From Broadway (notably as Tybalt in Olivier's 1940 production of "Romeo and Juliet"), Wilde entered films in 1940 and made his name playing Frederic Chopin in "A Song to Remember" (1945). Of limited charm and talent, he fluctuated between A....
From Broadway (notably as Tybalt in Olivier's 1940 production of "Romeo and Juliet"), Wilde entered films in 1940 and made his name playing Frederic Chopin in "A Song to Remember" (1945). Of limited charm and talent, he fluctuated between A and B pictures (including a number of swashbucklers) before beginning to direct and star in his own independent productions in the mid-1950s. Among his more inspired directorial efforts is the striking adventure feature, "The Naked Prey" (1966).
Wilde was married to actress Patricia Wright from 1937 to 1951 and to Jean Wallace from 1951 to 1981; he co-starred with Wallace in several films (e.g., "The Big Combo" 1955, "Sword of Lancelot" 1963).