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Paul Muni (born Meshilem Meier Weisenfreund, September 22, 1895 – August 25, 1967) was an Austrian-Hungarian-born American stage and film actor. During the 1930s, he was considered the most prestigious actor at Warner Brothers studios, and one of the rare actors who was given the privilege of choosing which parts he wanted.
His acting quality, usually playing a powerful character, such as Scarface, was partly a result of his intense preparation for his parts, often immersing himself in study of the real character’s traits and mannerisms. He was also highly skilled in using makeup techniques, a talent he learned from his parents, who were also actors, and from his early years on stage with the Yiddish Theater, in New York. At the age of 12, he played the stage role of an 80-year-old man; in one of his films, Seven Faces, he played seven different characters.
He was nominated six times for an Oscar, winning once as Best Actor in The Story of Louis Pasteur.
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Paul Muni Biography / Wiki
Name | Paul Muni |
Also Know | Пол Муни |
Gender | Male |
Known For | Acting |
Place of Birth | Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary |
Date of Birth | 1895-09-22 |
Age(as in 2022) | 71 |
Deathday | 1967-08-25 |
Paul Muni Acting Movies
Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
Scarface | Tony ‘Scarface’ Camonte | 1932-04-09 | A murderous thug shoots his way to the top of the mobs while trying to protect his sister from the criminal life…. |
Angel on My Shoulder | Eddie Kagle/Judge Fredrick Parker | 1946-09-20 | The Devil arranges for a deceased gangster to return to Earth as a well-respected judge to make up for his previous life…. |
Bordertown | Johnny Ramirez | 1935-01-23 | An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with his boss’s neurotic wife…. |
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang | James Allen | 1932-11-09 | A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s f… |
The Good Earth | Wang | 1937-06-02 | China, during the rule of the Qing Dynasty. The arranged marriage between Wang Lung, a humble farmer, and O-Lan, a domestic slave, will endure the man… |
The Life of Emile Zola | Emile Zola | 1937-10-02 | Biopic of the famous French writer Emile Zola and his involvement in the Dreyfus Affair…. |
Counter-Attack | Alexei Kulkov | 1945-04-26 | Two Russians fight to escape the seven Nazi soldiers trapped with them in a bombed building…. |
The Story of Louis Pasteur | Louis Pasteur | 1936-02-22 | A true story about Louis Pasteur, who revolutionized medicine by proving that much disease is caused by microbes, that sanitation is paramount and tha… |
Black Fury | Joe Radek | 1935-05-18 | A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management…. |
Stranger on the Prowl | The Stranger With A Gun | 1952-03-12 | A down-and-out crook on the lam befriends a young street urchin, in an Italian port city. At first amused that the boy is a sneak thief, he tries to d… |
Juarez | Benito Pablo Juárez | 1939-06-10 | The newly-named emperor Maximilian and his wife Carlota arrive in Mexico to face popular sentiment favoring Benito Juárez and democracy…. |
Commandos Strike at Dawn | Eric Toresen | 1942-12-30 | A gentle widower, enraged at Nazi atrocities against his peaceful Norwegian fishing village, escapes to Britain and returns leading a commando force a… |
Hudson’s Bay | Pierre Esprit Radisson | 1941-01-03 | Highly fictionalized early history of Canada. Trapper/explorer Radisson imagines an empire around Hudson’s Bay. He befriends the Indians, fights the F… |
The Last Angry Man | Sam Abelman | 1959-10-22 | Dr. Sam Abelman is a Jewish doctor contentedly spending his autumn years serving his own Brooklyn neighborhood. But when his nephew, would-be journali… |
The Valiant | James Dyke | 1929-05-19 | A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives…. |
A Song to Remember | Professeur Joseph Elsner | 1945-01-19 | Prof. Joseph Elsner guides his protégé Frydryk Chopin through his formative years to early adulthood in Poland. The professor takes him to Paris, wh… |
We Are Not Alone | Dr. David Newcome | 1939-11-25 | A British doctor and his son’s Austrian governess have an affair and are accused of killing his wife…. |
The World Changes | Orin Nordholm Jr. | 1933-11-25 | Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen through the eyes of businessman Orin Nordholm Jr…. |
Hi, Nellie! | Brad | 1934-01-20 | Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a s… |
Dr. Socrates | Lee | 1935-10-19 | Dr. Socrates gave up his brilliant career as surgeon in a prominent hospital because his betrothed died under his knife. He is now a struggling doctor… |
The Woman I Love | Lt. Claude Maury | 1937-04-15 | In World War I France, a pilot falls in love with the wife of his friend and superior officer…. |
Seven Faces | Chibou / Diablero / Smith / Schubert / Juan / Gans / Napoleon | 1929-12-01 | A 1929 American pre-Code drama film with fantasy elements that was released by Fox Film Corporation in the Fox Movietone sound-on-film system on Decem… |
Breakdowns of 1940 | Himself | 1940-01-01 | Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1940…. |
Yellowface: Asian Whitewashing and Racism in Hollywood | (archive) | 2019-10-13 | A history of anti-Asian racism and yellowface in Hollywood after the 1941 Pearl Harbor attack…. |
The Voice That Thrilled the World | Himself (segments ‘The Story of Louis Pasteur’ and ‘The Life of Emile Zola’) (archive footage) | 1943-01-01 | This short traces the history of sound in the movies, beginning with French scientist Leon Scott’s experiments in 1857. Featured are snippets from ear… |
Cavalcade of the Academy Awards | (archive footage) | 1940-07-31 | This 1940 presentation features highlights of earlier (1928 onward) Oscar ceremonies including Shirley Temple and Walt Disney, plus acceptance speeche… |
Hollywood Goes to Town | 1938-07-07 | This short shows how Hollywood gets ready for the world premiere of an “important” movie. The film celebrated here is Marie Antoinette (1938), which h… | |
Stage Door Canteen | Paul Muni | 1943-06-24 | A young soldier on a pass in New York City visits the famed Stage Door Canteen, where famous stars of the theater and films appear and host a recreati… |
Breakdowns of 1936 | Himself | 1936-12-30 | Time marches on…. |
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood | James Allen (archive footage) | 2008-03-03 | A look at the forces that shaped Pre-Code Hollywood and brought about the strict enforcement of the Hays Code in 1934…. |
Becoming Al Pacino | Himself (archive footage) | 2022-02-06 | Between the South Bronx and (New) Hollywood, a portrait of Al Pacino, passionate about theatre and mythical actor of The Godfather and Scarface, who h… |
A Dream Comes True | Himself (uncredited) | 1935-12-31 | A promotional short to hype the production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)…. |
Frank Capra’s American Dream | 1997-01-01 | A documentary looking at the life and career of film director Frank Capra. Hosted by Ron Howard…. | |
Breakdowns of 1938 | Himself | 1938-02-07 | This was one of the annual “blooper” reels screened by the Warners Club, an organization of Warners actors, crew and executives. It was meant to poke … |
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? | (archive footage) | 1975-08-06 | Period music, film clips and newsreel footage combined into a visual exploration of the American entertainment industry during the Great Depression…. |
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