Paul Henreid

Paul Henreid was born Paul Georg Julius Freiherr von Hernried Ritter von Wasel-Waldingau on the 10^th January 1908; he died on the 29^th March 1992. He was a Trieste-born American actor and film director. He is best known for the role of Jeremiah Durrance opposite Bette Davis in Now, Voyager in the year 1942 and the role of Victor Laszlo opposite Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart in Casablanca in the year 1942.

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Life and Career

Paul Henreid was born in the Italian city of Trieste, which was part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He was the son of Maria-Luise Lendecke and Baron Carl Alphons, an aristocratic Viennese banker. He studied theatre in the city of Vienna and made his first appearance on the stage under Max Reinhardt’s direction. He started his movie career acting in the German movies in the 1930s. in the year 1935, Paul Henreid moved fromn Austria to great Britain a year after the 1934 Austrian Civil War that finished with the installation of Austrofascism.

A little role in film called Goodbye, Mr. Chips in the year 1939 and third billing as a Nazi Major in the film called Night Train to Munich in the year 1940 led to his moving to the Hollywood career. Paul Henreid appeared also in his two major movies in the year 1942. He made often appearances in movies in the 1940s, in the early part of the 1950s he started directing for both the film and the TV. His credits films are; Between Two Worlds of the year 1944, The Spanish Main of the year 1945, Of Human Bondage of the year 1946, Song of Love of the year 1947, Thief of Damascus of the year 1952, Siren of Bagdad of the year 1953, and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse of the year 1961. His TV credits are; Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Bonanza and The Big Valley.

Paul Henreid was married to Elizabeth "Lisl" Gluck and they both had two daughters together. Paul Henreid died on pneumonia in Santa Monica and was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.

Filmography

As actor

Ø  Dawn (1933)

Ø  Love in Morocco (1933)

Ø  The Secret of Cavelli (1934)

Ø  Eva, the Factory Girl (1935)

Ø  Only a Comedian (1935)

Ø  Victoria the Great (1937)

Ø  Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)

Ø  Under Your Hat (1940)

Ø  Mad Men of Europe (1940)

Ø  Night Train to Munich (1940)

Ø  Joan of Paris (1942)

Ø  Now, Voyager (1942)

Ø  Casablanca (1942)

Ø  In Our Time (1944)

Ø  Between Two Worlds (1944)

Ø  The Conspirators (1944)

Ø  Hollywood Canteen (1944)

Ø  The Spanish Main (1945)

Ø  Devotion (1946)

Ø  Of Human Bondage (1946)

Ø  Deception (1946)

Ø  Song of Love (1947) Hollow Triumph aka The Scar (UK) (1948)

Ø  Rope of Sand (1949)

Ø  So Young So Bad (1950)

Ø  Last of the Buccaneers (1950)

Ø  Pardon My French (1951) - also French version Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952)

Ø  For Men Only (1952)

Ø  Thief of Damascus (1952)

Ø  Stolen Face (1952)

Ø  Mantrap (aka Woman in Hiding) (1953)

Ø  Siren of Bagdad (1953)

Ø  This Song Is for You (1954)

Ø  Deep in My Heart (1954)

Ø  Pirates of Tripoli (1955)

Ø  Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956)

Ø  A Woman's Devotion (1956)

Ø  Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957)

Ø  Holiday for Lovers (1959)

Ø  Never So Few (1959)

Ø  Operation Crossbow (1965)

Ø  Peking Remembered (1967) - documentary, narrator

Ø  The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)

Ø  Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)

As producer

Ø  Hollow Triumph (1948)

As director

Ø  For Men Only (1952)

Ø  A Woman's Devotion (1956)

Ø  Live Fast, Die Young (1958)

Ø  Girls on the Loose (1958)

Ø  Dead Ringer (1964)

Ø  Ballad in Blue (1964)