Oscar Homolka: Oscar Homolka. Actor: The Seven Year Itch. Because of his heavy generically "European" accent and Slavic-sounding surname (not an uncommon one among Czechs or Slovaks), many people assumed Oscar Homolka was Eastern European or Russian. In fact, he was born in Vienna (then Austria-Hungary), the multicultural capital of a large multi-ethnic empire at the time. It was there he began his successful stage career, which eventually led him to Hollywood....
Known For: The Seven Year Itch (Dr. Brubaker), War and Peace (Field Marshal Kutuzov), I Remember Mama (Uncle Chris), Ball of Fire (Prof. Gurkakoff)