Oscar Beregi junior
Oscar Beregi, Jr. (born May 12, 1918 in Budapest , Austria-Hungary (today: Hungary ), † November 1, 1976 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actor of Hungarian origin.
Life
Oskar Beregi was the son of the prominent film and stage actor Oscar Beregi senior . The Beregi family left Hungary shortly after the end of World War II, and Oscar Beregi Jr. emigrated to the USA after a stopover in Chile . There he worked from 1959 to 1976 as a supporting actor in movies and television series. In the movie What You Always Wanted To Know About Sex But Didn't Dare To Ask by Woody Allen , he starred in the episode What Happens When Ejaculation? a team member in the central control of the brain. In Stanley Kramer's star-studded film drama The Ship of Fools , he played the role of a father who asks the ship's doctor, played by Oskar Werner , to prescribe laxatives for his daughter.
Beregi junior became at least as well known through his numerous guest roles on television. In the episode Operation Briefcase (English: Operation Briefcase ) of the television series A Cage Full of Heroes , he played General Stauffen . He appeared in three episodes of the Twilight Zone , including as former SS man Gunther Lutze in the episode Deaths-Head Revisited , in which he is dramatically confronted with his guilt. Oscar Beregi died of a heart attack in 1976 at the age of 58, and his last role was in the television series Deployment in Manhattan that same year .
Filmography (selection)
cinemamovies
- 1960: Land of a Thousand Adventures (North to Alaska)
- 1960: Let's Make Love (Let's Make Love)
- 1961: Hunt for Eichmann (Operation Eichmann)
- 1961: The Judgment at Nuremberg
- 1964: My Fair Lady
- 1964: 36 hours (36 hours)
- 1964: A man came to New York (Youngblood Hawke)
- 1964: The Incredible Mr. Limpet
- 1965: The Ship of Fools
- 1965: Morituri
- 1970: The Great White Hope (The Great White Hope)
- 1971: The Organization
- 1972: What You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask (Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex * (* But Were Afraid to Ask))
- 1974: Frankenstein Junior (Young Frankenstein)
Web links
- Oscar Beregi junior in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Wikia.com : Some examples of TV guest appearances by Oscar Beregi Jr. (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Oscar Beregi junior in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Beregi, Oscar junior |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Beregi, Oscar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American-Hungarian actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 12, 1918 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest , Austria-Hungary |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1, 1976 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California, United States |