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Cornel Wilde (October 13, 1915 – October 16,
1989) was an United States|American actor.  Born
Cornelius Louis Wilde in New York City to Jewish
immigrants from Austria-Hungary, Wilde traveled
throughout Europe in his youth, acquiring the
ability to speak many languages.  He qualified for
the United States fencing team prior to the 1936
Summer Olympic Games, but quit the team just prior
to the games in order to take a role in the
theater.  Hired as a fencing teacher by Laurence
Olivier for his 1940 Broadway production of Romeo
and Juliet, Wilde was given the role of Tybalt in
the production.  Because of this role, he was
noticed by Hollywood.

He had several small film roles until he played
the role of Frederic Chopin in 1945's A Song to
Remember, for which he was nominated for an
Academy Award.  He spent the rest of the decade
appearing in romantic and swashbuckling films, but
he also appeared in some significant films noir
Leave Her to Heaven (1945), Road House (1948
film)|Road House (1948) and Shockproof (1949).
Wilde's career entered an interesting creative
stretch when in the 1950s he created his own film
production company, producing the film noir The
Big Combo (1955) and played the lead. He
eventually produced, directed and starred in The
Naked Prey (1966), in which he played a naked man
being tracked by hunters from an African tribe
affronted by the behaviour of members of a safari
party. His other notable directing efforts include
Beach Red (1967) and No Blade of Grass (1970).

He married actress Jean Wallace, the former Mrs.
Franchot Tone.

Cornel Wilde is interred in the Westwood Village
Memorial Park Cemetery in  Westwood, Los Angeles,
California|Westwood, California.

Wilde has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at
1635 Vine Street.