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Cornel Wilde (Kornel Lajos Weisz) was born on 13 October, 1912 in Prievidza, Hungary [now Slovakia], is an actor,director,producer. Discover Cornel Wilde's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 77 years old?

Popular As Kornel Lajos Weisz
Occupation actor,director,producer
Age 77 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 13 October 1912
Birthday 13 October
Birthplace Prievidza, Hungary [now Slovakia]
Date of death 16 October, 1989
Died Place Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality Hungary

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Cornel Wilde Height, Weight & Measurements

At 77 years old, Cornel Wilde height is 6' 1" (1.85 m) .

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Height 6' 1" (1.85 m)
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Who Is Cornel Wilde's Wife?

His wife is Jean Wallace (4 September 1951 - 10 December 1982) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Patricia Knight (21 September 1937 - 30 August 1951) ( divorced) ( 1 child)

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Wife Jean Wallace (4 September 1951 - 10 December 1982) ( divorced) ( 1 child), Patricia Knight (21 September 1937 - 30 August 1951) ( divorced) ( 1 child)
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Cornel Wilde Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Cornel Wilde worth at the age of 77 years old? Cornel Wilde’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Hungary. We have estimated Cornel Wilde's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)$50,000
California Conquest (1952)$100,000 + 50% of profits
Saadia (1953)$75,000

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1912

Dashing actor Cornel Wilde was born Kornel Lajos Weisz on October 13, 1912, in Prievidza, Hungary (now part of Slovakia), to a Jewish family.

1920

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 his youth traveling in Europe, developing a continental flair as well as an affinity for languages. He received a scholarship for medical school, but turned it down in favor of his new love, the theatre. A natural athlete and a champion fencer with the U. S.

1930

Although most records indicate Wilde was born in New York City, the 1930 U.S. Census and the California Death Records database both state that he was born in Hungary.

1936

Olympic fencing team, he quit the team just prior to the 1936 Berlin Olympics in order to take a role in a play.

1937

In 1937, he married Marjory Heinzen (later known as Patricia Knight), and they both shaved a few years off their ages in order to get work, Wilde thereafter claiming publicly that he was born in New York in 1915, though he continued to list his correct Hungarian birth in 1912 on government documents.

1940

Shortening his name to Cornel Wilde for the stage, he appeared in the Broadway hit "Having a Wonderful Time", but it was not until he was hired in the dual capacities of fencing choreographer and actor (Tybalt) in Laurence Olivier's 1940 Broadway production of "Romeo and Juliet" that Hollywood spotted him.

He spent the balance of the 1940s in romantic, and often swashbuckling, leading roles.

1943

Daughter with first wife: Wendy Wilde, born February 22, 1943. Wendy is NOT the 1950s actress of the same name. Son with second wife Jean Wallace: Cornel Wilde, Jr.

1945

He played a few minor roles before leaping to fame and an Oscar nomination as Frederic Chopin in A Song to Remember (1945).

1948

He and Ida Lupino became good friends while filming Road House (1948). They found common ground in their liberal political beliefs.

1950

In the 1950s his star dimmed a little, and aside from an occasional blockbuster like Greatest Show On Earth (1952), he settled mainly into adventure films. A growing interest in directing led him to form his own production company with the goal of directing his own films.

1952

A vintage year for "beefcake bondage" in his film career was 1952. In At Sword's Point (1952), he appeared bound and stripped to the waist in a torture chamber where his torso was burned with a hot iron. In California Conquest (1952), he appeared stripped to the waist and bound to a tree where he was lashed across the chest with a whip. Perhaps in a nod to these situations (but without the bondage), three years later, in his appearance on television in I Love Lucy: The Star Upstairs (1955) he strips to the waist before going 'offstage' to take a bath.

1955

Several of his ventures into film noir in this period, both his own and other directors', are quite interesting (Big Combo, The - 1955 (1955) and Storm Fear (1955), for example).

1965

He produced, directed and starred in The Naked Prey (1965), a tour-de-force adventure drama that brought him real acclaim as a director. His later films were of varying quality, and he ended his career in near-cameos in minor adventure films.

2003

Featured in "Bad Boys: The Actors of Film Noir" by Karen Burroughs Hannsberry (McFarland, 2003).