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born: "21 November 1907"
died: "18 June 1998"
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# Charles Korvin

Actor. Born 21 November 1907 in Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]. Died 18 June 1998.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 21 November 1907, Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]
- **Died:** 18 June 1998
- **Also known as:** Geza Karpathy, Géza Kárpáthi
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Korvin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q205003, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0439959/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/108991

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Ship of Fools*](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md) (62)

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## Biography

Charles Korvin (born Géza Kárpáthi) was a Hungarian-American actor who worked in film, television and theatre. Born on 21 November 1907 in Piestany, Austria-Hungary (now Piešťany, Slovakia), he studied at the Sorbonne in Paris and spent ten years in France as a still and motion-picture photographer. In 1937 he co-directed the documentary *Heart of Spain*, filmed on the front lines of the Spanish Civil War.

Korvin moved to the United States in 1940. He trained at the Barter Theatre in Virginia and made his Broadway debut in 1943 under the name Géza Korvin in the play *Dark Eyes*. After signing with Universal Pictures he adopted the stage name Charles Korvin. He appeared in several 1940s films, including three with Merle Oberon. Around 1951 he was blacklisted after refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee and turned to television, with roles in series such as *Zorro* (as The Eagle) and *The Honeymooners*.

He returned to feature films as Capt. Thiele in Stanley Kramer’s *Ship of Fools* (1965). Korvin remained active in television and voice work until the 1990s. He died in New York City on 18 June 1998.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, nytimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Ship of Fools* (1965), Fi1m 62, as Capt. Thiele — [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Holocaust* (1978), series, as Dr. Kohn
- *Inside Out* (1975), as Peter Dohlberg
- *The Man Who Had Power Over Women* (1970), as Alfred Felix
- *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Captain Istvan Sladek, Paul Sieger / Helmut Probst, Paul Stoner
- *Ship of Fools* (1965), as Capt. Thiele — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/ship-of-fools.md)
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Inspector Paul Duval
- *Zorro, the Avenger* (1959), as The Eagle
- *Zorro* (1957), series, Actor
- *The Blackwell Story* (1957), as Dr. Von Neff
- *Thunderstorm* (1956), as Pablo Gardia
- *The Honeymooners* (1955), series, Actor
- *The Millionaire* (1955), series, as Anton Bohrman / Anton Kosleck
- *Climax!* (1954), series, as General Steck, Dr. Andre Demerre
- *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Leo Unten
- *Sangaree* (1953), as Harvey Bristol
- *Lydia Bailey* (1952), as Col. Gabriel D'autremont
- *Tarzan's Savage Fury* (1952), as Rokov
- *The Killer That Stalked New York* (1950), as Matt Krane
- *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Rupert Farrand
- *Suspense* (1949), series, Actor
- *Studio One* (1948), series, as Francis, Philip Hausman, Paul Collins, Julian Wilder, Gastman, El Cameron
- *The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre* (1948), series, Actor
- *Berlin Express* (1948), as Henri Perrot
- *Temptation* (1946), as Mahoud Baroudi
- *This Love of Ours* (1945), as Dr. Michael Touzac
- *Enter Arsène Lupin* (1944), as Arsene Lupin
- *Heart of Spain* (1937), Director, Cinematography

## Gallery

- ![Charles Korvin](https://film.one/media/person/1242322/gallery-10ca9d5fa61b.jpg) Charles Korvin — Photographer-Maurice Seymour, Chicago., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/32/Charles_Korvin_1948.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Charles Korvin](https://film.one/media/person/1242322/gallery-1014954d0da9.jpg) Charles Korvin — Image via TMDB

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