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Cornel Wilde

Cornel Wilde, Slovak-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (died 1989)

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Born
October 13, 1912
Died
October 16, 1989
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1912

About Cornel Wilde

Cornelius Louis Wilde was a Hungarian-American actor and filmmaker. His acting career began on Broadway in 1935, followed by small, uncredited appearances in films. By the 1940s he had signed a contract with 20th Century Fox, and by the middle of the decade he was a major leading man. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 1945's A Song to Remember. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team, and won the National Novice Foils Championship held at the New York Athletic Club in 1929. Signed by 20th Century Fox, he got above-title billing in The Perfect Snob (1941); studio publicity falsely claimed it was his first film. As a result, most publicity records and subsequent sources wrongly indicate a 1915 birth for Wilde.

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Cornel Wilde timeline

  1. As a result, most publicity records and subsequent sources wrongly indicate a 1915 birth for Wilde.
  2. He fenced for the Columbia Lions fencing team, and won the National Novice Foils Championship held at the New York Athletic Club in 1929.
  3. Signed by 20th Century Fox, he got above-title billing in The Perfect Snob (1941); studio publicity falsely claimed it was his first film.
  4. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in 1945's A Song to Remember.

The world when Cornel Wilde was born

Cornel Wilde was born in 1912. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1912

  • Best-selling book"The Harvester" – Gene Stratton-Porter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics
  • Top headlineRMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage — 1,500+ die
  • Technology milestoneFirst parachute jump from an airplane
  • World population~1.72B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population94.6M

1912 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Cornel Wilde's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19122026
Population94.6M341 million

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