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Joseph Schildkraut (March 22, 1896 – January 21, 1964) was a film actor.

Born in Vienna, Austria, Schildkraut was the son of popular stage (and later motion picture) actor Rudolf Schildkraut. The younger Schildkraut moved to the United States in the early 1920s and began working in silent movies. He had early success in film as the Chevalier de Vaudrey in D.W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm with Lillian Gish. Later, he played opposite his father in Cecil B. DeMille's epic 1927 film The King of Kings
.

He received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in The Life of Emile Zola
(1937). He is also remembered for playing the role of Otto Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (1957). He was also an active character actor and theater performer.

Schildkraut was married three times. He died in New York, New York. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Joseph Schildkraut was awarded a star on the legendary Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6780 Hollywood Blvd. in Hollywood, California.

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