Personal Info
Birth date
1898-08-11 (126 Years)
Day of death
1978-01-27
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Also known as
Oscar Homolka
Oskar Homolka
Biography
Oskar Homolka (August 12, 1898 – January 27, 1978) was an Austrian film and theatre actor. Homolka's strong accent, stocky appearance, bushy eyebrows and Slavic-sounding name led many to believe he was Eastern European or Russian, but he was born in Vienna, Austria-Hungary. Description above from the Wikipedia article Oskar Homolka, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Filmography
Matinee Theater
5
Overview:
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.Robert Montgomery Presents
5.6
Overview:
Robert Montgomery Presents is an American dramatic television series which was produced by NBC from January 30, 1950 until June 24, 1957. The live show had several sponsors during its seven-year run, and the title was altered to feature the sponsor, usually Lucky Strike cigarettes, for example, Robert Montgomery Presents Your Lucky Strike Theater, ....The Johnson's Wax Program, and so on.The Philco Television Playhouse
6.286
Overview:
The Philco Television Playhouse is an American anthology series that was broadcast live on NBC from 1948 to 1955. Produced by Fred Coe, the series was sponsored by Philco. It was one of the most respected dramatic shows of the Golden Age of Television, winning a 1954 Peabody Award and receiving eight Emmy nominations between 1951 and 1956.Ben Casey
5.6
Overview:
Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was known for its opening titles, which consisted of a hand drawing the symbols "♂, ♀, ✳, †, ∞" on a chalkboard, as cast member Sam Jaffe intoned, "Man, woman, birth, death, infinity." Neurosurgeon Joseph Ransohoff was a medical consultant for the show and may have influenced the personality of the title character.Thriller
6.417
Overview:
Thriller is an American anthology television series that aired during the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons on NBC. The show featured host Boris Karloff introducing a mix of self-contained, macabre weird-horror and morbid, hitchockian crime stories, in some of which he also starred.Climax!
3.273
Overview:
Climax! is an American anthology series that aired on CBS from 1954 to 1958. The series was hosted by William Lundigan and later co-hosted by Mary Costa. It was one of the few CBS programs of that era to be broadcast in color. Many of the episodes were performed and broadcast live.Playhouse
7
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A one-hour anthology television series of one-off contemporary and classic dramas produced by the BBC.Kojak
7.004
Overview:
A bald, lollipop sucking police detective with a fiery righteous attitude battles crime in New York City.The Protectors
5.6
Overview:
The Protectors is a British television series, an action thriller created by Gerry Anderson. It was Anderson's second TV series using live actors as opposed to electronic marionettes, and also his second to be firmly set in contemporary times. It was also the only Gerry Anderson produced television series that was not of the fantasy or science fiction genres. It was produced by Lew Grade's ITC Entertainment production company. Despite not featuring marionettes or any real science fiction elements, The Protectors became one of Anderson's most popular productions, easily winning a renewal for a second season. A third season was in the planning stages when the show's major sponsor pulled out, forcing its cancellation. The Protectors first aired in 1972 and 1973, and ran to 52 episodes over two series, each 25 minutes long - making it one of the last series of this type to be produced in a half-hour format. It starred Robert Vaughn as Harry Rule, Nyree Dawn Porter as the Contessa Caroline di Contini, and Tony Anholt as Paul Buchet. Episodes often featured prominent guest actors.Breaking Point
7.25
Overview:
Breaking Point is an American medical drama that aired on ABC from September 16, 1963, to April 27, 1964, continuing in rebroadcasts until September 7. The series, which was a spinoff of Ben Casey, stars Paul Richards and Eduard Franz. The series was created by Meta Rosenberg.Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.7
Overview:
A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.Burke's Law
6
Overview:
