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Paul Lukas

Date of birth: 1894-05-25

Place of birth: Budapest, Austria-Hungary [now Hungary]

Known for: Acting

Also known as: Pál Lukács, Lukács Pál, Paul Lukacs, Пол Лукас

Paul Lukas

Biography

Paul Lukas (originally named Pál Lukács) was a Hungarian born stage, screen, radio, and television actor, in Hollywood from 1927.

Movie Credits

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
3.5

20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

1954-12-23

A ship sent to investigate a wave of mysterious sinkings encounters the advanced submarine, the Naut

The Lady Vanishes
3.7

The Lady Vanishes

1938-10-07

On a train headed for England a group of travelers is delayed by an avalanche. Holed up in a hotel i

Lord Jim
3.4

Lord Jim

1965-02-15

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem him

Experiment Perilous
2.8

Experiment Perilous

1944-12-18

In 1903, Doctor Huntington Bailey meets a friendly older lady during a train trip. She tells him tha

Dodsworth
3.5

Dodsworth

1936-09-23

A retired auto manufacturer and his wife take a long-planned European vacation only to find that the

55 Days at Peking
3.5

55 Days at Peking

1963-05-06

Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the Internati

Deadline at Dawn
3.1

Deadline at Dawn

1946-03-18

A young Navy sailor has one night to find out why a woman was killed and he ended up with a bag of m

City Streets
3.1

City Streets

1931-04-18

A mobster's daughter leads her boyfriend from the circus into bootlegging.

Berlin Express
3.1

Berlin Express

1948-05-01

In post-war Europe, a diverse group of passengers aboard a U.S. Army train to bombed-out Frankfurt b

The Ghost Breakers
3.3

The Ghost Breakers

1940-06-21

After intrepid working girl Mary Carter becomes the new owner of a reputedly haunted mansion located

Whispering City
2.3

Whispering City

1947-11-20

After hearing that a famous actress is dying in a hospital after being hit by a car, a reporter goes

Temptation
2.4

Temptation

1946-12-02

After marrying an archaeologist, a Victorian-era woman with a sordid past realizes that she is not r

Egy dollár
0

Egy dollár

1923-01-01

Little Women
3.4

Little Women

1933-11-24

Four sisters come of age in America in the aftermath of the Civil War.

Watch on the Rhine
3.4

Watch on the Rhine

1943-08-27

On the eve of World War II, the German Kurt Müller, his American-born wife Sara, and their three chi

The Benson Murder Case
2.9

The Benson Murder Case

1930-04-13

A ruthless, crooked stockbroker is murdered at his luxurious country estate, and detective Philo Van

Strange Cargo
3.5

Strange Cargo

1940-03-01

Convicts escaping from Devil's Island come under the influence of a strange Christ-like figure.

Dinner at the Ritz
2.8

Dinner at the Ritz

1937-11-26

The daughter of a murdered financier works as a jewelry salesperson while she tracks her father's co

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
3

The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse

1962-02-07

In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is marri

Uncertain Glory
3.4

Uncertain Glory

1944-04-07

In occupied France, a convicted thief and murderer escapes the guillotine when a bombing raid strike

The Casino Murder Case
3.3

The Casino Murder Case

1935-03-15

After socialite Lynn Llewellyn receives an anonymous threat, he is poisoned at his uncle's casino, a

The Monster and the Girl
2.8

The Monster and the Girl

1941-02-28

After a young woman is coerced into prostitution and her brother framed for murder by an organized c

Rockabye
3.1

Rockabye

1932-11-25

A Broadway actress with a problematic past falls hard for the author of her new play.

Confessions of a Nazi Spy
3

Confessions of a Nazi Spy

1939-05-06

FBI agent Ed Renard investigates the pre-War espionage activities of the German-American Bund.

Kim
3.2

Kim

1950-12-07

During the British Raj, the orphan of a British soldier poses as a Hindu and is torn between his loy

Address Unknown
3.2

Address Unknown

1944-06-01

When a German art dealer living in the US returns to his native country he finds himself attracted t

Scent of Mystery
2.8

Scent of Mystery

1960-01-12

An Englishman and a cabby try to save an heiress from murder in Spain.

The Three Musketeers
3.2

The Three Musketeers

1935-11-01

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends

Captain Fury
2.5

Captain Fury

1939-05-26

An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band

Downstairs
3.3

Downstairs

1932-08-06

In the Austrian manor of Baron and Baroness von Burgen, the relationship between the upstairs aristo

Secret of the Blue Room
2.8

Secret of the Blue Room

1933-07-20

According to a legend, the mansion's "blue room" is cursed -- everyone who has ever spent the night

Grand Slam
2

Grand Slam

1933-02-22

A Russian waiter in New York City becomes a national celebrity after he develops a "system" for winn

Sol Madrid
3.2

Sol Madrid

1968-02-07

Government agent Sol Madrid travels to Mexico with hooker Stacey to bring mobster Villanova and drug

Sing, Sinner, Sing
2

Sing, Sinner, Sing

1933-08-16

A singer on a gambling ship is married to a wealthy playboy. When he is found murdered, all evidence

They Dare Not Love
3

They Dare Not Love

1941-05-16

An Austrian prince flees his homeland when the Nazis take over and settles in London. He meets a bea

By Candlelight
2.8

By Candlelight

1933-12-18

A beautiful woman mistakes a Prince's butler for the Prince.

