Paul Henreid
| Paul Henreid | |
|---|---|
 circa 1940s | |
| Born | Paul Georg Julius Hernreid von Wasel Waldingau 10 January 1908 Trieste, Austria-Hungary (now Italy) |
| Died | 29 March 1992 (aged 84) Santa Monica, California, U.S. |
| Cause of death | pneumonia |
| Occupation | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1933–1977 |
| Spouse(s) | Elizabeth "Lisl" Camilla Julia Gluck (1936–1992) (his death) 2 children |
| Children | Monika Henreid Mimi Duncan |
Paul Henreid (10 January 1908 – 29 March 1992)[1] was an Austrian-born American actor and film director. He is best remembered for two roles: Victor Laszlo in Casablanca and Jerry Durrance in Now, Voyager, both released in 1942.
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[hide]Biography[edit]
Early life[edit]
Born Paul Georg Julius Hernried in the city of Trieste, then part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Italy), Henreid was the son of Maria-Luise (Lendecke) and Karl Alphons Hernried, a Viennese banker, born as Carl Hirsch, who converted in 1904[citation needed] from Judaism to Roman Catholicism. Henreid's father died in April 1916,[2] and the family fortune had dwindled by the time he graduated from the exclusive Maria Theresianische Academie.[3][4]
Early acting career[edit]
He trained for the theatre in Vienna, over his family's objections,[3] and debuted there on the stage under the direction of Max Reinhardt. He began his film career acting in German films in the 1930s.
He was strongly anti-Nazi, so much so that he was designated an "official enemy of the Third Reich".[4]
England[edit]
He played Prince Albert in the play Victoria Regina in 1937.[3] With the outbreak of World War II, Henreid risked deportation or internment as an enemy alien, but Conrad Veidt (his co-star as Major Heinrich Strasser in Casablanca) spoke for him, and he was allowed to remain and work in England's film industry. Veidt himself was an avowed anti-Nazi, with a Jewish wife.[5]
Henreid had a good supporting role in Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and third billing as a German espionage agent in the thriller Night Train to Munich (1940). He also had a minor role in Under Your Hat (1940).
RKO[edit]
After relocating to the United States, Henreid had a successful New York theater run in Flight to the West,[6] He was put under contract by RKO in 1941. The studio changed his name from von Hernreid to the simpler and less overtly Germanic Henreid. That year, Henreid became a citizen of the United States.[3]
His first film for the studio was Joan of Paris, which came out in 1942 and was a big hit.[7]
Warner Bros[edit]
At Warner Bros Henreid was cast in Now, Voyager (1942), playing the romantic lead opposite Bette Davis. Henreid's next role was as Victor Laszlo, a heroic anti-German resistance leader on the run, in Casablanca (1942) with Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman. Warners tried to consolidate Henreid's new status by co-starring him with Ida Lupino in a romantic drama, In Our Time (1944) then putting him in Between Two Worlds (1944), a remake of Outward Bound. The Conspirators (1944) was an attempt to repeat the success of Casablanca with Henreid fighting Nazis in an ostensible neutral city with a supporting cast that included Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
Henreid played a pirate swashbuckler in RKO's The Spanish Main (1945). Back at Warners Henreid was cast in Devotion (1946) a biopic of the Bronte sisters in which Henreid played Arthur Bell Nicholls. He was cast opposite Eleanor Parker were in an adaptation of Of Human Bondage (1946).
MGM then borrowed Henreid to play Robert Schumann in Song of Love (1947) opposite Katharine Hepburn.
Blacklisting[edit]
In his 1984 autobiography "Ladies Man" Henreid recounts that he was one of a group of Hollywood stars who went to Washington to protest the excesses of the House Committee on Un-American Activities, following which he was semi-blacklisted.[3]
After leaving Warner Bros. Henreid decided to turn producer, making the film noir Hollow Triumph (1948) in which he also appeared. He was a villain in a Burt Lancaster adventure film Rope of Sand (1949).
He made a low budget film for The Danzigers, So Young, So Bad (1950). He received an offer from Sam Katzman to play pirate Jean Lafitte in Last of the Buccaneers (1950).[8]
He went to France for Pardon My French (1951) then returned to Katzman for Thief of Damascus (1951). He directed and played the lead role in For Men only (1952).
In England he made film noirs Stolen Face (1952) and Mantrap (1953), then went back to Katzman for Siren of Bagdad (1953).
Henreid had a minor role in Deep in My Heart (1954) at MGM, his first "A" film in a number of years. In 1955 he appeared in Pirates of Tripoli for Katzman, and Meet Me in Las Vegas for MGM. He also appeared on Broadway in the play Festival.[9]
Directing[edit]
In the early 1950s, Henreid began directing for both film and television. His television directorial credits include Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Maverick, Bonanza and The Big Valley.
