italy, in 1992.

He is most familiar to television audiences for his 17-year stint as Dr. Stephen Jackson on the long-running soap opera "The Guiding Light" (1952).

He and his family left Berlin when the Nazi regime came to power in 1933. He eventually studied acting in London and the Old Vic Theatre.

Featured in Laurence Olivier's first production of "Hamlet" and became a friend of George Bernard Shaw after appearing in a production of "Major Barbara."

In the United States from 1938 and became an established radio actor, gracing more than 5,000 programs.

He and second wife Marion Kohler co-founded the Rainbow Theatre in Connecticut.

Appeared on radio and stage with Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre, including theatre productions of "Julius Caesar" and "The Shoemaker's Holiday." Also appeared in Welles' musical adaptation of "Around the World in Eighty Days" called "Around the World" on Broadway, with music and lyrics by Cole Porter.


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