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Cornel Wilde
Hungarian-American actor and film director
1912 – 1989aged 77
A Hungarian-American leading man who rose from uncredited film bits to an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor, playing Frédéric Chopin in A Song to Remember. In the 1950s he moved behind the camera as well, writing, producing and directing films including The Naked Prey and No Blade of Grass while continuing to act.