Oskar Werner

Birth Name:

Oskar Josef Schliessmayer

Birth Place:

Vienna,

Profession

Actor

Received the 1965 New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his work in "Ship of Fools․"
At the age of 18, he became the youngest person accepted into the Austrian state theatre, the Burgtheater
Quote: "I am married to the theater, and the films are only my mistress․"
Well known for portraying older, distinguished characters
As a staunch pacifist during World War II, he would make himself seem foolish in order to flunk out of military training school and avoid being sent to the Eastern Front
Had such a dislike of director François Truffaut that he cut his hair while shooting the final scene of "Fahrenheit 451" in order to create a rift in the continuity of the film

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