FILM
Flesh and Bullets (1985) with Yvonne De Carlo, Aldo Ray, and Cesar Romero
The Fifth Musketeer (1979) with Sylvia Kristel, Ursula Andress, Beau Bridges, and Lloyd Bridges
The Norseman (1978) with Lee Majors, Jack Elam, and Denny Miller
Sharks' Treasure (1975) with Yaphet Kotto, David Canary, and Cliff Osmond
Gargoyles (1972) with Jennifer Salt, Grayson Hall, Bernie Casey, and Scott Glenn
The Comic (1969) with Dick Van Dyke and Mickey Rooney
Beach Red (1967) with Rip Torn and Jean Wallace
The Naked Prey (1966) directed by Cornel Wilde
Sword of Lancelot (1963) with Jean Wallace and Brian Aherne; directed by Cornel Wilde
Constantine and the Cross (1962) with Massimo Serato
Edge of Eternity (1959) with Mickey Shaughnessy, Jack Elam, and Dabbs Greer
Maracaibo (1958) with Jean Wallace, Abbe Lane, and Michael Landon
The Devil's Hairpin (1957) with Jean Wallace and Mary Astor
Omar Khayyam (1957) with Debra Paget, Michael Rennie, Raymond Massey, and John Derek
Beyond Mombasa (1956) with Donna Reed and Christopher Lee
Hot Blood (1956) with Jane Russell
Storm Fear (1956) with Jean Wallace, Dan Duryea, and Lee Grant
The Scarlet Coat (1955) with Anne Francis, George Sanders, and Michael Wilding
The Big Combo (1955) with Brian Donlevy, Richard Conte, Lee Van Cleef, Helen Walker, Earl Holliman, and Jean Wallace
Passion (1954) with Yvonne De Carlo, Lon Chaney Jr., and Raymond Burr
Woman's World (1954) with Arlene Dahl, Fred MacMurray, Clifton Webb, Van Heflin, Lauren Bacall, and June Allyson
Saadia (1953) with Mel Ferrer and Rita Gam
Star of India (1953) with Jean Wallace and Herbert Lom
Main Street to Broadway (1953) with Agnes Moorehead, Herb Shriner, Rosemary DeCamp, and dozens of cameos
Treasure of the Golden Condor (1953) with Anne Bancroft, George Macready, Leo G. Carroll, and Fay Wray
Operation Secret (1952) with Steve Cochran, Phyllis Thaxter, and Anthony Eisley
California Conquest (1952) with Teresa Wright and Lisa Ferraday
At Sword's Point (1952) with Maureen O'Hara and Nancy Gates
The Greatest Show on Earth (1952) with Charlton Heston, James Stewart, Betty Hutton, and Dorothy Lamour
Two Flags West (1950) with Joseph Cotten, Linda Darnell, and Jeff Chandler
Swiss Tour (1949) with Simone Signoret
Shockproof (1949) with Patricia Knight
The Walls of Jericho (1948) with Linda Darnell, Anne Baxter, and Kirk Douglas
Road House (1948) with Ida Lupino and Celeste Holm
The Homestretch (1947) with Maureen O'Hara, Helen Walker, and Glenn Langan
Stairway for a Star (1947)
It Had to Be You (1947) with Ginger Rogers and Spring Byington
Forever Amber (1947) with Linda Darnell, George Sanders, John Russell, Glenn Langan, and Anne Revere
Centennial Summer (1946) with Jeanne Crain, Linda Darnell, and Constance Bennett
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946) with Edgar Buchanan and George Macready
Leave Her to Heaven (1945) with Gene Tierney, Jeanne Crain, and Vincent Price
A Thousand and One Nights (1945) with Evelyn Keyes, Phil Silvers, Adele Jergens, and Shelley Winters
A Song to Remember (1945) with Paul Muni and Merle Oberon
Wintertime (1943) with Sonja Henie, Cesar Romero, Carole Landis, and Jack Oakie
Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942) with Monty Woolley and Ida Lupino
Manila Calling (1942) with Lloyd Nolan and Carole Landis
Kisses for Breakfast (1941) with Dennis Morgan and Jane Wyatt
The Perfect Snob (1941) with Charlotte Greenwood, Charles Ruggles, and Lynn Bari
Knockout (1941) with Arthur Kennedy and Anthony Quinn
High Sierra (1941) with Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino
TELEVISION SERIES
The Greatest Show on Earth, 1963-1964 ABC TV series
Kraft Mystery Theater, 1961 NBC TV series
TELEVISION GUEST APPEARANCES
Murder, She Wrote, episode The Way to Dusty Death, originally aired October 25, 1987
Mike Hammer, episode Mike's Baby, originally aired October 18, 1986
The Love Boat, episode Prisoner of Love/Youth Takes a Holiday/Don't Leave Home Without It, originally aired October 15, 1983
Fantasy Island, episode Charlie's Cherubs/Stalag 3, originally aired december 9, 1978
Night Gallery, episode Deliveries in the Rear, originally aired February 9, 1972
Kraft Suspense Theatre, episode Doesn't Anyone Know Who I Am?, originally aired February 27, 1964
General Electric Theater, episode The Great Alberti, originally aired November 5, 1961
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show, episode Around the World with Nellie Bly, originally aired January 3, 1960
Alcoa Theatre, episode Coast to Coast, originally aired October 20, 1958
Star Stage, episode Screen Credit, originally aired January 27, 1956
General Electric Theater, episode The Blond Dog, originally aired March 6, 1955
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Born in Hungary on October 13, 1912 (some sources indicate 1915 and New York as his year and place of birth), dashing actor Cornel Wilde immigrated to the U.S.
with his parents around 1920. Handsome and athletic, Wilde gave up the chance to be an Olympic athlete when he chose acting over fencing when asked to join the
1936 Olympic fencing team. His fencing expertise would later come in handy when starting his acting career. As a college student Wilde studied medicine but abandoned
the field when his interest in acting took over. Not long afterward he married actress Patricia Knight in 1937. Wilde toiled in the legitimate theatre for a few years
and then went to Hollywood, where he soon was put under contract to Warner Bros. The studio gave Wilde smaller parts in several films but dropped his option in 1941.
He then signed with 20th Century-Fox, where he was cast as the lead in a number of swashbucklers and film noir thrillers.
