Charles Korvin

Charles Korvin (born Géza Kárpáthi,[1] November 21, 1907 – June 18, 1998) was a Hungarian-American film, television and stage actor.

[1] During his 10 years in France, he was hired by Yvon, the famous French postcard company, shooting photographs on location all over the country.

Korvin photographed and co-directed the anti-Franco film, Heart of Spain, which was shot on the front lines during the Spanish Civil War.

[4] Turning to the newly burgeoning, and much less political, field of broadcast television, Korvin starred in early productions for Playhouse 90, Studio One, and US Steel Hour.

[6] He was back on Broadway in the mid-1960s starring as the upstairs neighbor in Neil Simon’s Tony Award winning play, “Barefoot in the Park”.