Schildkraut, Joseph

The Oxford Companion to American Theatre | 2004 | 700+ words | Copyright

Schildkraut, Joseph (1896–1964), actor. The swarthy, dashingly handsome son of the famous German and Yiddish actor Rudolf Schildkraut, he was born in Vienna and studied for the stage both in Germany and at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts. His first American appearances were under his father's aegis in German‐language performances at the Irving Place Theatre in 1910. After acting for Max Reinhardt and other famous producers in Europe, Schildkraut had his first American success as the feckless carnival barker Liliom (1921), followed by his lauded performance as the roguish artist‐lover Benvenuto Cellini in The Firebrand (1924). In the 1930s he was an important member of Eva Le Gallienne's Civic Repertory Theatre and appeared in films before returning to Broadway as the mild‐mannered murderer Uncle Harry (1942). Schildkraut's last major role was as Mr. Frank in The Diary of Anne Frank (1955). Autobiography: My Father and I, 1959.

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