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Charles Korvin

Charles Korvin

Actor · Born 1907-11-21 · Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]

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Biography

Charles Korvin (born Géza Korvin Kárpáthy) was an American film, television and stage actor. He was also a professional still and motion picture photographer and master chef. The Hungarian actor moved to Paris around 1930. He studied at the Sorbonne and during his ten years living in France, he was hired by Yvon, the famous French postcard company, shooting on location all over the country. In 1937, he was hired for a CBC documentary film project about the renowned Canadian medical doctor, Norman Bethune. Entitled “Heart of Spain”, Korvin photographed and co-directed the anti-Franco film which was shot on the front lines during the Spanish Civil War. Moving to the United States in 1940, Korvin studied acting and stagecraft at the Barter Theater in Abingdon, Virginia. As Géza Korvin, he made his Broadway stage debut in 1943, playing a Russian nobleman in the play, Dark Eyes. After signing a movie contract with Universal Pictures, he changed his stage name to Charles Korvin. He worked steadily through the 1940s, including appearing in three films with actress Merle Oberon. He was blacklisted around 1952, refused to testify before the HUAC, and his film career was halted. Turning t…

Movies & TV Shows

  1. Zorro (1957)
  2. Ship of Fools (1965) — Capt. Thiele
  3. Holocaust (1978) — Dr. Kohn
  4. The Honeymooners (1955)
  5. Berlin Express (1948) — Henri Perrot
  6. The Killer That Stalked New York (1950) — Matt Krane
  7. The F.B.I. (1965) — Captain Istvan Sladek
  8. Temptation (1946) — Mahoud Baroudi
  9. Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952) — Rokov
  10. Inside Out (1975) — Peter Dohlberg
  11. Studio One (1948) — Francis
  12. Climax! (1954) — General Steck
  13. Suspense (1949)
  14. Zorro, the Avenger (1959) — The Eagle
  15. Sangaree (1953) — Harvey Bristol
  16. The Man Who Had Power Over Women (1970) — Alfred Felix
  17. Robert Montgomery Presents (1950) — Rupert Farrand
  18. Letter to Loretta (1953) — Leo Unten
  19. Lydia Bailey (1952) — Col. Gabriel D'autremont
  20. Enter Arsène Lupin (1944) — Arsene Lupin
  21. Lights Out (1949)
  22. This Love of Ours (1945) — Dr. Michael Touzac
  23. Thunderstorm (1956) — Pablo Gardia
  24. Interpol Calling (1959) — Inspector Paul Duval
  25. The Millionaire (1955) — Anton Bohrman / Anton Kosleck
  26. The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948)
  27. The Blackwell Story (1957) — Dr. Von Neff

Directed

  1. Heart of Spain (1937) — Director