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- Birth nameRichard W. Ornstein
- Director and producer of many German as well as a few American, British and French films, Richard Oswald started making films in 1914 and shortly formed his own production company. After making many successful films and discovering several important performers, he fled his homeland after the Nazi takeover and eventually settled in the US. He was the father of Gerd Oswald, a well-regarded director of "B" pictures and television shows.- IMDb Mini Biography By: Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net> (qv's & corrections by A. Nonymous)
- SpouseKatharina Wilhelmine Maria Paar(August 11, 1913 - September 11, 1963) (his death, 2 children)
- Father of Ruth Oswald and director Gerd Oswald.
- Founded Oswald-Film, a production company, in Germany in 1924.
- A successful silent-film director, he survived the transition to sound with one of his greatest successes, Wien, du Stadt der Lieder (1930).
- Worked at the prestigious Theater in der Joseftadt as a director and writer.
- Although receiving some criticism for being more prolific than talented, still he was hired by such prestigious producers as Gabriel Pascal for major projects, such as The Living Dead (1932).
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