Oscar Quitak

Oscar Morris Quitak (10 March 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a British stage, film and television actor.^[1][2]

Oscar Quitak
Born	Oscar Morris Quitak (1926-03-10)10 March 1926 London, England
Died	31 December 2023(2023-12-31) (aged 97) Ibiza, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946–1993
Spouse	Andrée Melly ​ ​ (m. 1964; died 2020)​
Children	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]

Personal life and death

Quitak lived in Ibiza with his wife of 62 years, the actress Andrée Melly, who died on 31 January 2020.^[7] The marriage produced two children.^[8][9] He died there on 31 December 2023, at the age of 97.^[10][11]

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
• Howards' Way (1985) – Richard Shellet
• 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. Archived from the original on 2 September 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
4. "Pickwick - 1963 Original London Cast" – via castalbums.org.
5. "Pickwick – Broadway Musical – Original | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2019.
6. "Oscar Quitak". www.aveleyman.com. Archived from the original on 5 November 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
7. Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (2014). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 133. ISBN 9781476602011.
8. "Search results".
9. Obituaries, Telegraph (9 March 2020). "Andrée Melly, actress whose many roles included a vampire's victim in a Hammer horror film – obituary". The Telegraph. Telegraph.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
10. "Oscar Quitak". Les Gens du Cinema. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
11. "Equity magazine Summer 2024". issuu. p. 43. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

External links

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