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Oskar Homolka (August 12, 1898 – January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain, and America. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officials, for which he was in regular demand.
Homolka was one of the many Austrian and specifically Viennese actors (many of them Jewish) who fled Europe for the U.S. with the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Although often typecast in villainous roles - Communist spies, Soviet-bloc military officers or scientists and the like - he was nominated for an Oscar for his ...
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
Homolka was one of the many Austrian and specifically Viennese actors (many of them Jewish) who fled Europe for the U.S. with the rise to power of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party. Although often typecast in villainous roles - Communist spies, Soviet-bloc military officers or scientists and the like - he was nominated for an Oscar for his ...
- August 12, 1898
- January 28, 1978
Mr Oscar Homolka, the stage and film actor whose death in hospital in Sussex at the age of 79, was announced briefly in The Times yesterday, was one of those actors who are instantly recognizable and whose strong, emphatic personalities make an impression on any part they play.
Mar 16, 2017 · To celebrate Oscar Homolka the ACF hosts a series of screenings dedicated to this remarkable Austrian-born actor of theatre and television. Despite his long and diverse career Homolka is relatively unknown.
Jan 29, 1978 · O???? Homolka, for decades one of the leading character actors of stage, theatre and television, with a range from somber terror to chortling affability, died Friday in Sussex,...
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Oscar Homolka was an Austrian Jewish film and theatre actor. Homolka started his career on the Austrian stage, before achieving success in Munich and Berlin. After the Nazi rise to power, he emigrated to Britain and later was one of many Jewish actors and theatrical people who fled Europe for the U.S. He died of pneumonia, aged 79.
