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Charles Korvin was an American film, television and stage actor. He was also a professional still and motion picture photographer and a 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.
Birth Name
Geza Korvin Karpathi
Born
Thursday, 21 November 1907
Died
Thursday, 18 June 1998
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dann eben mit Gewalt | 1993 | |
Holocaust | Dr. Kohn | 1978 |
Inside Out | Peter Dohlberg | 1975 |
The Man Who Had Power Over Women | Alfred Felix | 1970 |
The F.B.I. | Paul Stoner / Paul Sieger / Helmut Probst / Captain Istvan Sladek | 1965 |
I Spy | General Surin | 1965 |
Ship of Fools | Capt. Thiele | 1965 |
Interpol Calling | Inspector Duval / Inspector Paul Duval | 1959 |
Zorro, the Avenger | The Eagle | 1959 |
Zorro | Jose Sebastian Varga 'The Eagle' | 1957 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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Dann eben mit Gewalt | 1993 | |
Holocaust | Dr. Kohn | 1978 |
Inside Out | Peter Dohlberg | 1975 |
The Man Who Had Power Over Women | Alfred Felix | 1970 |
The F.B.I. | Paul Stoner / Paul Sieger / Helmut Probst / Captain Istvan Sladek | 1965 |
I Spy | General Surin | 1965 |
Ship of Fools | Capt. Thiele | 1965 |
Interpol Calling | Inspector Duval / Inspector Paul Duval | 1959 |
Zorro, the Avenger | The Eagle | 1959 |
Zorro | Jose Sebastian Varga 'The Eagle' | 1957 |
Playhouse 90 | Dr. Von Neff / Edouard D'Alencon | 1956 |
The Alcoa Hour | Von Zimmer | 1955 |
The Honeymooners | Carlos Sanchez | 1955 |
The Millionaire | Anton Bohrman | 1955 |
Climax! | General Steck / Dr. Andre Demerre | 1954 |
The United States Steel Hour | Heinrich Bauer | 1953 |
The Loretta Young Show | Boleslaw Sublinski / Leo Unten | 1953 |
Sangaree | Felix Pagnol / Harvey Bristol | 1953 |
Omnibus | Narrator (segment "The Spirit of Freedom") | 1952 |
The Ford Television Theatre | Bruce Van Cleve | 1952 |
Lydia Bailey | Col. Gabriel D'autremont | 1952 |
Tarzan's Savage Fury | Rokov, Russian Agent / Rokov | 1952 |
The Killer That Stalked New York | Matt Krane | 1950 |
Penthouse Party | Self | 1950 |
Robert Montgomery Presents | Rupert Farrand | 1950 |
The Ken Murray Show | Self | 1950 |
Studio One | Philip Hausman / Paul Collins / Julian Wilder / Gastman / Francis / El Cameron | 1948 |
Berlin Express | Perrot | 1948 |
Temptation | Mahoud Baroudi | 1946 |
This Love of Ours | Dr. Michel Touzac / Dr. Michael Touzac | 1945 |
Enter Arsene Lupin | Arsene Lupin | 1944 |
Director Filmography
Title | Year |
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Heart of Spain | 1937 |