Paul Henreid, Actor And Director
SANTA MONICA, Calif. - Actor Paul Henreid, the stoic resistance fighter Victor Laszlo in the film classic "Casablanca," has died. He was 84.
Mr. Henreid, who in another of cinema's vintage moments sentimentally lit two cigarettes and handed one to Bette Davis in "Now, Voyager," died Sunday in Santa Monica, his daughter, Monika Henreid, said yesterday.
A private funeral was held.
Mr. Henreid's career as an actor and director spanned 50 years. His credits included "Night Train," "Devotion," "In Our Time," "Between Two Worlds," "Of Human Bondage," "Rope of Sand" and "Last of the Buccaneers," among others.
But his roles in "Casablanca" and "Now, Voyager" were the defining moments of the aristocratic actor's career.
In 1942's "Casablanca," he starred along with Ingrid Bergman, who played his wife; Humphrey Bogart, as the club owner Rick; Dooley Wilson, as Sam the piano player; and Claude Rains, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre.
"Now, Voyager" was released that same year.
Mr. Henreid was born Paul George Julius Hernreid Ritter von Wasel Waldingau in Trieste, Italy, on Jan. 10, 1908.