Oskar Werner

Oskar Werner
Werner as Guy Montag in the Fahrenheit 451 (1966).
Born	Oskar Josef Bschließmayer (1922-11-13)13 November 1922 Vienna, Austria
Died	23 October 1984(1984-10-23) (aged 61) Marburg, Hesse, West Germany
Cause of death	heart attack
Resting place	Triesen, Liechtenstein
Years active	1939–84
Spouse(s)	Elisabeth Kallina (1944–52) Anne Power (1954–68)
Children	Eleanore ("Noni") Felix Florian

Oskar Werner (13 November 1922 – 23 October 1984) was an Austrian stage and cinema actor with two of his most prominent roles in the 1965 films The Spy Who Came in from the Cold and Ship of Fools. Other notable films include Decision Before Dawn (1951), Jules and Jim (1962), Fahrenheit 451 (1966), The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968) and Voyage of the Damned (1976). Werner accepted both stage and film roles throughout his career. He won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor, and had been nominated several times for the Golden Globe, the Academy Award, and the BAFTA Award as well.

Born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer in Vienna, Werner spent much of his childhood in the care of his grandmother, who entertained him with stories about the Burgtheater, the Austrian state theatre, where he was accepted at the age of eighteen by Lothar Müthel. He was the youngest person ever to receive this recognition. He made his theatre debut using the stage name Oskar Werner in October 1941.

In December 1941, Werner was drafted into the Deutsche Wehrmacht. As a pacifist and staunch opponent of National Socialism, he was determined to avoid advancement in the military.

So many officers had been killed on the Russian front that they needed replacements desperately. And, I was for them the embodiment of the Aryan type. But I am a pacifist. I didn't want any responsibility, so I behaved stupidly. I fell from my horse and made mistakes reading the range finders on the cannon, and finally they kicked me out of training school.