Oskar Karlweis(1894-1956)

Austrian stage and film actor, dancer and singer. Performing from 1912, he was at the peak of his popularity in operettas and comedies in Munich, Berlin and Vienna during the 1920's. Long with the Theater in der Josefstadt, also in occasional films (notably as one of Lillian Harvey's suitors in La sirenetta dell'autostrada (1930)). Due to the Nazi persecution of Jews, he was forced to leave Austria after the 1938 'Anschluss', eventually resettling in the U.S. where he appeared on Broadway and in occasional films and television productions.