Charles Korvin

Acting

Charles Korvin

Born November 21, 1907 · Piestany, Austria-Hungary [now Piestany, Slovakia]

Died June 18, 1998 · aged 90

Charles Korvin (born Géza Korvin Kárpáthy) was an American film, television and stage actor. He was also a professional still and motion picture photographer and master chef. The Hungarian actor moved to Paris around 1930. He studied at the Sorbonne and during his ten years living in France, he was hired by Yvon, the famous French postcard company, shooting on location all over the country. In 19…

Known For

Ship of FoolsShip of Fools · 1965
Ship of Fools
6.61965
MovieDramaRomance
A varied group of passengers boarding a ship bound for pre-WWII Germany represents a microcosm of early-1930s society.
Berlin ExpressBerlin Express · 1948
Berlin Express
6.31948
MovieThrillerCrime
In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt becomes involved in a Nazi assassination plot.
Inside OutInside Out · 1975
Inside Out
6.71975
MovieComedyCrime
An American ex-WW II POW returns to Germany 30 years after the war. He teams up with the former commander of his prison camp. Together they spring a Nazi war criminal from jail. He's the only one left who knows where a secret wartime cache of gold is hidden.
Zorro, the AvengerZorro, the Avenger · 1959
Zorro, the Avenger
8.81959
MovieAdventure
Masked crusader Zorro and his father, Don Alejandro, face off against mysterious despot The Eagle in a fight for control of old Spanish California.
Lydia BaileyLydia Bailey · 1952
Lydia Bailey
6.81952
MovieHistoryAdventure
A young Boston lawyer, Albron Hamlin, goes to Haiti in 1802 to find Lydia Bailey, whose estate he must settle. The island is war-torn in the strife between Toussaing L'Overture, the black president, and the French who are trying to retake possession of the country. Hamlin finds Lydia and, against the background of war and rebellion, they fall in love while helping the Haitians against the French.
The Killer That Stalked New YorkThe Killer That Stalked New York · 1950
The Killer That Stalked New York
6.21950
MovieThriller
In New York, Sheila Bennet and her spouse, Matt Krane, are trying to unload a trove of rare jewels they smuggled into America from Cuba, but the police are hot on the couple's trail. Meanwhile, government officials begin a desperate search for an unknown individual who is infecting the city with smallpox.
SangareeSangaree · 1953
Sangaree
6.81953
MovieDrama
Lamas plays an indentured servant who rises to power in Georgia shortly after the Revolutionary War.
The Man Who Had Power Over WomenThe Man Who Had Power Over Women · 1970
The Man Who Had Power Over Women
4.61970
MovieComedyDrama
A successful talent agent enjoys the good life until his wife leaves him. Moving in with his friend and igniting an affair with the man's wife, he also acquires a difficult new client whose public image must be preserved at any cost.

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Lights OutLights Out · 1949
Lights Out
6.01949
SeriesSci-Fi & FantasyCrime
Lights Out was an extremely popular American old-time radio program, an early example of a network series devoted mostly to horror and the supernatural, predating Suspense and Inner Sanctum. Versions of Lights Out aired on different networks, at various times, from January 1934 to the summer of 1947 and the series eventually made the transition to television. In 1946, NBC Television brought Lights Out to TV in a series of four specials, broadcast live and produced by Fred Coe, who also contributed three of the scripts. NBC asked Cooper to write the script for the premiere, "First Person Singular", which is told entirely from the point of view of an unseen murderer who kills his obnoxious wife and winds up being executed. Variety gave this first episode a rave review ("undoubtedly one of the best dramatic shows yet seen on a television screen"), but Lights Out did not become a regular NBC-TV series until 1949.