John Mylong

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Austrian actor (1892–1975)

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nameJohn Mylong
imageJohn Mylong in Robot Monster.jpg
captionMylong in Robot Monster (1953)
birth_nameAdolf Heinrich Münz
birth_date
birth_placeMosty-Wielkie, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria, Austria-Hungary
(now Velyki Mosty, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine)
death_date
death_placeBeverly Hills, California, U.S.
other_namesJack Mylong-Münz
alma_materMax Reinhardt Seminar
occupationActor
years_active1926–1962
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Jack Mylong-Münz (born Adolf Heinrich Münz; September 27, 1892 – September 8, 1975) was an Austrian actor, who later emigrated to the United States. He starred in various Austrian and German silent films, before emigrating as a refugee from Nazi Germany, becoming a Hollywood character actor under the name John Mylong.

Life and career

Mylong was born Adolf Heinrich Münz, to Jewish parents in Velyki Mosty, in present-day Lviv Oblast, Ukraine, then governed as part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. He studied acting at Max Reinhardt's seminar in Vienna.

He began his stage and film acting career in 1921. He appeared in many Austrian and German silent films under the name Jack Mylong-Münz, and also wrote screenplays. It is unknown where the surname "Mylong" came from. For a time, he was a leading man in period dramas.

In 1934, following the annexation of Austria by Nazi Germany, the Jewish Mylong emigrated to the United States. There, he resumed his acting career, now as "John Mylong" appearing in some 171 film and television roles between then and 1967, mainly in supporting and minor roles. He returned to Germany briefly in 1951, to appear in the Curt Goetz comedy The House in Montevideo.

Death

Mylong died in Beverly Hills, California in 1975, at the age of 82. His remains were cremated.

Selected filmography

References

References

  1. "Porträt des Schauspielers Jack Mylong-Münz by Thomas Staedeli".
  2. "Jack Mylong-Münz {{!}} filmportal.de".
  3. Trapp, Frithjof. (1999). "Handbuch des deutschsprachigen Exiltheaters 1933-1945". Saur.

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