Oskar Marion (2 April 1896 – March 1986) was an

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Life

Born as Oskar Viktor Lepka in Brno on 2 April 1896. His parents were physician Antonín Lepka and Žofie Lepková (née Müller). Marion went to study medicine to

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, but after 1 year he had to enlist to be an ambulance driver, when World War I broke out. After the war ended he decided to become an actor. He worked at Wiener Kammerspiele,

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and several theatres in

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. From 1919 to 1940 he acted mostly in German and Austrian movies. He had a few roles in Czech movies, because he was fluent in both German and Czech. After the end of his acting career, he worked as an assistant director and producer in

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Selected filmography

* ''

The Loves of Käthe Keller ''The Loves of Käthe Keller'' (German: ''Die Liebschaften der Kaethe Keller'') is a 1919 German silent drama film directed by Carl Froelich and starring Irmgard Bern, Paul Hartmann and Reinhold Schünzel. The film's sets were designed by th ...

'' (1919) * '' The Secret of the Scaffold'' (1919) * '' Colonel Chabert'' (1920) * '' At War in the Diamond Fields'' (1921) * '' Die rote Nacht'' (1921) * ''

The Favourite of the Queen ''The Favourite of the Queen'' (German: ''Der Favorit der Königin'') is a 1922 German silent historical film directed by Franz Seitz and starring Erich Kaiser-Titz, Hanna Ralph and Willy Kaiser-Heyl.Bock & Bergfelder p.366 It is based on a pla ...

'' (1922) * '' The Men of Frau Clarissa'' (1922) * '' Monna Vanna'' (1922) * '' Judith'' (1923) * '' The Woman from the Orient'' (1923) * '' Frauenmoral'' (1923) * ''

The Heart of Lilian Thorland ''The Heart of Lilian Thorland'' (german: Das Herz der Lilian Thorland) is a 1924 German silent film directed by Wolfgang Neff and starring Esther Carena, Evi Eva and Hermann Picha.Krautz p. 273 The film's sets were designed by the art direct ...

'' (1924) * ''

Taras Bulba ''Taras Bulba'' (russian: «Тарас Бульба»; ) is a romanticized historical novella set in the first half of the 17th century, written by Nikolai Gogol (1809-1852). It features elderly Zaporozhian Cossack Taras Bulba and his sons And ...

'' (1924) * '' Struggle for the Soil'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' My Friend the Chauffeur'' (1926) * '' Fedora'' (1926) * ''

Little Inge and Her Three Fathers ''Little Inge and Her Three Fathers'' (German: ''Die kleine Inge und ihre drei Väter'') is a 1926 German silent comedy film directed by Franz Osten and starring Dorothea Wieck, Oscar Marion and Harry Hardt. It was made at the Emelka Studios in ...

'' (1926) * ''

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'' (1927) * '' The Dashing Archduke'' (1927) * '' Linden Lady on the Rhine'' (1927) * '' Did You Fall in Love Along the Beautiful Rhine?'' (1927) * ''

The Lone Eagle The Lone Eagle is a 1927 American silent melodrama directed by Emory Johnson, based on the story by Emilie Johnson, and starring Raymond Keane, Barbara Kent and Nigel Barrie. It was released by Universal Pictures on September 18, 1927. Plot Du ...

'' (1927) * '' The Csardas Princess'' (1927) * ''

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'' (1927) * ''

Two Red Roses ''Two Red Roses'' (german: Zwei rote Rosen) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Robert Land and starring Liane Haid, Alexander Murski, and Harry Halm.Wlaschin p. 181 The film was released in England by First National Pathé. The film's ar ...

'' (1928) * '' The Foreign Legionnaire'' (1928) * '' Waterloo'' (1929) * '' Lady in the Spa'' (1929) * '' Call of the Blood'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1929) * '' The Organist at St. Vitus' Cathedral'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1930) * ''

Marriage in Name Only ''Marriage in Name Only'' (german: Namensheirat) is a 1930 German drama film directed by Heinz Paul and starring Evelyn Holt, Erika Dannhoff, and Wolfgang Zilzer.Bock & Bergfelder p. 397 The film's sets were designed by Robert A. Dietrich Ro ...

'' (1930) * '' The Deed of Andreas Harmer'' (1930) * '' Sunday of Life'' (1931) * ''

When the Soldiers ''When the Soldiers'' (German: ''Wenn die Soldaten'') is a 1931 German comedy film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Otto Wallburg, Gretl Theimer and Ida Wüst Ida Wüst (; 10 October 1884 – 4 October 1958) was a German s ...

'' (1931) * '' Circus Life'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

Road to Rio ''Road to Rio'' is a 1947 American semimusical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on ...

'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * '' Drei von der Kavallerie'' (1932) * '' Marschall Vorwärts'' (1932) * '' Professor Cupidon'' (1933) * '' The Ideal Schoolmaster'' (1933) * '' The Judas of Tyrol'' (1933) * '' The Hymn of Leuthen'' (1933) * '' Drei Kaiserjäger'' (1933) * '' The Poacher from Egerland'' (1934) * ' (1935) * '' Hundred Days'' (1935) * '' Quarrymen'' (1936) * '' Fridericus'' (1937) * '' Ein Robinson'' (1940) * '' A Heart Beats for You'' (1949) * ''

Two in One Suit ''Two in One Suit'' (german: Zwei in einem Anzug) is a 1950 West German comedy film directed by Joe Stöckel and starring Stöckel, Wolf Albach-Retty and Olga Tschechowa.Frank p. 173 It was shot at the Bavaria Studios in Munich and on location ...

'' (1950)

References

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* 1896 births 1986 deaths Actors from Brno People from the Margraviate of Moravia Austrian male film actors Austrian male silent film actors 20th-century Austrian male actors Austrian people of Czech descent {{Austria-actor-stub