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Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas was a renowned Hungarian actor born as Pál Lukács on 26 May 1894. He made his stage debut in Budapest in 1916, and began his journey in film in 1917. Initially, Lukas began his career by playing suave and sophisticated womanizers, but soon found himself being typecast as a villain. Despite this, he had a prosperous career spanning Hungary, Germany and, Austria where he had the opportunity to work with the prestigious Max Reinhardt. He moved to Hollywood in 1927 and became a naturalized citizen of the United States in 1937. Lukas starred in a versatile range of films throughout the 1930s, such as Rockabye, Grumpy, and Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. His most significant film success came with Watch on the Rhine (1943), where he portrayed an anti-Nazi character, a role that granted him an Academy Award. Lukas had an active career past the 1930s, starring in Disney's film adaptation of Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954) and others through the 1960s. Eventually, he transitioned from Hollywood to the stage and television. One notable role was the one of Cosmo Constantine in the original Broadway edition of Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam opposite Ethel Merman. This marked the only singing part in his career, making Lukas a multi-talented artist. He died in Tangier, Morocco, on 15 August 1971. Posthumously, Lukas was recognized with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Pál Lukács
Born: Budapest, Austria-Hungary
Citizenship: Hungary, United States
Birthday: May 26, 1894
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1916-1970
Spouses: Gizella 'Daisy' Benes, Annette M. Driesens
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Movies Featuring Paul Lukas
Little Women
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
The Lady Vanishes
Complicated Women
Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
No One Man
Strange Cargo
City Streets
Hostages
Working Girls
Anybody’s Woman
The Challenge
Deadline at Dawn
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Sol Madrid
By Candlelight
Behind the Make-Up
Strictly Dishonorable
Fun in Acapulco
Scent of Mystery
Gift of Gab
Temptation
Tender Is the Night
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
The Fountain
Glamour
Age of Indiscretion
The Ghost Breakers
Berlin Express
Brief Ecstasy
Downstairs
Experiment Perilous
Grumpy
Espionage
A Passport to Hell
Dinner at the Ritz
The Monster and the Girl
Captured!
A Window in London
Lord Jim
The Devil’s Holiday
They Dare Not Love
Uncertain Glory
The Casino Murder Case
The Vice Squad
Whispering City
Address Unknown
Breakdowns of 1936
The Roots of Heaven
Confessions of a Nazi Spy
Secret of the Blue Room
Rockabye
Sing, Sinner, Sing
The Benson Murder Case
Half Way to Heaven
Manhattan Cocktail
Ladies in Love
Grand Slam
Captain Fury
55 Days at Peking
Don’t Be a Sucker!
The Wolf of Wall Street
The Thief
Kim
Career Timeline
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1944
Experiment Perilous
Nicholas 'Nick' Bederaux
Uncertain Glory
Inspector Marcel Bonet
Address Unknown
Martin Schulz
1937
Brief Ecstasy
Prof. Paul Bernardy
Espionage
Anton Kronsky
Dinner at the Ritz
Baron Philip de Beaufort
1933
Little Women
The Kiss Before the Mirror
Walter Bernsdorf
By Candlelight
Josef
Captured!
Colonel Carl Ehrlich
Secret of the Blue Room
Captain Walter Brink
Sing, Sinner, Sing
Phil Carida
Grand Slam
Peter Stanislavsky
1932
No One Man
Dr. Karl Bemis
Downstairs
Albert
A Passport to Hell
Lt. Kurt Kurtoff
Rockabye
Antonie 'Tony' de Sola
1931
City Streets
Big Fellow Maskal
Working Girls
Dr. Joseph Von Schrader
Strictly Dishonorable
Tino Caraffa, aka "Gus" Diruvo
The Vice Squad
Stephen Lucarno
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