Cornel Wilde: Cornel Wilde. Actor: The Greatest Show on Earth. Dashing actor Cornel Wilde was born Kornel Lajos Weisz on October 13, 1912, in Prievidza, Hungary (now part of Slovakia), to a Jewish family. In 1920, he immigrated to New York City with his parents, Rayna (Vid) and Vojtech Béla Weisz, and elder sister, Edith. His family Americanized their names and Kornel took the name Cornelius Louis Wilde. He spent much of...
Known For: The Greatest Show on Earth (The Great Sebastian), No Blade of Grass (Radio Voice(voice, uncredited)), The Naked Prey (Man), Sword of Lancelot (Sir Lancelot)