Paul Lukas
Paul Lukas (
May 26,
1887 -
August 15,
1971) was a
Hungarian actor. Born
Lukács Pál in
Budapest, he arrived in
Hollywood in
1927 after a successful stage career in
Hungary and
Austria. He was very busy in the
1930s, but his major role came in
1943's
Watch on the Rhine, when he played a man blackmailed to work for the
Nazis (he had played the same role on
Broadway). He won the
Academy Award for Best Actor for the role.
The remainder of his career moved from Hollywood to the stage to television. He died in Tangier, Morocco.
Lukas has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6841 Hollywood Blvd.