Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in various European films: Not a Word About Love (1937) (Czech; German title "Kein Wort von Liebe"), Life's Mirror (1938) (German; US title "Life's Mirror"), Menschen in den Bergen (1938) (Czech-Austrian), Hotel Sacher (1939) with Elfriede Datzig and, under the name Walter Molnar, the US film To Have and Have Not (1944) based on the book by Ernest Hemingway, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. In 1941 he founded the Polk-Szurovy Agency in Hollywood. From 1947 he worked as personal manager to his wife, Metropolitan Opera star Risë Stevens. In 1950 he took a small part in a West German film, Fall 7:9 (1951). He and his wife are the parents of film and television actor Nicolas Surovy, born in 1946.
Austrian stage and film actor. He appeared in various European films: Not a Word About Love (1937) (Czech; German title "Kein Wort von Liebe"), Life's Mirror (1938) (German; US title "Life's Mirror"), Menschen in den Bergen (1938) (Czech-Austrian), Hotel Sacher (1939) with Elfriede Datzig and, under the name Walter Molnar, the US film To Have and Have Not (1944) based on the book by Ernest Hemingway, starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. In 1941 he founded the Polk-Szurovy Agency in Hollywood. From 1947 he worked as personal manager to his wife, Metropolitan Opera star Risë Stevens. In 1950 he took a small part in a West German film, Fall 7:9 (1951). He and his wife are the parents of film and television actor Nicolas Surovy, born in 1946.
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Records on Ancestry
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New York, New York, Index to Marriage Licenses, 1908-1910, 1938-1940
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Vienna, Austria, Catholic Church Registers, 1600-1960
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1950 United States Federal Census
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New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794-1943
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New York, U.S., Arriving Passenger and Crew Lists (including Castle Garden and Ellis Island), 1820-1957
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