Cornel Wilde Net Worth

Cornel Wilde was born Kornel Lajos Weisz on October 13, 1912 in Prievidza, Hungary. He immigrated to New York City with his family in 1920 and changed his name to Cornelius Louis Wilde. He was a natural athlete and a champion fencer with the U.S. Olympic fencing team, but quit the team to pursue a career in theatre. He married Marjory Heinzen and changed his name to Cornel Wilde for the stage. He was spotted by Hollywood and received an Oscar nomination for A Song to Remember (1945). He spent the remainder of the 1940s in romantic and swashbuckling leading roles. In the 1950s, he formed his own production company and directed his own films, including The Naked Prey (1965). He ended his career in minor adventure films and died of leukemia in 1989, three days after his 77th birthday.
Cornel Wilde is a member of Actor

Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Director, Producer
Birth Day October 13, 1912
Birth Place  Prievidza, Hungary [now Slovakia], American
Age 108 YEARS OLD
Died On October 16, 1989(1989-10-16) (aged 77)\nLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Birth Sign Scorpio
Cause of death Leukemia
Resting place Westwood Memorial Park, Los Angeles, California
Other names Clark Wales, Jefferson Pascal
Occupation Actor, director
Years active 1935–87
Spouse(s) Patricia Knight (m. 1937; div. 1951) Jean Wallace (m. 1951; div. 1981)
Children 2

💰 Net worth: $10 Million (2024)

Cornel Wilde, renowned for his exceptional talent and versatility, has left an indelible mark in the world of entertainment. As an actor, director, and producer, his contributions to the American film industry have been unparalleled. With a remarkable career spanning several decades, Wilde has amassed a net worth estimated to be $10 million by the year 2024. His dedication and passion for his craft have earned him countless accolades and a devoted fan base. From his memorable performances on-screen to his exceptional directorial skills, Wilde's legacy will continue to inspire and captivate audiences for years to come.

Some Cornel Wilde images

Biography/Timeline

1635

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Cornel Wilde has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1635 Vine Street.

1912

Kornél Lajos Weisz was born in 1912 in Privigye, Kingdom of Hungary (now Prievidza, Slovakia), although his year and place of birth are usually and inaccurately given as 1915 in New York City. His Hungarian-Jewish parents were Vojtech Béla Weisz (Americanized to Louis Bela Wilde) and Renée Mary Vid (Rayna Miryam). He was named for his paternal grandfather, and upon arrival in the U.S. at age 7 in 1920, his name was Americanized to Cornelius Louis Wilde.

1935

After studying at Theodora Irvine's Studio of the Theatre, Wilde began appearing in plays in stock and in New York. He made his Broadway debut in 1935 in Moon Over Mulberry Street. He also appeared in Love Is Not So Simple, Daughters of Etreus, and Having a Wonderful Time.

1936

He did the illustrations for Fencing, a 1936 textbook on fencing and wrote a fencing play, Touché, under the pseudonym Clark Wales in 1937. He toured with Tallulah Bankhead in a production of Anthony and Cleopatra; during the run he married his co-star Patricia Knight.

1940

Wilde had an uncredited bit part in Lady with Red Hair (1940), then got a small part in High Sierra (1941), which included a scene with Humphrey Bogart. He also had small roles in Knockout (1941) and Kisses for Breakfast (1941).

1941

Wilde was then signed by 20th Century Fox who gave him a good role in a B picture The Perfect Snob (1941). It was followed by a war movie Manila Calling (1942).

1942

He was the romantic male lead in Life Begins at Eight-Thirty (1942), supporting Monte Woolley, and supported Sonja Henie in Wintertime (1943).

1943

He married the Actress Patricia Knight in 1937. She appeared with him in Shockproof (1949). They had a daughter, Wendy (born February 22, 1943), and divorced in 1951.

1945

Back at Fox, he played the male lead in Leave Her to Heaven (1945), with Gene Tierney and Jeanne Crain, an enormous hit at the box office. So too when it was released was Bandit.

