Oscar-winning actor Maximilian Schell dies at 83

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Source: SF Gate/AP

VIENNA (AP) — Austrian-born actor Maximilian Schell, a fugitive from Adolf Hitler who became a Hollywood favorite and won an Oscar for his role as a defense attorney in "Judgment at Nuremberg," has died. He was 83.

Schell's agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a "sudden and serious illness," the Austria Press Agency reported.

It was only his second Hollywood role, as defense attorney Hans Rolfe in Stanley Kramer's classic "Judgment at Nuremberg," that earned him wide international acclaim. Schell's impassioned but unsuccessful defense of four Nazi judges on trial for sentencing innocent victims to death won him the 1961 Academy Award for best actor. Schell had first played Rolfe in a 1959 episode of the television program "Playhouse 90."

Despite being type-cast for numerous Nazi-era films, Schell's acting performances in the mid-1970s also won him renewed popular acclaim, earning him a best actor Oscar nomination for "The Man in the Glass Booth" and a supporting actor nomination for his performance alongside Jane Fonda, Vanessa Redgrave and Jason Robards in "Julia."



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[warrior1]

1. Rest in peace

[Beacool]

2. Great actor.

May he rest in peace.

[displacedtexan]

3. I always think of him in Topkapi.

Sad news. Great storyteller face!

[area51]

22. +1 n/t

[Archae]

4. No mention of "The Black Hole" from Disney?

He was terrific in that movie!

[1000words]

19. Absolutely!

An underrated film, imo. A significant deviation for Disney, at the time.

[msanthrope]

24. I loved that movie! nt

[Iggo]

5. Max!

[Faygo Kid]

6. He was great in Judgment at Nuremberg

Great movie, great cast - Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Judy Garland, Marlene Dietrich and more - and almost unknown Max copped the Oscar.

Got to watch it again.

[efhmc]

7. Handsome and great actor.

[Orrin_73]

8. RIP Commander Reinhardt

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[workinclasszero]

9. RIP

Very good actor. He was in lots of movies.

[iandhr]

10. Great movie.

His performance in Judgement and Nuremberg.

[hlthe2b]

11. a favorite of mine... RIP sir, you will be remembered and missed.

[adavid]

12. I liked him in Cross Of Iron

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[1000words]

20. Another good one!

One of Coburn's finest, too.

[Paladin]

13. RIP. (nt)

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Wow. R.I.P.

"Judgment at Nuremberg" was a fascinating (albeit long) movie with a cadre of great stars. I think William Shatner is the only surviving (starring) cast member now.

Go in peace.

[Omaha Steve]

15. A Bridge Too Far (1977)

Lieutenant General Browning

[bucolic_frolic]

16. I sort of remember the name in "A Bridge Too Far"

Several prominent Hollywood actors rose to fame after fleeing
Nazi Germany. Several on the old sitcom "Hogan's Heroes" had
that connection, some were even concentration camp survivors.

[PADemD]

17. The Odessa File

He played Eduard Roschmann.

[Sognefjord]

18. He was a concert pianist also

and performed at Salzburg numerous times.

[winstars]

21. Great in "The Freshman" with Brando... Larry London....

[msanthrope]

25. My Heart is Filled with Blut!!! That movie was great. nt

[lpbk2713]

23. He was an intense and gifted actor.

I can't think of any role he played that I didn't admire.

He will be missed.

[navarth]

26. Leave us not forget "The Young Lions" (1958)

One that I give a 'GFM' classification. (Great Fucking Movie).

[jsr]

27. R.I.P.