Joseph Schildkraut Overview:

Character actor, Joseph Schildkraut, was born on Mar 22, 1896 in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria). Schildkraut appeared in over 85 film and television roles. His best known films include The Life of Emile Zola, Marie Antoinette (1938), The Shop Around The Corner, and The Diary of Anne Frank. Schildkraut died at the age of 67 on Jan 21, 1964 in New York City, NY and was laid to rest in Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood, CA.

MINI BIO:

Dashing, mustachioed Joseph Schildkraut came to Hollywood in the early twenties, and played lithe heroes. Sound Films cast him mainly as suave, irritable villains although there were also some good character roles, and for one of them, Captain Dreyfus in The Life of Emile Zola,  he won an Academy Award. He died from a heart attack. 

(Source: available at Amazon Quinlan's Illustrated Dictionary of Film Character Actors).

HONORS and AWARDS:

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Joseph Schildkraut was nominated for one Academy Award, winning for Best Supporting Actor for The Life of Emile Zola (as Captain Alfred Dreyfus) in 1937.

Academy Awards

YearAwardFilm nameRoleResult
1937Best Supporting ActorThe Life of Emile Zola (1937)Captain Alfred DreyfusWon
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.

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Silent Movie Star Mini Biography: Joseph Schildkraut

By Movies, Silently on Feb 28, 2013 From Movies Silently

He will always be Chevalier de Vaudrey to me… Joseph Schildkraut (1896-1964) Country of birth: Austria The basics: Son of esteemed actor Rudolph Schildkraut, a star of the Yiddish stage. Joseph Schildkraut was a star of both stage and screen. He made several films in Austria before he was cast... Read full article


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Joseph Schildkraut Quotes:

Duke d'Orléans: Paris is waiting for you... lights, music, dancing, the opera. A new world is waiting for you! Conquer Paris and you'll conquer Madame Du Barry.


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Kraler: Mr. Frank. - Mr Frank?
Otto Frank: Kraler. - Mr. Kraler. Miep. My good friends.


Otto Frank: Always remember this Anna, there are no walls, no bolts, no locks that anyone can put on your mind.


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In an in-depth article by Ken Dennis from the Fall 2008 issue of "Classic Images", it is said that Rudolph Schildkraut strongly disapproved of his son Joseph Schildkraut's interest in the theatre and insisted he follow a career in music. Joseph was determined, however, and his father eventually relented.

Schildkraut did not plan to attend the Oscar ceremony at first because his agent mistakenly informed him that he was not a favorite and going to lose. In bed, he was aroused by an informant who received some information that he was going to win. Joseph arrived at the Warner Bros. table just in time to pick up his Oscar from director Frank Capra. The Emile Zola film also won "Best Picture" and "Best Screenplay".

Cousin of actor/mime Robert Shields.

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