1946

In January 1946, Wilde was suspended by Fox for refusing the male lead in Margie (1946). This suspension was soon lifted so Wilde could play the male lead in the studio's big budget version of Forever Amber (1947). Filming started, then was halted when the studio decided to replace Peggy Cummins, the female star. In October 1946, Wilde refused to return to work unless he was paid more; his salary was $3,000 a week, with six years to run - he wanted $150,000 per film for two films per year. The parties came to an agreement and filming resumed. Wilde also appeared with Maureen O'Hara in The Homestretch (1947).

1947

He was in a comedy at Columbia with Ginger Rogers, It Had to Be You (1947), then went back to Fox for The Walls of Jericho (1948), from the same Director as Leave Her to Heaven but less popular. Road House (1948), for Fox, was a highly regarded noir and a decent-sized hit.

1949

Wilde made Swiss Tour, aka Four Days Leave (1949), an independent film in Switzerland. He returned to Fox for Two Flags West (1950), then went to RKO for At Sword's Point (filmed in 1949, but not released until 1952), a swashbuckler with Maureen O'Hara.

1950

In the 1950s, Wilde and his second wife Jean Wallace formed their own film production company, Theodora, that was named after Theodora Irvine. Their first move was the film noir The Big Combo (1955), released through Allied Artists. Wilde and Wallace played the leads.

1952

At Columbia, he was in California Conquest (1952), a Western for Producer Sam Katzman. He went over to Warner Bros. for Operation Secret (1952), then was back at Fox for Treasure of the Golden Condor (1952).

1953

He focused on adventure stories: Saadia (1953) for MGM, Star of India (1954) for United Artists. He had a part in the all-star executive drama Woman's World (1954) for Fox, then went back to action and adventure with Passion (1954) for RKO.

1956

As an actor only, he appeared in Hot Blood (1956) with Jane Russell for Director Nicholas Ray, and Beyond Mombasa (1956), shot in Kenya; both were released by Columbia. In 1957, he guest-starred on an episode of Father Knows Best as himself. Also in 1957, he played the role of the 13th century Persian poet Omar Khayyám in the film Omar Khayyam.

1957

He produced, directed and starred in two films for Theodora that were released through Paramount: The Devil's Hairpin (1957), a car-racing drama, and Maracaibo (1958).

1959

He had the lead in Edge of Eternity (1959) for Director Don Siegel.

1962

Wilde went to Italy to star in Constantine and the Cross (1962). In Britain, he wrote, produced, directed and starred in Lancelot and Guinevere (1963).

1965

Wilde produced, directed, and starred in The Naked Prey (1965), in which he played a man stripped naked and chased by Hunters from an African tribe affronted by the behavior of other members of his safari party. The original script was largely based on a true historical incident about a trapper named John Colter being pursued by Blackfeet Indians in Wyoming. Lower shooting costs, tax breaks, and material and logistical assistance offered by Rhodesia persuaded Wilde and the other producers to shoot the film on location in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). It is probably his most highly regarded film as Director.

1967

He married the Actress Jean Wallace in 1951. Wallace, formerly married to actor Franchot Tone, co-starred with Wilde in several films, including The Big Combo (1955), Lancelot and Guinevere, aka Sword of Lancelot (1963), and Beach Red (1967). Her two children from her marriage to Tone became Wilde's stepsons. They also had a son together, Cornel Wallace Wilde Jr. (born December 19, 1967). They divorced in 1981.

1970

During the early 1970s, Wilde took a break from motion pictures and theater to turn toward television. He appeared as an unethical surgeon in the 1971 Night Gallery episode "Deliveries in the Rear" and portrayed an Anthropologist in the 1972 TV movie Gargoyles.

1975

He returned to film shortly thereafter and wrote, directed, and starred in the exploitation film Sharks' Treasure, a 1975 film intended to capitalize on the "Shark Fever" popular in the mid-1970s in the wake of the success of Peter Benchley's Jaws. He acted in The Norseman (1978) and The Fifth Musketeer (1979).

1977

Wilde died of leukemia three days after his 77th birthday. He was survived by his daughter and son; two stepsons, Pascal Franchot Tone and Thomas Jefferson Tone; and three grandchildren. Wilde is interred in the Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Westwood, Los Angeles.