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Charles Korvin
Charles Korvin
90 years (Nov 21, 1907 – Jun 18, 1998)
Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]
12 Movies
8 TV Shows

Charles Korvin

Going by the credits, Charles Korvin is an actor, and the profile that emerges from the data is a plain one. 'Ship of Fools' is a further entry in the filmography. The record carries 20 credits. Among the credits sits 'Zorro'.
Going by the credits, Charles Korvin is an actor, and the profile that emerges from the data is a plain one. 'Ship of Fools' is a further entry in the filmography. The record carries 20 credits. Among the credits sits 'Zorro'.
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Is Charles Korvin still alive?
Charles Korvin passed away on June 18, 1998 at age 90.
What are the most famous roles of Charles Korvin?
Charles Korvin is best known for roles in Ship of Fools, Berlin Express, The Killer That Stalked New York.
How many movies has Charles Korvin been in?
Over a 54-year career (since 1944), Charles Korvin has appeared in 12 movies and 8 TV shows.
What was Charles Korvin's first movie?
The career of Charles Korvin began with Enter Arsène Lupin (1944).
What is Charles Korvin's most recent movie or series?
Charles Korvin's most recent release is Holocaust, which premiered on April 16, 1978.
What TV shows has Charles Korvin appeared in?
On television, Charles Korvin has appeared in Zorro, Holocaust, The Honeymooners, The F.B.I..
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Charles Korvin
Charles Korvin
1907-11-21 · Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]

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 to the newly burgeoning, and much less political, field of broadcast television, Korvin starred in early productions for Playhouse 90, Studio One, and US Steel Hour. He played The Eagle for six contiguous episodes on Disney's Zorro and played Latin dance instructor Carlos on The Honeymooners episode "Mama Loves Mambo." In 1960, he starred as Inspector Duval in the UK/US television series Interpol Calling produced by J. Arthur Rank. During these years, Korvin returned to off-Broadway theater starring as the king in Rodgers and Hammerstein's The King and I with runs at the Westbury Music Fair and the St. Louis Municipal Opera. He was back on Broadway in the mid-1960s starring as the upstairs neighbor in Neil Simon’s Tony Award winning play, “Barefoot in the Park”. In 1964, he returned to Hollywood to play the ship’s captain in Stanley Kramer’s Academy Award winning film, Ship of Fools. Remaining active in later years, he was the voice of the Red Baron for eight years on television and radio ads for Lufthansa Airlines.

For more than 25 years, Korvin, with his wife Anne, were part-of-the-year residents in Klosters, Switzerland, where he enjoyed skiing, cooking and entertaining with friends and fellow part time residents Irwin and Marion Shaw, Greta Garbo, Salka Viertel, Deborah Kerr, Robert Ricci, John Fairchild and Gaetan de Rosnay among others. Korvin claimed to have been Greta Garbo's last dance partner. Julia Child, another long time friend, was interviewed in 1978 by Dick Cavett on his PBS television show. When he asked her to name her favorite “amateur” chef, Child replied, “Charles Korvin”.

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