Burke's Law is an American detective series that ran on ABC from 1963 to 1965 and was revived on CBS in the 1990s. The show starred Gene Barry as Amos Burke, millionaire captain of Los Angeles police homicide division, who was chauffeured around to solve crimes in his Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud II.Cavalcade of America
3.5
Overview:
Cavalcade of America is an anthology drama series that was sponsored by the DuPont Company, although it occasionally presented a musical, such as an adaptation of Show Boat, and condensed biographies of popular composers. It was initially broadcast on radio from 1935 to 1953, and later on television from 1952 to 1957. Originally on CBS, the series pioneered the use of anthology drama for company audio advertising. Cavalcade of America documented historical events using stories of individual courage, initiative and achievement, often with feel-good dramatizations of the human spirit's triumph against all odds. This was consistent with DuPont's overall conservative philosophy and legacy as an American company dating back to 1802. The company's motto, "Maker of better things for better living through chemistry," was read at the beginning of each program, and the dramas emphasized humanitarian progress, particularly improvements in the lives of women, often through technological innovation.General Electric Theater
6.25
Overview:
General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.Assignment to Kill
6
Overview:
A private eye is hired by an insurance company to investigate a shipping magnate suspected of deliberately sinking his own ships for the insurance money. He finds himself involved in a web of deception, double-crossing and murder.The Seven Year Itch
7.068
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With his family away for their annual summer holiday, a publishing executive decides to live a bachelor's life. The beautiful but ditzy blonde from the apartment above catches his eye and they soon start spending time together—maybe a little too much time!Sabotage
6.7
Overview:
Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her husband has a secret that will affect their relationship and threaten her teenage brother's life.Ball of Fire
7.348
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A group of academics have spent years shut up in a house working on the definitive encyclopedia. When one of them discovers that his entry on slang is hopelessly outdated, he ventures into the wide world to learn about the evolving language. Here he meets Sugarpuss O’Shea, a nightclub singer, who’s on top of all the slang—and, it just so happens, needs a place to stay.War and Peace
6.665
Overview:
The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.Funeral in Berlin
6.39
Overview:
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.The Key
6
Overview:
In wartime England, circa 1941, poorly-armed tugs are sent into "U-Boat Alley" to rescue damaged Allied ships. An American named David Ross arrives to captain one of these tugs. He's given a key by a fellow tugboat-man -- a key to an apartment and its pretty female resident. Should something happen to the friend, Ross can use the key.A Farewell to Arms
5.8
Overview:
An English nurse and an American soldier on the Italian front during World War I fall in love, but the horrors surrounding them test their romance to the limit.Film Emigration from Nazi Germany
9
Overview:
Based on extensive interviews, shot on 16mm in a series of static long takes, Filmemigration aus Nazideutschland, is one of the most fascinating examples of "Film history on film" ever produced. Straschek devoted years to researching the topic and accumulating both film and non-film materials. Apart from some radio features and articles, however, this 290-minute TV programme remains the only published trace of Straschek's lifelong work on the emigration of film personnel. He had intended to publish a three-volume book, encompassing all available data about 3,000 emigrants originating from the centre and peripheries of film production, but the book never materialised.The Long Ships
6.1
Overview:
Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.Nights in Port Said
7
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The niece of a shady tavern-keeper of Port Said, surrounded by dangerous men who haunt the ports, meets a man whom she will love and with whom she flees.Billion Dollar Brain
