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Occupation
  
Actor

Role
  
Film actor

Name
  
Joseph Schildkraut

Children
  
None

Years active
  
1915–1964


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Born
  
22 March 1896 (
1896-03-22
)
Vienna, Austria-Hungary

Died
  
January 21, 1964, New York City, New York, United States

Education
  
American Academy of Dramatic Arts

Spouse
  
Leonora C. Rogers (m. 1963–1964), Marie McKay (m. 1932–1962), Elise Bartlett (m. 1922–1930)

Parents
  
Erna Weinstein, Rudolph Schildkraut

Movies
  
The Diary of Anne Frank, The Life of Emile Zola, The Shop Around the Corner, Orphans of the Storm, The King of Kings

Similar People
  
Millie Perkins, Rudolph Schildkraut, George Stevens, William Dieterle, Joseph Kane

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Joseph Schildkraut (22 March 1896 – 21 January 1964) was an Austrian-American stage and film actor.

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Early life

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Schildkraut was born in Vienna, Austria, the son of Erna (née Weinstein) and stage (and later motion picture) actor Rudolph Schildkraut. His family was Jewish. The younger Schildkraut moved to the United States in the early 1900s. He appeared in many Broadway productions. Among the plays that he starred in was a notable production of Peer Gynt.

Career

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In 1921, Schildkraut played the title role in the first American stage production of Ferenc Molnár's Liliom, the play that would eventually become the basis for Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel. He then began working in silent movies, although he did return to the stage occasionally. He had early success in film as the Chevalier de Vaudrey in D. W. Griffith's Orphans of the Storm with Lillian Gish. Later, he was featured in Cecil B. DeMille's epic 1927 film The King of Kings, as Judas Iscariot. Schildraut's father Rudolf also appeared in the film. Joseph Schildkraut also played a Viennese-accented, non-singing Gaylord Ravenal in the 1929 part-talkie film version of Edna Ferber's Show Boat. The character as written in the 1929 film was much closer to Ferber's original than to the depiction of him in the classic Kern and Hammerstein musical play based on the novel as well as the 1936 and 1951 film versions of the musical, but the 1929 film was not a critical or box-office success.

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Schildkraut received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role as Alfred Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola (1937). He gained further fame for playing the ambitious duc d'Orléans in the historical epic Marie Antoinette (1938), opposite Norma Shearer, Tyrone Power, John Barrymore and Robert Morley, and gave a notable performance as the villainous Nicolas Fouquet in The Man in the Iron Mask (1939).

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Schildkraut is perhaps best remembered today for playing the role of Otto Frank in both the original stage production and film version of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He was also an active character actor, and appeared in guest roles on several early television shows, including the Hallmark Hall of Fame, in which he played Claudius in the 1953 television production of Hamlet, with Maurice Evans in the title role. Schildkraut also hosted and starred in Joseph Schildkraut Presents, a short-lived series on the DuMont Television Network from October 1953 to January 1954.

In 1961, during the 3rd season of The Twilight Zone, he made his first appearance on episode 9, "Deaths-Head Revisited". He later played an elderly man in "The Trade-Ins" in season 3, episode 31 of the same show. In 1963, he was nominated for a Best Actor Emmy Award for his performance in a guest starring role on NBC's Sam Benedict legal drama which starred Edmond O'Brien and Richard Rust.

Personal life

Schildkraut was married three times. His first marriage was to actress Elise Bartlett in 1923; they divorced in 1931. He married Mary McKay in 1932; she died in 1961. In 1963, Schildkraut married Leonora Rogers, who survived him. Schildkraut died at his home in New York City of a heart attack.

For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Schildkraut has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery.

