Oscar Quitak

Oscar Quitak (born 10 March 1926) is a British stage, film and television actor.[1][2]

Quitak's stage work includes roles at the Old Vic and the National Theatre;[3] as well as the original West End and Broadway productions of the musical Pickwick, in 1963 and 1965.[4][5] His television credits include: Z-Cars, Man in a Suitcase, Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Colditz, The Changes, The New Avengers, Open All Hours, Kessler as Josef Mengele, Chessgame, Howards' Way, A Very British Coup, Yes, Prime Minister, Saracen, Lovejoy and Telltale.[2][6]

Quitak lived in Ibiza with his wife, the actress Andrée Melly,. Melly died at the end of January 2020.[7]

Partial filmography

• The Guinea Pig (1948) - David Tracey
• It's Hard to Be Good (1948) - Man in Town Hall (uncredited)
• Cairo Road (1950) - Bedouin Boy
• The Dark Man (1951) - 2nd Reporter
• Hell Is Sold Out (1951) - Jacques, waiter
• So Little Time (1952) - Gerard
• Something Money Can't Buy (1952) - 2nd Assistant director
• Top of the Form (1953) - Septimus
• The Crowded Day (1954) - Youth
• The Colditz Story (1955) - Prisoner of War (uncredited)
• The Prisoner (1955) - Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
• Zarak (1956) - Youssuff
• Town on Trial (1957) - David
• The Traitor (1957) - Thomas Rilke
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) - Dwarf
• Operation Amsterdam (1959) - Diamond Merchant
• Red Monarch (1983) - Mekhlis
• Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) - Doctor
• Brazil (1985) - Interview Official
• Tangiers (1985) - Velatti
• Code Name: Emerald (1985) - Army Doctor
• Yes, Prime Minister (1986) - Chief Scientific Advisor
• A Very British Coup (1988) - Government Chief Scientific Adviser

References

1. "Oscar Quitak – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
2. "Oscar Quitak". BFI. Archived from the original on 25 January 2009. Retrieved 21 May 2015.
3. "Oscar Quitak | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
4. "Pickwick - 1963 Original London Cast" – via castalbums.org.
5. "Pickwick – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
6. "Oscar Quitak". www.aveleyman.com.
7. Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (2014). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 133.

External links

• Oscar Quitak on IMDb
• Oscar Quitak at the Internet Broadway Database