Biography for
Paul Henreid More at IMDbPro »

Date of Birth

10 January 1905, Trieste, Austria-Hungary. [now in Italy]

Date of Death

29 March 1992, Santa Monica, California, USA (pneumonia)

Birth Name

Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von Wassel-Waldingau

Height

6' 3" (1.91 m)

Spouse

Elizabeth Gluck

(1936 - 29 March 1992) (his death) 2 children

Trivia

Interred at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, California, USA.

Directed more than 28 episodes of the "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" (1955) series.

Was wary about appearing in Casablanca (1942) for fear that it would ruin his image and cause him to fade from the public eye. Ironically, it's the very film which immortalized him.

Father of Monika Henreid.

He was "investigated" by the notorious House UnAmerican Activities Committee during the McCarthy "Red Scare" period in the 1950s, and was subsequently blacklisted in Hollywood.

Father of Mimi Duncan

In 1943, he and his wife Lisl purchased the luxurious "Fonda House" designed by architect Paul Williams from Frances and Henry Fonda for $42,000. In 1970, tired of the expense and work to maintain such a large property, they sold that house and bought a smaller one in Pacific Palisades. Norman Lear was a later owner of the Fonda/Henreid house.

Personal Quotes

I never felt Lee Strasberg could act, and I fail to see how someone who can't act can teach acting.

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