Filmography

Actor
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told as
Nicodemus
1963
Arrest and Trial (TV Series) as
Henry Weber
- Whose Little Girl Are You? (1963) - Henry Weber
1963
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Mr. Stehlik
- 5: Part 3 (1963) - Mr. Stehlik
- 5: Part 1 (1963) - Mr. Stehlik
1963
The Untouchables (TV Series) as
Dr. Hans Frolick
- Jake Dance (1963) - Dr. Hans Frolick
1962
Sam Benedict (TV Series) as
Rabbi Gottlieb
- Hear the Mellow Wedding Bells (1962) - Rabbi Gottlieb
1961
The Twilight Zone (TV Series) as
John Holt / Alfred Becker
- The Trade-Ins (1962) - John Holt
- Deaths-Head Revisited (1961) - Alfred Becker
1962
Dr. Kildare (TV Series) as
Dr. Maxwell Keller
- The Stepping Stone (1962) - Dr. Maxwell Keller
1961
King of the Roaring 20's: The Story of Arnold Rothstein as
Abraham Rothstein
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank as
Otto Frank
1955
Cameo Theatre (TV Series)
- The Man from the South (1955)
1955
The Hammer and the Sword (TV Movie) as
Baron von Steuben
1955
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Henri Cassin
- So Dark the Night (1955) - Henri Cassin
1954
Armstrong Circle Theatre (TV Series) as
Joseph Mayerhoff
- The Hand of the Hunter (1954) - Joseph Mayerhoff
1954
The Philip Morris Playhouse (TV Series)
- Taste (1954)
1953
Hamlet (TV Movie) as
King Claudius
1953
Omnibus (TV Series) as
Charles Dickens (segment "A Tale of Two Cities") / Death (segment "Everyman") / The Devil (segment "The Last Night of Don Juan")
- A Tale of Two Cities (1953) - Charles Dickens (segment "A Tale of Two Cities")
- Grandma Moses (1953) - Death (segment "Everyman")
- The Last Night of Don Juan (1953) - The Devil (segment "The Last Night of Don Juan")
1953
The Web (TV Series)
- A Time for Dying (1953)
1953
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series) as
Major Ludwig
- Point of Honor (1953) - Major Ludwig
1951
Personal Appearance Theater (TV Series) as
Professor Deval
- The Chair (1952)
- The Professor (II) (1952) - Professor Deval
- The Professor (1952) - Professor Deval
- Washington Story (1951)
1951
Cosmopolitan Theatre (TV Series)
- Be Just and Fear Not (1951)
1951
Somerset Maugham TV Theatre (TV Series)
- Appearance and Reality (1951)
1951
Faith Baldwin Romance Theatre (TV Series)
- Waiting for Love (1951)
1951
Sure As Fate (TV Series)
- One in a Million (1951)
1949
The Ford Theatre Hour (TV Series) as
Uncle Harry / Mr. Edwards
- Uncle Harry (1950) - Uncle Harry
- Kind Lady (1949) - Mr. Edwards
1948
The Gallant Legion as
Sen. Clarke Faulkner
1948
Old Los Angeles as
Luis Savarin
1947
Northwest Outpost as
Count Igor Savin
1946
Plainsman and the Lady as
Peter Marquette
1946
Monsieur Beaucaire as
Don Francisco
1945
The Cheaters as
Anthony Marchand
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast as
Tito Morell
1941
The Tell-Tale Heart (Short) as
Young Man
1941
The Parson of Panamint as
Bob Deming
1940
Meet the Wildcat as
Leon Dumeray
1940
Rangers of Fortune as
Col. Lewis Rebstock
1940
Phantom Raiders as
Al Taurez
1940
The Shop Around the Corner as
Ferencz Vadas
1939
Pack Up Your Troubles as
Hugo Ludwig
1939
The Rains Came as
Mr. Bannerjee
1939
Lady of the Tropics as
Pierre Delaroch
1939
Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation as
Hendrik Manderson
1939
The Man in the Iron Mask as
Fouquet
1939
The Three Musketeers as
King
1939
Idiot's Delight as
Captain Kirvline
1938
Suez as
Vicomte Rene De Latour
1938
Marie Antoinette as
Duke d'Orléans
1938
The Baroness and the Butler as
Baron Georg Marissey
1937
Lady Behave! as
Michael Andrews
1937
Lancer Spy as
