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Charles Korvin is a Actor American born on 21 november 1907 at Piešťany (Slovaquie)

Charles Korvin

Charles Korvin
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Birth name Géza Korvin Kárpáthy
Nationality USA
Birth 21 november 1907 at Piešťany (Slovaquie)
Death 18 june 1998 (at 90 years) at Manhattan (USA)

Charles Korvin (November 21, 1907 – June 18, 1998) was a film and television actor. The Hungarian actor (born Géza Korvin Kárpáthy) moved to the United States in 1940 after studying at the Sorbonne. Korvin made his stage debut on Broadway in 1943 using the name Geza Korvin. After signing a movie contract with Universal Pictures, he changed his stage name to Charles Korvin. He worked steadily through the 1940s, including appearing in three films with actress Merle Oberon. In the 1950s, after leaving Universal, he played a number of "villain" roles in films and television including a Russian agent named Rokov in Tarzan's Savage Fury starring Lex Barker as the title character. In 1957, he became a naturalized citizen of the United States. On television, he played The Eagle on Disney's Zorro and played Latin dance instructor Carlos on The Honeymooners episode "Mama Loves Mambo." In 1959 he starred in the US/UK television series Interpol Calling. Korvin died at the age of 90 in Manhattan.

Usually with

Lucien Ballard
Lucien Ballard
(3 films)
Merle Oberon
Merle Oberon
(3 films)
Norman Foster
Norman Foster
(1 films)
BarBara Luna
BarBara Luna
(2 films)
Paul Misraki
Paul Misraki
(2 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Charles Korvin (14 films)