He directed A Woman's Devotion (1956) in which he played a supporting role, Girls on the Loose (1958) and Live Fast, Die Young (1958).
He had small parts in Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957), Holiday for Lovers (1959), Never So Few (1959), and Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962).
In 1964, Henreid directed Dead Ringer, which starred Bette Davis and featured, in a minor role, the director's daughter, Monika.
Later film appearances included Operation Crossbow (1965), The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969), and The Failing of Raymond (1971). He was in Don Juan in Hell on Broadway in 1973,
His last screen appearance was in Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977).
Personal life and legacy[edit]
Henreid married Elizabeth "Lisl" Gluck (1908–1993) in 1936; the couple had two daughters.
Henreid died on 29 March 1992 at the age of 84 of pneumonia in Santa Monica after suffering a stroke.[3] He was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery.
He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, one (for film) at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard and the other (for television) at 1720 Vine Street.[1][10]
Complete filmography[edit]
As actor[edit]
- Morgenrot, aka Morgenrot (1933)
- Baroud (1933) - Bit Part (uncredited)
- Love in Morocco (1933) - bit part (uncredited)
- Hohe Schule, aka The Secret of Cavelli (1934) - Franz von Ketterer
- Eva, the Factory Girl (1935) - Fritz
- ...nur ein Komödiant (1935) - Velthen
- Victoria the Great (1937) - uncredited minor role
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Staefel
- Mad Men of Europe (1940) - Victor Brandt
- Night Train to Munich (1940) - Karl Marsen
- Under Your Hat (1940) - bit part
- Joan of Paris (1942) - Paul Lavallier
- Now, Voyager (1942) - Jerry Durrance
- Casablanca (1942) - Victor Laszlo
- In Our Time (1944) - Count Stefan Orwid
- Between Two Worlds (1944) - Henry Bergner
- The Conspirators (1944) - Vincent Van Der Lyn
- The Spanish Main (1945) - Capt. Laurent Van Horn
- Devotion (1946) - Rev. Arthur Nicholls
- Of Human Bondage (1946) - Philip Carey
- Deception (1946) - Karel Novak
- Song of Love (1947) - Robert Schumann
- Hollow Triumph, aka The Scar (1948) - John Muller / Dr. Bartok
- Rope of Sand (1949) - Commandant Paul Vogel
- So Young So Bad (1950) - Dr. John H. Jason
- Last of the Buccaneers (1950) - Jean Lafitte
- Pardon My French (1951)[n 1] - Paul Rencourt
- For Men only (1952) - Dr. Stephen Brice
- Thief of Damascus (1952) - General Abu Amdar
- Stolen Face (1952) - Dr. Philip Ritter
- Dans la vie tout s'arrange (1952) - Paul Rencourt
- Mantrap, aka Woman in Hiding (1953) - Hugo Bishop
- Siren of Bagdad (1953) - Kazah the Great
- This Song Is for You (1954) - Konrad Hegner
- Deep in My Heart (1954) - Florenz Ziegfeld
- Pirates of Tripoli (1955) - Edri al-Gadrian
- Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) - Pierre
- A Woman's Devotion (1956) - Capt. Henrique Monteros
- Ten Thousand Bedrooms (1957) - Anton
- Holiday for Lovers (1959) - Eduardo Barroso
- Never So Few (1959) - Nikko Regas
- Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) - Etienne Laurier
- Operation Crossbow (1965) - Gen. Ziemann
- The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969) - The General
- The Failing of Raymond (1971, TV Movie) - Dr. Abel
- Death Among Friends (1975, TV Movie) - Otto Schiller
- Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) - The Cardinal (final film role)
As himself or narrator[edit]
- Hollywood Canteen (1944) - himself
- Peking Remembered (1967 documentary) - narrator
As producer[edit]
- Hollow Triumph (1948)
- For Men only (1952)
As director[edit]
Film[edit]
- For Men only (1952)
- A Woman's Devotion (1956)
- Live Fast, Die Young (1958)
- Girls on the Loose (1958)
- Dead Ringer (1964)
- Ballad in Blue (1964)
Television[edit]
- The Californians (1957-1959), various episodes
As writer[edit]
- Ballad in Blue (1964) (story)
Music[edit]
- Deception (1946) (Hollenius' Cello Concerto, Cello Concerto in D major, uncredited and dubbed by Eleanor Slatkin)
- Stolen Face (1952) (song "Rolling Home")
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Radio appearances[edit]
| Year | Program | Episode/source |
|---|---|---|
| 1946 | Suspense | "Angel of Death"[11] |
| 1946 | Suspense | "No More Alice"[12] |
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