Prince Ferdi Zu Schwarzwald
1937
The Life of Emile Zola as
Capt. Alfred Dreyfus
1937
Souls at Sea as
Gaston de Bastonet
1937
Slave Ship as
Danelo
1936
The Garden of Allah as
Batouch
1935
Hollywood Extra Girl (Documentary short) as
Crusades Actor (uncredited)
1935
The Crusades as
Conrad - Marquis of Montferrat
1934
Cleopatra as
Herod
1934
Sisters Under the Skin as
Zukowski
1934
Viva Villa! as
Gen. Pascal
1932
The Blue Danube as
Sandor
1931
Venetian Nights as
Count Andreas Scipio
1930
Die Sehnsucht jeder Frau as
Buck
1930
Cock o' the Walk as
Carlos Lopez
1930
The Night Ride as
Joe Rooker
1929
The Mississippi Gambler as
Jack Morgan
1929
Show Boat as
Gaylord Ravenal
1928
Tenth Avenue as
Joe Ross
1928
The Blue Danube as
Lugwig
1927
The Forbidden Woman as
Jean La Coste
1927
His Dog as
Peter Olsen
1927
The Heart Thief as
Paul Kurt
1927
The King of Kings as
Judas Iscariot
1926
Young April as
Prince Caryl
1926
Meet the Prince as
Prince Nicholas
1926
Shipwrecked as
Larry O'Neil
1925
The Road to Yesterday as
Kenneth Paulton
1923
The Song of Love as
Raymon Valverde
1921
Orphans of the Storm as
Chevalier de Vaudrey
1921
Theodor Herzl, der Bannerträger des jüdischen Volkes as
Das leidende Israel
1920
Der Roman der Komtesse Ruth
1919
Der Diamant des Todes (Short)
1919
Die schwarze Fahne
1919
Seine Durchlaucht der Landstreicher
1916
Für den Ruhm des Geliebten as
Musiker Rolf
1916
Das Wiegenlied
1916
Der Glücksschneider (Short) as
Schramek jr. (as Josef Schildkraut)
1915
Schlemihl as
Jakob
1915
Dämon und Mensch
Soundtrack
1959
The Diary of Anne Frank (performer: "Tales from the Vienna Woods (G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325)" (1868) - uncredited)
Self
1961
Here's Hollywood (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.233 (1961) - Self
1960
About Faces (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 22 September 1960 (1960) - Self
1959
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Joseph Schildkraut, Johnny Mercer, Harry James & His Orchestra (1959) - Self
1958
George Jessel Show (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode #1.52 (1959) - Self
- Episode #1.29 (1958) - Self
1959
You Asked for It (TV Series) as
Self
- Backstage Broadway (1959) - Self
1957
Probe and Night Beat (TV Series documentary) as
Self - actor
- Joseph Schildkraut, Melvin Belli (1957) - Self - actor
1955
5th Annual Celebrity Parade for Cerebral Palsy (TV Special) as
Self
1953
Joseph Schildkraut Presents (TV Series) as
Self - Host / The Professor
- Come Seven (1954) - Self - Host
- Claim Check (1954) - Self - Host
- Ring Around the Christmas Tree (1953) - Self - Host
- Candle in the Sun (1953) - Self - Host
- Nightmare (1953) - Self - Host
- The Naked Eye (1953) - Self - Host
- Road Closed (1953) - Self - Host
- The Professor (1953) - Self - Host / The Professor
Archive Footage
2014
From Caligari to Hitler: German Cinema in the Age of the Masses (Documentary) as
Self
1997
Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (TV Movie documentary) as
Actor 'Mr. Moto Takes a Vacation' (uncredited)
1995
American Masters (TV Series documentary)
- Rod Serling: Submitted for Your Approval (1995)
1989
The Show Boat Story (TV Movie documentary) as
Gaylord Ravenal (clip from 1929 film of 'Show Boat') (uncredited)
1964
Hollywood and the Stars (TV Series documentary) as
Captain Alfred Dreyfus (clip from The Life of Emile Zola (1937))
- The Angry Screen (1964) - Captain Alfred Dreyfus (clip from The Life of Emile Zola (1937)) (uncredited)
1963
Fractured Flickers (TV Series)
- Edward Everett Horton (1963)
1939
Land of Liberty

References

Joseph Schildkraut Wikipedia