Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner was born as Oskar Josef Bschließmayer on the 13^th November 1922; he died on the 23^rd October 1984. He was a German-Austrian actor.

source of picture: www.derwilhelmshof.com

He is known for his performances in the films of the country like Jules and Jim (1962), Ship of Fools (1965), The Spy Who Came in from the Cold (1965), Fahrenheit 451 (1966) and The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968).

He was a receiver of Academy Award nomination in the 1966 and also two BAFTA award nominations in the year 1966 and in the year 1967. Oskar Werner was the winner of Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture in 1966.

Biography

Oskar Werner was born in the city of Vienna; he spent much of his childhood years under the care of the grandmother, who showered him with so much stories about the Burgtheatre of the city, and it was there that he was accepted at the age of 18 by Lothar Muthel. He made his first appearance with the use of the stage name Oskar Werner in October of the year 1941. In December of the year 1941, Oskar Werner was taken into the Deutsche Wehrmacht.

Oskar Werner moved back to the Burgtheatre and performed in productions at the Raimund Theater and at the Theater in der Josefstadt often playing character roles. He made his first appearance in the movie of the country called Der Engel mit der Posaune that was directed by Karl Hartl in the year 1948. The following year he played the role of Ludwig van Beethoven's nephew Karl in the movie called Eroica.

He moved to the United Kingdom in the year 1950 with the purpose of reprising the role he played in Der Engel mit der Posaune in the English version of the film called The Angel with the Trumpet that was directed by Anthony Bushell.

Oskar Werner died on the 23^rd October 1984 of a heart attack. He was buried in his adopted country of Liechtenstein.

Filmography

Ø  1976 Voyage of the Damned as Professor Egon Kreisler

Ø  1975 Columbo (TV Series) as Harold Van Wick - Playback (1975) ... Harold Van Wick

Ø  1968/I The Shoes of the Fisherman as Fr. David Telemond

Ø  1968 Interlude as Stefan Zelter

Ø  1966 Fahrenheit 451 as Guy Montag

Ø  1965 The Spy Who Came in from the Cold as Fiedler

Ø  1965 Ship of Fools as Dr. Wilhelm Schumann

Ø  1964 Torquato Tasso (TV Movie) as Torquato Tasso

Ø  1963 Venusberg (voice)

Ø  1962 Jules and Jim as Jules (as Oscar Werner)

Ø  1958 Ein gewisser Judas (TV Movie) as Judas

Ø  1955 Lola Montès as Student

Ø  1955 The Life and Loves of Mozart as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Ø  1955 Spionage as Leutnant Zeno von Baumgarten

Ø  1955 The Last Ten Days as Hauptmann Wüst

Ø  1951 Decision Before Dawn as Cpl. Karl Maurer aka Happy

Ø  1951 Ein Lächeln im Sturm as Francois Mercier

Ø  1951 The Wonder Kid as Rudi

Ø  1951 Ruf aus dem Äther as Der Student

Ø  1951 Das gestohlene Jahr as Peter Brück

Ø  1950 The Angel with the Trumpet as Herman Alt

Ø  1949 Eroica as Karl

Ø  1948 The Angel with the Trumpet as Hermann Alt

Ø  1939 Linen for Ireland as Hotelpage (uncredited)

Ø  1939 Hotel Sacher as Liftboy

Ø  1938 Geld fällt vom Himmel