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Member of Vienna's renowned Burgtheater who alternated between stage and screen work from the late 1940s. Werner scored leads in several European productions but, save for his poignant performance in "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), remained better known for his theater work; he was generally considered his country's greatest talent.

Fair-haired and slight, Werner re-emerged in the 1960s in a string of excellent film roles, including Jules in Francois Truffaut's classic "Jules and Jim" (1961), the world-weary counterspy in "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and the ship's physician in "Ship of Fools" (both 1965)....

Filmography

Fahrenheit 451 - ( Montag / 1989 / Released / )
Voyage of the Damned - ( Dr Egon Kreisler / 1976 / Released / )
Interlude - ( Stefan Zelter / 1968 / Released / Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group )
The Shoes of the Fisherman - ( Father Telemond / 1968 / Released / )
Ship of Fools - ( Dr Schumann / 1965 / Released / )
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold - ( Fiedler / 1965 / Released / )
Jules and Jim - ( Jules / 1962 / Released / )
Lola Montes - ( The Student / 1955 / Released / )
Decision Before Dawn - ( / 1952 / Released / )
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Member of Vienna's renowned Burgtheater who alternated between stage and screen work from the late 1940s. Werner scored leads in several European productions but, save for his poignant performance in "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), remained better known for his theater work; he was generally considered his country's greatest talent.

Fair-haired and slight, Werner re-emerged in the 1960s in a string of excellent film roles, including Jules in Francois Truffaut's classic "Jules and Jim" (1961), the world-weary counterspy in "The Spy Who Came in From the Cold" and the ship's physician in "Ship of Fools" (both 1965).


Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Oskar Josef Bschliessmayer
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Family
wife:Elizabeth Kallina (married 1944; marriage kept a secret due to Kallina being Jewish)
Awards (Back to top)
Golden Globe Award Best Supporting Actor "The Spy Who Came In From the Cold" 1965
New York Film Critics Circle Award Best Actor "Ship of Fools" 1965

Milestones (Back to top)
1951 US film debut in "Decision Before Dawn"
1948 First featured film role in the Austrian-British co-production, "Angel With a Trumpet"
1941 Drafted by the German army but kicked out of officer's training school due to feigned incompetence
1940 Joined Vienna's Burgtheater (date approximate)
Made film debut while still in high school


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