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Cornel Wilde
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Director, Producer, Actor Born: October 18, 1918 in New York City, NY Death: October 16, 1989 in Los Angeles, CA Biography:His father was a traveling salesman who did a lot of business in Europe, and "Wilde" spent much of his youth traveling in Europe with him, where he became fluent in several languages. For several years he studied medicine in college, but he gave it up to pursue acting; he also gave up a spot on the 1936 U.S. Olympic fencing team. He appeared in a number of plays in New York and on the road, playing everything from bit parts to leads. In 1940 he was hired as a fencing instructor and a featured player for the Broadway production of Hamlet with "Laurence Olivier"; some of the rehearsals were in Hollywood, where he landed a film contract. On-screen from 1940, Wilde played small roles as heavies in several films, then switched studios and began getting leads in B movies. His career took off after he played Chopin in "A Song to Remember" (1945), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. For... Full Biography
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