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Paul Lukas

People · 1891–1971

Paul Lukas

Hungarian-American actor (1891-1971)

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1891–1971
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People

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Paul Lukas (born Pál Lukács; May 26, 1895 – August 16, 1971) was a Hungarian-born actor who achieved prominence in American theater and film after emigrating to the United States in 1927., and continued working in character roles into the 1960s, dying of heart failure in Tangier, Morocco, at age 76.(

In brief

Paul Lukas (born Pál Lukács; 26 May 1894 – 15 August 1971) was a Hungarian actor. He won the Academy Award for Best Actor, and the first Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, as well as a Photoplay Award and a New York Film Critics Circle Award for his performance in the film Watch on the Rhine (1943), reprising the role he created on the Broadway stage.

Paul Lukas
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