Daniel Emilfork

Daniel Emilfork
Born(1924-04-07)7 April 1924
Providencia, Chile
Died17 October 2006(2006-10-17) (aged 82)
Paris, France
OccupationActor

Daniel Emilfork (7 April 1924 – 17 October 2006) was a Chilean stage and film actor who made his career in France.

Biography

Emilfork was born in San Felipe, Chile[1] after his Jewish socialist parents from Kiev[2] fled a pogrom in Odessa. At age 25, he left Chile and settled in France, because, according to his friend Alejandro Jodorowsky, he didn't feel comfortable being a homosexual man in Chile.[3][4]

Emilfork's distinctive facial features helped contribute to his career as a character actor for films such as The City of Lost Children (1995). He specialized in roles of villains. Previously he had played in The Devil's Nightmare (1971), Travels with My Aunt (1972) and Fellini's Casanova (1976), in Roman Polanski's Pirates (1986) and in Taxandria (1994). He carried on acting up until his death, his last film appearing in 2007.

He died in Paris, France from natural causes.

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ Birth certificate # X.1977.0036..00133.
  2. ^ The Times[full citation needed]
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2006-10-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)[full citation needed]
  4. ^ "El Periodista - Cuando ser gay no era-pag.16". Archived from the original on 2007-08-20. Retrieved 2006-10-25.[full citation needed]