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Leon Askin
Birthday:
18 September 1907
Birth Name:
Leo Aschkenasy
Height:
179 cm
Biography
My father was an ardent socialist for many years.
My father was an ardent socialist for many years.
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.
I was put in the Air Corps. I was never educated to serve in the military, but soon my activities in the American Air Corps became very interesting to me.
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.
Unfortunately I put the opening date on the 5th of December 1941 and on the 7th of December the Japanese bombarded Pearl Harbor. My dream of a theater in Washington D.C. came to a prompt end.
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honor for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.
1988 I also received from the city of Vienna the cross of honor for art and science. These titles and the various honors mean a great deal to me, most of all for the reason that they would mean a great deal to my parents too.
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.
Especially for my father it was a great change. He used to be a socialist and even a member of the socialist party. But then he became an orthodox Jew.
It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.
It was one of the great chances in my life to become a Dumont actor.
A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.
A Dumont actor was considered to be too stilted - the way we Dumont actors used to speak.
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
It is a great deal of difference to receive an honorary title or a title in his profession.
From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
From that moment on I knew my profession in life was and has remained until today an actor's life.
At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.
At the end of my life, I have achieved belated fame and recognition in the city of my birth.
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.
Directors and producers were afraid of a Dumont actor while at the same time they admired him.
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.
To be a Dumont actor was considered to be a great honor for an actor, yet it also had its disadvantages.
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.
The interest of my mother was more in the entertainment field. She loved to go to concerts and to the theatre.
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.
In the morning we received some very thin coffee. For lunch we had potato soup with a few pieces of meat in it, in the evening we had a very thin meat soup with some potatoes in it.
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
We wanted to bring the political situation in Austria on stage. Naturally we could not do that without pointing to Austrian's northern neighbor Germany.
The journalists in Vienna and Austria and also in Germany call me a legend. I'm a man who lived through difficult times. I'm a man who survived the monster of all times, Adolf Hitler, and I'm still, at my high old age of 93, successful in my profession and that is the pride with which I live and survive.
The journalists in Vienna and Austria and also in Germany call me a legend. I'm a man who lived through difficult times. I'm a man who survived the monster of all times, Adolf Hitler, and I'm still, at my high old age of 93, successful in my profession and that is the pride with which I live and survive.
Leon Askin
As a nine year-old boy, Leon Askin recited a 17-stanza eulogy for Emperor Franz Josef in front of the city hall in Vienna's 9th District. Little did the son of a salesman know then that he would one day be the student of Max Reinhardt and Louise Dumont, and discover Jura Soyfer while directing the political cabaret "ABC". Emigration brought him into contact with even more 20th-century luminaries: in 1938 he met Erwin Piscator, the founder of the school of Epic Realism, and worked with him for the next 30 years. On the set of Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three (1961), Wilder once exclaimed, "Here comes my professional!" Askin, who was often cast as the "funny villain", performed alongside Richard Burton, Doris Day and James Cagney. It is not merely exposure to big stars that distinguishes Leon Askin, though. He captured the hearts of critics and audiences with his impressive stage performances of "Faust" and "Shylock" on Broadway, which he also directed, and "Othello" in Hamburg. In addition, Askin made TV history as Gen. Burkhalter in the series Hogan's Heroes (1965).
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