Ludwig Donath

Ludwig Donath
175px Ludwig Donath in "Jolson Sings Again"
Born	March 6, 1900 (1900-03-06) Vienna, Austria
Died	September 29, 1967 (1967-09-30) (aged 67) New York City, U.S.
Nationality	Austrian and American
Occupation	Actor

Ludwig Donath (6 March 1900, Vienna – 29 September 1967, New York City), was an Austrian actor who appeared in many American films.

Life

Donath graduated from Vienna's Academy of Dramatic Art and became a prominent actor on the stage in Berlin. When Hitler came to power in 1933, he returned to Vienna and was active there in theater and film and until the Anschluss in 1938. He began his American film career with Lady from Chungking (1942) and went on to appear in dozens of films, including Gilda (1946), The Jolson Story (1946), Jolson Sings Again (1949), The Great Caruso (1951), My Pal Gus (1952), Sirocco (1951), and Torn Curtain (1966).

Donath played the father of entertainer Al Jolson (Larry Parks) in the two biopics The Jolson Story (1946) and Jolson Sings Again (1949), although he was less than 15 years older than Parks as Jolson.

He also appeared frequently on television and on Broadway.

He died of leukemia in 1967.

Partial filmography

• Theodor Herzl (1921)
• Girls to Marry (1932)
• Füsilier Wipf (1938)
• Enemy Agents Meet Ellery Queen (UK title: The Lido Mystery) (1942)
• The Falcon's Brother (1942) (uncredited)
• The Moon Is Down (1943)
• Hangmen Also Die! (1943)
• Tonight We Raid Calais (1943)
• Gangway for Tomorrow (1943)
• Counter-Attack (1945)
• Gilda (1946)
• The Devil's Mask (1946)
• The Jolson Story (1946)
• The Return of Monte Cristo (1946)
• To the Ends of the Earth (1948)
• Sealed Verdict (1948)
• The Lovable Cheat (1949)
• The Great Sinner (1949)
• Jolson Sings Again (1949)
• The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
• The Great Caruso (1951)
• Sirocco (1951)
• Journey Into Light (1951)
• My Pal Gus (1952)
• Sins of Jezebel (1953)
• Too Many Thieves (1966)
• Torn Curtain (1966)

Television appearances

• Bonanza: "The Way Of Aaron"? (1963)
• The Twilight Zone: He's Alive (1963)
• The Fugitive: "Blessings of Liberty" (1966)

External links

• Ludwig Donath at the Internet Movie Database