![]() ![]() Wilde was then signed by 20th Century Fox who gave him a good role in a B picture The Perfect Snob (1941). He also had small roles in Knockout (1941) and Kisses for Breakfast (1941). Wilde had an uncredited bit part in Lady with Red Hair (1940), then got a small part in High Sierra (1941), which included a scene with Humphrey Bogart. Although the show only had a small run, his performance in this role netted him a Hollywood film contract with Warner Bros. Wilde was hired as a fencing teacher by Laurence Olivier for his 1940 Broadway production of Romeo and Juliet and was given the role of Tybalt in the production. Wilde wrote plays, some of which were performed by the New York Drama Guild. Wilde supplemented his income with exhibition fencing matches his wife also did modelling work. He toured with Tallulah Bankhead in a production of Antony and Cleopatra during the run he married his co-star Patricia Knight.Īcting jobs were sporadic over the next few years. He did the illustrations for Fencing, a 1936 textbook on fencing and wrote a fencing play, Touché, under the pseudonym of Clark Wales in 1937. He also appeared in Love Is Not So Simple, Daughters of Etreus, and Having Wonderful Time. ![]() He made his Broadway debut in 1935 in Moon Over Mulberry Street. Career Theatre Īfter studying at Theodora Irvine's Studio of the Theatre, Wilde began appearing in plays in stock and in New York. As a result, most publicity records and subsequent sources wrongly indicate a 1915 birth for Wilde. In preparation for an acting career, he and his new wife Marjory Heinzen (later to be known as Patricia Knight) shaved years off their ages, three for him and five for her. He qualified for the United States fencing team for the 1936 Summer Olympic Games, but quit the team before the games in order to take a role in the theater. He won the National Novice Foils Championship held at the New York Athletic Club in 1929. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team. Wilde entered Columbia University, class of 1933, as one of the youngest undergraduates. Wilde attended the City College of New York as a pre-med student, completing the four-year course in three years and winning a scholarship to the Physicians and Surgeons College at Columbia University. Ī talented linguist and an astute mimic, he had an ear for languages that became apparent later in his acting career. He was named for his paternal grandfather, and upon arrival in the United States at the age of seven in 1920, his name was Anglicized to Cornelius Louis Wilde. His Hungarian Jewish parents were Vojtech Béla Weisz (anglicized to Louis Bela Wilde) and Renée Mary Vid (Rayna Miryam). Wilde was born in 1912 in Privigye, Kingdom of Hungary (now Prievidza, Slovakia), although his year and place of birth are usually and inaccurately given as 1915 in New York City. He also went into songwriting during his career. In the 1950s he moved to writing, producing and directing films, and still continued his career as an actor. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 1945's A Song to Remember. By the 1940s he had signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, and by the mid-1940s he was a major leading man. In 1936 he began making small, uncredited appearances in films. Wilde's acting career began in 1935, when he made his debut on Broadway. You may reach the Data Protection Officer (DPO) of Valossa when needed, and the details for doing so can be found in the updated Privacy Policy.Ĭlick 'OK' to agree and continue using Wilde (born Kornél Lajos Weisz Octo– October 16, 1989) was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. Under the GDPR, you have several rights, such as accessing your own personal data, erasing of that data, and the right to be notified within 72 hours of a data breach that is likely to result in a risk for your rights and freedoms. ![]() By using our services on or after, you will be agreeing to the changes. If you use our services to process personal information of EU-resident natural persons you need to comply with the GDPR. ![]() Please review Valossa's updated Terms and Conditions, Privacy Policy and the Cookie Policy. The GDPR strengthens and clarifies the rights of EU-resident natural persons with regard to their personal information The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy for Valossa services have been updated accordingly. On, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (EU) 2016/679 will come into force. ![]()
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