The Kiss Before the Mirror
2.7

The Kiss Before the Mirror

1933-05-04

When a famous doctor kills his adulterous wife, he is defended by his best friend, an attorney who s

Strictly Dishonorable
2.5

Strictly Dishonorable

1931-12-01

A hopelessly silly young flibbertigibbet from Mississippi is faced with the choice of her poor, boor

Ladies in Love
2.9

Ladies in Love

1936-10-09

Three young women in Budapest share living quarters while searching for romance.

Captured!
2.6

Captured!

1933-08-19

While waiting out World War I in a German POW camp, Captain Fred Allison discovers that his oldest a

The Right to Love
2.6

The Right to Love

1930-12-27

A woman becomes estranged from her daughter when the girl learns that she is illegitimate.

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage
3.3

Hollywood Out-takes and Rare Footage

1983-02-25

Out-takes (mostly from Warner Bros.), promotional shorts, movie premieres, public service pleas, war

Grumpy
2.1

Grumpy

1930-08-01

A crotchety, old ex-attorney solves the violent theft of a priceless diamond from his nephew.

No One Man
3

No One Man

1932-01-22

When the boyfriend of a rich, bored socialite dies from a weak heart, she finds herself attracted to

Espionage
3.4

Espionage

1937-02-26

Two reporters pose as man and wife in order to get the goods on a munitions supplier and the rumours

Hostages
3

Hostages

1943-08-11

After the mysterious disappearance of a German soldier from a Prague cafe, the staff and customers a

Behind the Make-Up
3.1

Behind the Make-Up

1930-01-18

Gardoni, a down-on-his-luck vaudeville performer, is taken in by a fellow performer, a clown who has

Age of Indiscretion
2.3

Age of Indiscretion

1935-05-10

A book publisher finds his business floundering, which prompts his socially ambitious wife to desert

A Window in London
3

A Window in London

1940-06-15

A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife wh

The Vice Squad
3.5

The Vice Squad

1931-05-29

A diplomat is blackmailed by crooked vice cops into helping them frame prostitutes.

The Chinese Bungalow
1.7

The Chinese Bungalow

1940-04-06

All but a prisoner in the exotic Malayan retreat she shares with her Chinese financier husband, Yuan

Brief Ecstasy
3.4

Brief Ecstasy

1937-07-31

A remarkable story of love lost and found, as a young couple are separated by circumstance, and plun

The Half of a Boy
2.5

The Half of a Boy

1924-03-07

In English known informally as "The Half of a Boy" and "Stepmother". Based on the novel by Kálmán Mi

Two Lovers
0

Two Lovers

1928-03-23

Set during the 16th-century Spanish occupation of Flanders, the story concentrates on the fiercely p

Unfaithful
2.5

Unfaithful

1931-03-14

In this society drama set in contemporary England, a noblewoman pretends to be an adulteress in orde

Father Brown, Detective
3.2

Father Brown, Detective

1934-12-14

After notorious jewel thief Flambeau meets Evelyn Fischer during a raid on a casino, he falls deeply

I Found Stella Parish
3.5

I Found Stella Parish

1935-11-16

A blackmailer preys on an actress who is trying to protect her daughter from her past.

The Devil's Holiday
3.1

The Devil's Holiday

1930-05-09

Beautiful manicurist Hallie Hobart sets her sights on handsome David Stone, the son of wealthy wheat

The Shopworn Angel
0

The Shopworn Angel

1928-12-29

Shortly after the United States enters World War I in 1917, a Broadway actress agrees to let a naive

The Fountain
4.9

The Fountain

1934-08-22

Set during the first World War in neutral, but pro-German, Holland, Lewis Allison, an interned Briti

Working Girls
3.4

Working Girls

1931-12-12

Two sisters from Indiana, the wide-eyed and innocent Mae Thorpe, and her more streetwise sister June

The Challenge
3

The Challenge

1970-02-10

All-out war between the United States and an Asian country is averted when the two sides agree to se

Thunder Below
0

Thunder Below

1932-06-17

Story of an unhappy wife of oil rigger who labors in a Central American oil field. The bored Susan f

A Passport to Hell
2.4

A Passport to Hell

1932-08-25

Just prior to the outbreak of World War I, in the British West African town of Akkra, English woman

Young Eagles
3

Young Eagles

1930-03-20

Lieut. Robert Banks, an American aviator on leave in Paris, meets Mary Gordon, a young American who

