Person Details

Birthday: 1895-09-22 05:27:53

Death: 1967-08-25 05:27:53

Aliases: Пол Муни

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary

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Movie Involvements: 30

TV Involvements: 3


Most Famous Work

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted. His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character's traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters. He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur. Description above from the Wikipedia article Paul Muni, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Most Famous Work

What's My Line?
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7

What's My Line?

(1950) Self - Mystery Guest
Scarface
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8

Scarface

(1932) Tony 'Scarface' Camonte
The Philco Television Playhouse
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6

The Philco Television Playhouse

(1948) George Simon
The Good Earth
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6

The Good Earth

(1937) Wang
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
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8
The Life of Emile Zola
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7

The Life of Emile Zola

(1937) Emile Zola
Saints and Sinners
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6

Saints and Sinners

(1962) Samuel Foss
Commandos Strike at Dawn
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5

Commandos Strike at Dawn

(1942) Eric Toresen

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2019 (archive)
2008 James Allen (archive footage)
2000 Self (archive footage)
1997 Self (archive footage)
1975 Self (archive footage)
1973 Self (archive footage)
1962 Samuel Foss
1959 Sam Abelman
1953 Senator Ryder
1952 The Stranger With A Gun
1950 Self - Mystery Guest
1948 George Simon
1946 Eddie Kagle/Judge Fredrick Parker
1945 Alexei Kulkov
Professor Joseph Elsner
1943 Self ('Story of Pasteur' & 'Life of Zola') (archive footage)
Paul Muni
1942 Eric Toresen
1941 Pierre Esprit Radisson
1940 Self
Self (archive footage)
1939 Dr. David Newcome
Benito Pablo Juárez
1938 Emile Zola (archive footage) (uncredited)
Self
1937 Emile Zola
Wang
Lt. Claude Maury
1936 Self
Louis Pasteur
1935 Himself (uncredited)
Lee
Joe Radek
Johnny Ramirez
1934 Brad
1933 Orin Nordholm Jr.
1932 James Allen
Tony 'Scarface' Camonte
1929 Chibou / Diablero / Smith / Schubert / Juan / Gans / Napoleon
James Dyke
Year Character Movie/Tv

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