Paul Muni
Actor
- Born
- September 21, 1895 · Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]
- Died
- August 25, 1967 (age 71)
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Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austro-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.
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His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters.
He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur.
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Known for
Scarface
April 9, 1932
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
November 9, 1932
The Life of Emile Zola
September 9, 1937
The Good Earth
June 2, 1937
The Story of Louis Pasteur
February 22, 1936
Angel on My Shoulder
September 20, 1946
A Song to Remember
January 19, 1945
Bordertown
January 23, 1935
Black Fury
May 18, 1935
Juarez
June 10, 1939
Commandos Strike at Dawn
December 30, 1942
Stage Door Canteen
June 24, 1943
Acting36
- 2019Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood as (archive footage)
- 2008Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood as James Allen (archive footage)
- 2000The Many Faces of Dracula as Self (archive footage)
- 1997Frank Capra's American Dream as Self (archive footage)
- 1975Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? as Self (archive footage)
- 1973The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks as Self (archive footage)
- 1959The Last Angry Man as Sam Abelman
- 1952Stranger on the Prowl as The Stranger With A Gun
- 1946Angel on My Shoulder as Eddie Kagle / Judge Fredrick Parker