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Paul Lukas(1895-1971)

  • Actor
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"20000 Leagues Under the Sea" Paul Lukas 1954 Walt Disney Productions
A yacht owner's spoiled daughter gets Mike fired, but a boy helps him get a job as singer at Acapulco Hilton etc. He upsets the lifeguard by taking his girl and 3 daily work hours. Mike's also seeing a woman bullfighter.
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Fun in Acapulco (1963)
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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 movies in Budapest and in the 1920s he began appearing in films in Austria as well. He journeyed to Hollywood in 1927, where he finally settled down. He wasn't untrue to the stage--he played Dr. Rank to Ruth Gordon's Nora in Henrik Ibsen's "A Doll's House" in the Morosco Theatre in New York in 1937--but concentrated on films until 1948. In the '50s he started appearing on stage more and more, and worked in films and on TV only sporadically.
BornMay 26, 1895
DiedAugust 16, 1971(76)
BornMay 26, 1895
DiedAugust 16, 1971(76)
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  • Won 1 Oscar
    • 6 wins total

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Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Donald Buka, Paul Lukas, Eric Roberts, and Janis Wilson in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
George Coulouris and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis, George Coulouris, Paul Lukas, and Donald Woods in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Paul Lukas and Lucile Watson in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis, Paul Lukas, and Lucile Watson in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Donald Buka and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
George Coulouris, Paul Lukas, and Donald Woods in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)

Known for

Bette Davis and Paul Lukas in Watch on the Rhine (1943)
Watch on the Rhine
7.1
  • Kurt Muller
  • 1943
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
7.2
  • Prof. Pierre Aronnax
  • 1954
Margaret Lockwood in The Lady Vanishes (1938)
The Lady Vanishes
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  • Dr. Egon Hartz
  • 1938
Louise Fazenda, Paul Lukas, and Alison Skipworth in The Casino Murder Case (1935)
The Casino Murder Case
6.2
  • Philo Vance
  • 1935

Credits

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Actor

  • The Challenge (1970)
    The Challenge
    • Dr. Nagy
    • TV Movie
    • 1970
  • It Takes a Thief (1968)
    It Takes a Thief
    • Von Wolfgang
    • TV Series
    • 1969
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
    • Baron Vincennes
    • TV Series
    • 1968
  • Sol Madrid (1968)
    Sol Madrid
    • Capo Riccione
    • 1968
  • Robert Vaughn, Leo G. Carroll, and David McCallum in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964)
    The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
    • Dr. Stoller
    • TV Series
    • 1967
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
    • Anton Dieter
    • Ambassador Korvin
    • TV Series
    • 1966–1967
  • Ben Gazzara in Run for Your Life (1965)
    Run for Your Life
    • Dr. Werner
    • TV Series
    • 1966
  • Lord Jim (1965)
    Lord Jim
    • Stein
    • 1965
  • The Man Who Bought Paradise (1965)
    The Man Who Bought Paradise
    • Colonel Von Rittner
    • TV Movie
    • 1965
  • Fun in Acapulco (1963)
    Fun in Acapulco
    • Maximillian Dauphin
    • 1963
  • Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963)
    Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
    • Dr. Krug
    • TV Series
    • 1963
  • 55 Days at Peking (1963)
    55 Days at Peking
    • Dr. Steinfeldt
    • 1963
  • Sam Benedict (1962)
    Sam Benedict
    • Karl Messerman
    • TV Series
    • 1963
  • The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
    The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
    • Karl von Hartrott
    • 1962
  • Jason Robards and Jennifer Jones in Tender Is the Night (1962)
    Tender Is the Night
    • Dr. Dohmler - Psychiatrist
    • 1962

Soundtrack

  • David Holt and May Robson in Age of Indiscretion (1935)
    Age of Indiscretion
    • performer: "Silent Night, Holy Night" (1818) (uncredited)
    • 1935
  • Katharine Hepburn, Joan Bennett, Frances Dee, and Jean Parker in Little Women (1933)
    Little Women
    • performer: "Marching Through Georgia" (1865), "None But the Lonely Heart (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt)" (1880) (uncredited)
    • 1933
  • Virginia Bruce and John Gilbert in Downstairs (1932)
    Downstairs
    • performer: "Schnitzelbank Song"
    • 1932

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Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Paul Lukacs
  • Height
    • 6′ 1½″ (1.87 m)
  • Born
    • May 26, 1895
    • Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]
  • Died
    • August 16, 1971
    • Tangier, Morocco(heart failure)
  • Spouses
      Annette M. DriesensNovember 7, 1963 - August 16, 1971 (his death)
  • Parents
      Adolf Munkácsi
  • Other works
    Stage: Appeared (as "Dr. Rank"; Broadway debut) in "A Doll's House (1937). Drama (revival). Written by Henrik Ibsen. Book adapted by Thornton Wilder. Directed by Jed Harris. Morosco Theatre: 27 Dec 1937- May 1938 (closing date unknown/144 performances). Cast: Ruth Gordon (as "Nora Helmer"), Sam Jaffe (as "Nils Krogstad"), Harold Johnsrud, Dennis King, Lorna Lynn Meyers, Grace Mills, Jessica Rogers, Howard Sherman, Margaret Waller. Produced by Jed Harris.
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    • 7 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Became a U. S. Citizen in 1933 and won the Academy Award 1943 for Watch on the Rhine (1943).
  • Quotes
    [on his role in Watch on the Rhine (1943), 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.

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