Manhattan Cocktail
0

Manhattan Cocktail

1928-11-24

Nancy Carroll stars in Manhattan Cocktail as Babs, a college coed who dreams of becoming a famous ac

Operation Undersea
1

Operation Undersea

1954-12-08

The Roots of Heaven
3.1

The Roots of Heaven

1958-10-15

In French Equatorial Africa, an idealist campaigns to save the African elephant, gaining support fro

Tomorrow and Tomorrow
0

Tomorrow and Tomorrow

1932-02-05

A young wife wants to have children, but her husband neglects her. She confides her longings to a ha

Glamour
1.4

Glamour

1934-04-09

An ambitious chorus girl finds fame, marriage, and motherhood with a talented composer, only to leav

Half Way to Heaven
2.5

Half Way to Heaven

1929-12-14

Nick, the "swing" man in a trapeze troupe, loves Greta Nelson, the girl in the act; and Tony, the "f

Affairs of a Gentleman
1.7

Affairs of a Gentleman

1934-05-01

When a novelist is murdered, suspicion falls on all the women he had affairs with--and then wrote ab

Anybody's Woman
3

Anybody's Woman

1930-08-15

A lawyer, left by his wife, gets drunk and marries a chorus girl, or so he learns the morning after.

The Woman from Moscow
0

The Woman from Moscow

1928-11-03

A princess falls in love with the man who killed her cousin. The lover swears it was in self-defense

Breakdowns of 1936
0

Breakdowns of 1936

1936-12-30

Flubs and bloopers that occurred on the set of some of the major Warner Bros. pictures of 1936.

Three Sinners
0

Three Sinners

1928-04-13

A woman allows her husband, who she knows no longer loves her, to believe that she has been killed i

Loves of an Actress
0

Loves of an Actress

1928-08-18

Rachel becomes the leading actress in the Comédie Française through the patronage of three influenti

Gift of Gab
0.5

Gift of Gab

1934-09-01

Conceited radio announcer irritates everyone else at the station.

Don't Be a Sucker!
3.4

Don't Be a Sucker!

1943-07-04

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is simila

The Mutiny Of The Elsinore
0

The Mutiny Of The Elsinore

1938-04-25

The story of a surly crew, an honest God-fearing captain, a hardboiled-but-loyal Scotch mate, a scou

The Beloved Bachelor
0

The Beloved Bachelor

1931-10-23

Michael Morda, a young sculptor living in San Francisco, is madly in love with Elinor Hunter, and th

The Countess of Monte Cristo
3

The Countess of Monte Cristo

1934-03-18

A distraught movie extra flees a movie set with a fancy costume and car. Circumstances lead her to

Slightly Scarlet
2.5

Slightly Scarlet

1930-02-22

Passing herself off as a countess, glamorous Lucy Stavrin hobnobs with the rich and famous along the

Samson und Delila
2.5

Samson und Delila

1922-03-25

One of the first epic films made in Austria, as in some of the similar Cecil B De Mille entries, a f

The Thief
2

The Thief

1955-01-04

The son of a French aristocrat is accused of stealing his father's money and of stealing his step-si

Sphynx
0

Sphynx

1918-01-01

Directed by Béla Balogh.

Soldiers of the Emperor
0

Soldiers of the Emperor

1918-01-01

Fun in Acapulco
3

Fun in Acapulco

1963-11-27

Mike Windgren works on a boat in Acapulco, but when the bratty daughter of the boat owner gets him f

Complicated Women
3.4

Complicated Women

2003-05-06

Looks at the stereotype-breaking films of the period from 1929, when movies entered the sound era, u

The Wolf of Wall Street
4.3

The Wolf of Wall Street

1929-02-09

A ruthless stockbroker sells short in the copper business and ruins the life of his friends by ruini

Night Watch
0

Night Watch

1928-09-09

Night Watch is a 1928 American drama film directed by Alexander Korda and starring Billie Dove, Paul

I Give My Love
3

I Give My Love

1934-07-17

After accidentally killing her no-good husband, Judy makes her true love promise not to tell her sma

Tender Is the Night
2.7

Tender Is the Night

1962-01-19

1920s, the French Riviera: wealthy expatriate Nicole Warren's mental illness strains her marriage to

Hot News
0

Hot News

1928-07-14

Aspiring newsreel camera girl Pat Clancy, is hired by her father, a publisher, to work on The Sun an

Az összeesküvök
0

Az összeesküvök

1919-02-24

Judgment at Nuremberg
0

Judgment at Nuremberg

1959-04-16

Judgment at Nuremberg is an American television play broadcast live on April 16, 1959, as part of th

Eine versunkene Welt
0

Eine versunkene Welt

1922-02-23

Was based on the novel Serpoletto by Lajos Bíró. A Habsburg archduke enlists as an ordinary seamen.