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Austrian actor whose broad "Brezhnevite" features and Slavic accent were exploited in both comic and villainous roles after he settled in the US in 1936. Memorable as the crusty uncle in "I Remember Mama" (1948).
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

The Tamarind Seed - ( General Golitsyn / 1974 / Released / )
Song of Norway - ( / 1970 / Released / )
The Executioner - ( Racvosky / 1970 / Released / )
The Madwoman of Chaillot - ( The Commissar / 1969 / Released / )
Assignment to Kill - ( Inspector Ruff / 1968 / Released / )
Billion Dollar Brain - ( Colonel Stock / 1967 / Released / )
The Happening - ( Sam / 1967 / Released / )
Funeral in Berlin - ( Colonel Stok / 1966 / Released / )
Joy in the Morning - ( Stan Pulaski / 1965 / Released / )
The Long Ships - ( Krok / 1964 / Released / )
Boys' Night Out - ( D Prokosch / 1962 / Released / )
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm - ( The Duke / 1962 / Released / )
Mr. Sardonicus - ( / 1961 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
The Key - ( Captain Van Dam / 1958 / Released / )
The Tempest - ( Savelic / 1958 / Released / )
A Farewell to Arms - ( Dr Emerich / 1957 / Released / )
War and Peace - ( General Kutuzov / 1956 / Released / )
The Seven Year Itch - ( Dr Brubaker / 1955 / Released / )
Prisoner of War - ( Colonel Nikita Biroshilov / 1954 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Mission to Moscow - ( / 1943 / Released / )
Ball of Fire - ( Professor Gurkahoff / 1941 / Released / RKO Pictures Distribution )
Comrade X - ( / 1940 / Released / )
Seven Sinners - ( / 1940 / Released / )
Sabotage - ( Mrs. Verloc's Husband / 1936 / Released / Gaumont British Distributors Ltd. )
Alfred Hitchcock: Sabotage and The Lodger - ( Mrs. Verloc's Husband / / Released / )
TV Credits
One of Our Own ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
The Legendary Curse of the Hope Diamond ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Austrian actor whose broad "Brezhnevite" features and Slavic accent were exploited in both comic and villainous roles after he settled in the US in 1936. Memorable as the crusty uncle in "I Remember Mama" (1948).

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Oskar Homolka

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Education
Royal Dramatic Academy Vienna, Austria
Milestones (Back to top)
1974 Last film, "The Tamarind Seed"
1937 First US film, "Ebb Tide"
1936 Moved to US
1935 First English-language feature, "Rhodes of Africa"
Began appearing in German films in the late 1920s
Moved to England
Returned to England in the mid-60s

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