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Oskar Homolka

Austrian actor (1898–1978)

Oskar Homolka was an Austrian film and theatre actor who went on to work in Germany, Britain and the United States. By 30 he had appeared in more than 400 plays, and his screen career covered at least 100 films and TV shows, often as communist spies or Soviet officials. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for I Remember Mama (1948).

Oskar Homolka appears in 5 films in The Rerun, from 1948 to 1967. Most of that work is in drama, romance and war. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Giacomo Rossi-Stuart (2).

Known for

  • I Remember Mama (1948). His performance earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
  • War and Peace (1956). A 1950s credit from his years working in American and international films.
  • The Seven Year Itch (1955). A supporting part from his Hollywood work of the mid 1950s.
  • Billion Dollar Brain (1967). A later film role from the late 1960s.

Movies

Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has Oskar Homolka been in?
Oskar Homolka appears in Billion Dollar Brain (1967), A Farewell to Arms (1957), War and Peace (1956), The Seven Year Itch (1955) and I Remember Mama (1948) on The Remote.
When was Oskar Homolka born?
Oskar Homolka was born on 12 August 1898.

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