Oscar-winning actor Paul Lukas was born in Hungary and graduated from the School for Dramatic Arts. In 1916 he went to Kosice 's "A Doll's House" in the Morosco Theatre in New York in 1937--but concentrated on films until 1948. In the '50s he started appearing on stage more and more, and worked in films and on TV only sporadically.
Became a U. S. Citizen in 1933 and won the Academy Award 1943 for Watch on the Rhine .
Sings Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky s song "None But the Lonely Heart" (English title) in Little Women .
Died in Tangier, Morocco, while searching for a place to spend his retirement years.
His cousin, Edwin J. Lucas, was the second husband of Betty Field.
Gossip columnist Sheilah Graham reported in 1941 that he was an extremely serious tennis player. During a game of doubles with Charles Butterworth , Lukas reportedly asked bystanders to stop talking because their chatter was very "dis-attracting".
