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Personal Details
Other Works:
(10/12/46) Radio: Appeared (as "Eddie Kagle") in a "Hedda Hopper Show--This Is Hollywood" broadcast of "Angel On My Shoulder".
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Publicity Listings:
1 Biographical Movie
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3 Print Biographies
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3 Pictorials
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Height:
5' 9" (1.75 m)
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Personal Quote:
[on
Robert Donat's performance in
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)] The most magnificent performance I've ever seen on any screen. Not a false motion - not a wasted gesture. He is the greatest actor we have today.
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Trivia:
Of the six actors to receive Best Actor Academy Award nominations for their first screen appearance, he's the only one to eventually win a Best Actor Oscar during his career. Of the other five, Orson Welles won an Oscar for Best Screenplay, Alan Arkin eventually won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor and Montgomery Clift, Lawrence Tibbett and James Dean never won.
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Trademark:
Known for his complete transformations into the roles he played (often changing his voice and appearence)
Nickname:
Munya