Actors - Oscar Homolka

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Oscar Homolka (born August 12, 1898 in Vienna; died January 27, 1978 in Sussex, England) was an Austrian-born actor.

His heavy European accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and vaguely Slavic-sounding name caused many to think of him as being Eastern European or Russian.

He began his career on the Austrian stage, and his success there resulted in his securing work in the much more prestigious German theatrical community. Homolka was one of a flood of Jewish actors and theatrical people who fled Europe for the US with the advent of Adolf Hitler and Nazism in 1936. Although he often played villainous roles - Communist spies, Soviet-bloc military officers or scientists and the like - he was nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal of the crusty uncle in "I Remember Mama" (1948). He returned to England in the mid-60s, chalking up two eye-catching turns as the Russian heavy in “Funeral in Berlin” (1967) and “Billion Dollar Brain” (1968). His last film was the Blake Edwards romantic drama “The Tamarind Seed” in 1974.

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