5.655
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A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?The Tamarind Seed
6.2
Overview:
During a Caribbean holiday, a British civil servant finds herself falling in love with a Russian agent.The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm
5.8
Overview:
The Grimm brothers Wilhelm and Jacob, known for their literary works in the nineteenth century, have their lives dramatized. Wilhelm fights to write something entertaining amongst the sea of dry, non-fiction books they write and he sets about collecting oral-tradition fairy tales to put into print. Their life story is countered with reenactments of three of their stories including "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves" and "The Singing Bone."Acting
2016Berlin: Part 1 as Verlac (archive footage)
1975Film Emigration from Nazi Germany (5 Episodes) as Self
1975One of Our Own as Dr. Helmut Von Schulthers
1974Van der Valk: Gun Before Butter as Hoofdcommissaris Samson
1974The Cafeteria as Father
1974The Tamarind Seed as General Golitsyn
1974Playhouse (1 Episode) as Father
1973Kojak (1 Episode) as Father Dimitrius
1972The Protectors (1 Episode) as Zoltan Kolas
1970Song of Norway as Engstrand
1970The Executioner as Racovsky
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Commissar
1968Assignment to Kill as Inspector Ruff
1968The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Stryker
1967Billion Dollar Brain as General Stok
1967The Happening as Sam
1966Funeral in Berlin as Colonel Stok
1965Joy in the Morning as Stan Pulaski
1964The Long Ships as Krok
1963Burke's Law (1 Episode) as Janek Cybowski
1963Breaking Point (1 Episode) as Unknown
1962Mooncussers as Urias Hawke
1962The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm as The Duke ('The Dream')
1962Boys' Night Out as Dr. Prokosch
1961Mr. Sardonicus as Krull
1961Ben Casey (1 Episode) as Unknown
1960Play of the Week: Rashomon as Ghoul
1960Thriller (1 Episode) as Pierre Jacquelin
1958Tempest as Savelic
1958Heart of Darkness as The Doctor
1958The Plot to Kill Stalin as Khrushchev
1958The Key as Van Dam
1957A Farewell to Arms as Dr. Emerich
1956War and Peace as Field Marshal Kutuzov
1955Matinee Theater (2 Episodes) as Unknown
1955Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1, 1, 1 Episode) as Carl Kaminsky, Carpius, Jan Vander Klaue / Mr A J Keyser
1955The Seven Year Itch as Dr. Brubaker
1954Climax! (1 Episode) as Christy Christakos
1954Prisoner of War as Col. Nikita I. Biroshilov
1953The House of the Arrow as Inspector Hanaud
1953General Electric Theater (1 Episode) as King
1952Top Secret as Zekov
1952Cavalcade of America (1 Episode) as Jeno Reinitz
1951Der schweigende Mund as Dr.Herbert Hirth
1951Deutscher Filmpreis (1 Episode) as Self
1950The White Tower as Andreas (as Oscar Homolka)
1950Robert Montgomery Presents (1 Episode) as Unknown
1949Anna Lucasta as Joe Lucasta
1948The Philco Television Playhouse (1 Episode) as Bert
1948I Remember Mama as Uncle Chris
1947The Shop at Sly Corner as Desius Heiss
1943Hostages as Lev Pressinger
1943Mission to Moscow as Maxim Litvinov
1941Ball of Fire as Prof. Gurkakoff
1941Rage in Heaven as Dr. Rameau
1940The Invisible Woman as Blackie
1940Comrade X as Commissar Vasiliev
1940Seven Sinners as Antro
1937Ebb Tide as Capt. Jakob Therbecke
1937Sabotage as Karl Verloc - Her Husband
1936Everything Is Thunder as Detective Schenck Gotz
1936Rhodes of Africa as Ohm Paul Kruger
1933Unsichtbare Gegner as James Godfrey
1933Moral und Liebe as Robert Keßler
1932Nights in Port Said as Unknown
1932Night column as André Carno
1931In the Employ of the Secret Service as Lanskoi
1931Between Night and Dawn as Anton
19311914 as Sergei Dmitrijewitsch Sasonow
1931Road to Rio as Ricardo Gabiano
1930Dreyfus as Major Ferdinand Walsin-Esterházy
1930Hokuspokus as Gerichtspräsident Grandt
1930Revolte im Erziehungshaus as Erzieher
1928Schinderhannes as Amtmann
1928Die Leibeigenen as Unknown
1928Prince or Clown as Zurube
1928The Green Alley as Dr. Horner
1927Die heilige Lüge as Jack
1927Petronella - Das Geheimnis der Berge as Fridolin Bortis
1927Der Kampf des Donald Westhof as Unknown
1927Das Mädchen ohne Heimat as Unknown
1927Tragedy of the Street as Anton - Pimp
1927Brennende Grenze as Der Matrose
1926Adventures of a Ten Mark Note as Director Haniel