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Actor

Inside Out
Inside Out (1975)
, 1h37
Directed by Peter Duffell
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Action, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Heist films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Telly Savalas, Robert Culp, James Mason, Günter Meisner, Aldo Ray, Wolfgang Lukschy
Roles Peter Dohlberg
Rating57% 2.8555652.8555652.8555652.8555652.855565
In 1975, Harry Morgan (Telly Savalas) and Sylvester (Sly) Wells (Robert Culp) come up with a plan to recover six million dollars of Nazi gold, lost since the end of World War II. The story begins during the Third Reich. A crew of Nazi soldiers is driving a cargo truck through the Black Forest when they are stopped by a road block of SS commandos. The SS hijack the truck and its cargo killing its passengers. Thirty-four years later Harry Morgan is driving his Rolls Royce home in London where a repossession agent is waiting to confiscate the car. Harry gives him the keys as he boasts that he will soon own another one. He enters his family's apartment where he has a brief conversation with his wife Meredith (Lorna Dallas) about their debts and the building that is soon to be sold. As he looks through the bills he finds a letter addressed to him from someone in his past requesting to meet with him.
Ship of Fools
Ship of Fools (1965)
, 2h29
Directed by Stanley Kramer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Vivien Leigh, Simone Signoret, Oskar Werner, José Ferrer, Lee Marvin, Michael Dunn
Roles Capt. Thiele
Rating70% 3.5453453.5453453.5453453.5453453.545345
The characters board a German ocean liner in Veracruz, Mexico, for a voyage to Bremerhaven, Germany, along with 600 displaced workers in steerage, being deported from Cuba back to Spain, and a not-so-exotic band of entertainers, for whom the voyage is just a job. Some are happy to be bound for a rising Nazi Germany, some are apprehensive, while others appear oblivious to its potential dangers.
Signé Zorro
Signé Zorro (1958)
, 1h31
Directed by Norman Foster, Lewis R. Foster, Vincent McEveety
Origin USA
Genres Adventure
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, Children's films, Personne sourde ou muette, Zorro
Actors Guy Williams, Henry Calvin, Gene Sheldon, Romney Brent, Don Diamond, George J. Lewis
Roles Jose Sebastian Varga alias « L'aigle »
Rating68% 3.44643.44643.44643.44643.4464
Au début du XIX siècle, de retour d'Espagne où il faisait ses études, Don Diego de la Vega découvre que Los Angeles est tyrannisée par le commandant de la garnison de cette petite ville de la Californie espagnole. Le jeune noble décide alors de combattre ces abus de pouvoir et prend les armes sous le nom de Zorro (renard en espagnol).
Sangaree
Sangaree (1953)
, 1h34
Directed by Edward Ludwig
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Fernando Lamas, Arlene Dahl, Lester Matthews, Patricia Medina, Francis L. Sullivan, Charles Korvin
Roles Harvey Bristol
Rating60% 3.0045853.0045853.0045853.0045853.004585
On his death bed, old Revolutionary War general Darby bequeaths his Georgia estate, Sangaree, to a man he trusts, Dr. Carlos Morales, requesting he seek freedom for servants and slaves.
Lydia Bailey
Lydia Bailey (1952)
, 1h29
Directed by Jean Negulesco, Robert D. Webb
Origin USA
Genres Adventure, Historical
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Children's films
Actors Dale Robertson, Anne Francis, Charles Korvin, William Horace Marshall, Luis van Rooten, Robert Evans
Roles Col. Gabriel D'autremont
Rating63% 3.1902253.1902253.1902253.1902253.190225
Albion Hamlin, a farmer and lawyer from Maine, defends a Boston publisher from prosecution under the Alien and Sedition Acts and falls in love with his daughter Lydia after seeing a painting of her. He looks for her in revolution-torn Haiti and the two eventually become involved in the American action against the Barbary pirates.
Tarzan's Savage Fury
Tarzan's Savage Fury (1952)
, 1h21
Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin USA
Genres Fantasy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about children, Tarzan films
Actors Lex Barker, Dorothy Hart, Patric Knowles, Charles Korvin, Peter Mamakos
Roles Rokov, Russian Agent
Rating57% 2.8514752.8514752.8514752.8514752.851475
Tarzan agrees, against his better judgement, to guide British government agents Edwards and Rokov into the land of the Wazuri Tribe, to harvest uncut diamonds for national-defense purposes. But it transpires the agents are secretly criminals who intend to use the gems for their own sinister purposes.
The Killer That Stalked New York
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
, 1h19
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Medical-themed films
Actors Evelyn Keyes, Charles Korvin, Dorothy Malone, Lola Albright, Barry Kelley, Carl Benton Reid
Roles Matt Krane
Rating63% 3.196983.196983.196983.196983.19698
Arriving at New York City's Pennsylvania Station after a trip to Cuba, Sheila Bennet (Evelyn Keyes), who is smuggling $50,000 worth of diamonds into the country, realizes she's being followed by the authorities. She mails the diamonds to her husband, Matt Krane (Charles Korvin), instead of carrying them around, and then tries to shake the Treasury agent following her.
Berlin Express
Berlin Express (1948)
, 1h27
Directed by Jacques Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Spy, Noir
Themes Spy films, Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Merle Oberon, Robert Ryan, Charles Korvin, Paul Lukas, Robert Coote, Fritz Kortner
Roles Perrot
Rating67% 3.3941053.3941053.3941053.3941053.394105
Frenchwoman Lucienne (Merle Oberon) American agricultural expert Robert Lindley (Robert Ryan)
Temptation
Temptation (1946)
, 1h38
Directed by Irving Pichel
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir
Actors Merle Oberon, George Brent, Paul Lukas, Charles Korvin, Lenore Ulric, Arnold Moss
Roles Mahoud Baroudi
Rating64% 3.233753.233753.233753.233753.23375
Victorian melodrama, set in Egypt, where a down-on-her-luck courtesan (Oberon) snares a loving but naive Egyptologist (Brent), marries him and moves to Egypt. She quickly becomes bored and embarks on an affair with Mamhoud Baroudi (Korvin). She falls in love with him, and together, they plot to do away with her husband.