THE WALLS OF JERICHO, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, 1948, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE WALLS OF JERICHO, Linda Darnell, Cornel Wilde, 1948, (c) 20th Century Fox, TM & Copyright THE PERFECT SNOB, Cornel Wilde, 1941, TM and ©20th Century-Fox Film Corp. All rights reserved A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, 1945 A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Cornel Wilde, Adele Jergens, 1945 A THOUSAND AND ONE NIGHTS, Cornel Wilde, Evelyn Keyes, Adele Jergens, 1945 IT HAD TO BE YOU, Cornel Wilde, working out on-set, 1947 BEACH RED, Cornel Wilde, 1967 WOMAN'S WORLD, from left: Clifton Webb, Arlene Dahl, Van Heflin, Fred MacMurray (rear), Lauren Bacall, Cornel Wilde (rear), June Allyson, 1954, TM & Copyright © 20th Century Fox Film Corp. THE WALLS OF JERICHO, Cornel Wilde, 1948, ©20th Century-Fox Film Corporation, TM & Copyright BEACH RED, Cornel Wilde, 1967 TREASURE OF THE GOLDEN CONDOR, from left, Cornel Wilde, Constance Smith, 1953, TM and copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. The Comic Photos CONSTANTINE AND THE CROSS, Cornel Wilde, 1962 IT HAD TO BE YOU, Cornel Wilde, 1947 HOT BLOOD, from left: Jane Russell, Cornel Wilde, 1956, hotblood-fsc06, Photo by: (hotblood-fsc06) WINTERTIME, Cornel Wilde, 1943, TM and Copyright ©20th Century Fox Film Corp. An intelligent and able performer, Wilde was a solid actor and also an unfairly overlooked directorial talent of that era. His later credits in this vein included such graphic, groundbreaking films as the jungle adventure "The Naked Prey" (1966), the Vietnam drama "Beach Red" (1967), and the post-apocalyptic thriller "No Blade of Grass" (1970). Wilde also carved out a successful second career behind the camera as a producer, director and sometime screenwriter. He also did laudable work in successful productions like "Leave Her to Heaven" (1945), "Forever Amber" (1947), and "Road House" (1948) during his tenure at 20th Century Fox. It also did not hurt that he was an effective dramatic performer and proved it when he earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for "A Song to Remember" (1945) early on in his career. fencing team, he was able to utilize skills that made him a desirable lead for period swashbucklers, a la Errol Flynn. Fluent in several languages and good with accents, he was also highly athletic and often emphasized physicality in his performances. Divorced from actress Patricia Knight, Wilde married his frequent costar, actress Jean Wallace.Handsome leading men were hardly in short supply in Hollywood during the 1940s, but Cornel Wilde was a unique specimen. In 1955 he formed his own company, Theodora Productions, to produce, direct, and star in his own films he ultimately made 11 films in that capacity, but earned little critical respect for his work. For several years he starred in major productions, such as the 1952 Best Picture winner The Greatest Show on Earth, then in the mid-late '50s he was back in B movies, often playing swashbucklers. His career took off after he played Chopin in A Song to Remember (1945), for which he received a Best Actor Oscar nomination. On-screen from 1940, Wilde played small roles as heavies in several films, then switched studios and began getting leads in B movies. In 1940 he was hired as a fencing instructor and a featured player for the Broadway production of Hamlet with Laurence Olivier some of the rehearsals were in Hollywood, where he landed a film contract. He appeared in a number of plays in New York and on the road, playing everything from bit parts to leads. For several years he studied medicine in college, but he gave it up to pursue acting he also gave up a spot on the 1936 U.S. His father was a traveling salesman who did a lot of business in Europe, and Wilde spent much of his youth traveling in Europe with him, where he became fluent in several languages.
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