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Paul Georg Julius Hernreid Ritter Von
Wassel-Waldingau, (January 10, 1908 in film|1908 -
March 29, 1992 in film|1992),  known
professionally as Paul Henreid, was an actor and
film director probably best known for his roles in
Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca and Now, Voyager.

Born in Trieste which was part of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire, and now part of Italy,
Henreid was the son of an aristocratic Viennese
banker.  He studied theatre in Vienna and debuted
on the stage under the direction of Max Reinhardt.
 He began his acting career in Germany|German
films in the 1930s, but left Austria in 1935 for
Great Britain.  A small featured role in Goodbye,
Mr. Chips (1939 film)|Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939)
led him to Hollywood.

In 1942 he appeared in two films that would become
the most recognisable of his career.   In Now,
Voyager, he played the married man that Bette
Davis loved, and with Davis created one of the
screen's most imitated scenes when he lit two
cigarettes and handed one to her.  He next
appeared in Casablanca (movie)|Casablanca as
Victor Laszlo, the husband of the Ingrid Bergman
character.  

He made regular film appearances throughout the
1940s, and in the early 1950s began directing for
both film and television.  His important film
credits include The Spanish Main (1945), Of Human
Bondage (1946), Song of Love (1947), Siren of
Bagdad (1953), and The Four Horsemen of the
Apocalypse (1961).  His television directorial
credits include Alfred Hitchcock Presents,
Maverick (television program)|Maverick, Bonanza
and The Big Valley.   In 1964 Bette Davis,  who
had expressed both trust and admiration for
Henreid since their first collaboration, was
directed by Henreid in Dead Ringer (movie)|Dead
Ringer.  Henreid also directed his own daughter,
Monica Henreid (an aspiring actress at the time)
in the same film wherein she plays Davis's maid.

Henreid died from pneumonia at Santa Monica,
California and was interred in the Woodlawn
Cemetery. 

He has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame -
for Motion Pictures at 6366 Hollywood Boulevard,
and for Television at 1722 Vine Street.