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Milestone
1931
Worked as a designer and translator for a publishing company in Vienna
1933
Discovered by Otto Preminger (Max Reinhardt's managing director) who introduced him to Reinhardt
Became leading man with Max Reinhardt's Vienna theatre
Appeared on the Viennese stage in "Men in White" and "Mizzi" and in Austrian films (date approximate)
1934
Screen acting debut in "Hohe Schule"
1934
Was officially listed by Germany as a "minorities sympathizer" and an "enemy of the Third Reich" after he turned down a film contract with Germany's UFA film studio
1935
Moved to England
Performed on London stage as Prince Albert in "Victoria Regina" (1937) and "The Jersey Lily" (1940)
1937
British screen debut in bit part in "Victoria the Great"
1938
Wife's family fled Vienna
1939
British film acting debut, "Goodbye, Mr. Chips"
1940
Moved to US
1940
Repeated his role in "Victoria Regina" on radio opposite Helen Hayes before making his US stage debut
1940
Broadway debut in "Flight to the West"
1941
Signed by RKO Radio Pictures
1942
US screen debut in "Joan of Paris"
1947
Founded Banner Films (with Jack Chertok)
1948
Produced first film (also starred), "Hollow Triumph"
1951
Film directing debut with "For Men Only/The Tall Lie"
1953
TV acting debut, "The Jewel" on "Ford Theater"
Blacklisted as an actor after going to Washington with a group of Hollywood stars to protest the HUAC's Hollywood witchhunt during the early 1950s
Became a TV director for Revue Productions, Desilu, 4-Star and Screen Gems among other companies in the early 1950s
1972
Starred in Broadway production and US tour of "Don Juan in Hell"
1977
Final screen performance in John Boorman's "Exorcist II: The Heretic"
1992
"Casablanca" re-released on April 10, its 50th anniversary one week after Henreid's death
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