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Leon Niemczyk

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Leon Stanisław Niemczyk (15 December 1923 – 29 November 2006) was a Polish actor. Niemczyk developed into a leading box-office star throughout the 1960s, known for serious dramas, including historical dramas and war films. He appeared in over 500 films and television shows over the course of his career. His most memorable roles were Fulko de Lorche in Aleksander Ford's The Teutonic Knights, Andrzej in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and Jerzy in Jerzy Kawalerowicz's Night Train. Niemczyk became an international star through positive reception for his leading role in Knife in the Water (1962), earning Polish cinema's first nomination for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film. During World War II, he served under Gen. George S. Patton in the U.S. 3rd Army. He died of cancer. Celuloza (1954) as Major Stuposz Godziny nadziei (1955) as American Officer Trzy starty (1955) Zaczarowany rower (1955) as Doctor Sprawa pilota Maresza (1956) as Surowiec Nikodem Dyzma (1956) as Mr. Cox's Interpreter Man on the Tracks (Człowiek na torze) (1957) as Passenger (uncredited) Heroism (Eroica) (1958) as Lt. Istvan Kolya (segment "Scherzo alla Polacca") Król Macius I (1958) The Eighth Day of the Week (Ósmy dzień tygodnia) (1958) as Ciapus Co rekne zena? (1958) as Train Passenger The Depot of the Dead (1959) as Nine Night Train (Pociąg) (1959) as Jerzy Sygnaly (1959) as Boss The Teutonic Knights (Krzyżacy) (1960) as Fulko de Lorche Szklana góra (1960) as Jarek Szczesciarz Antoni (1961) as Saturnin Potapowicz Odwiedziny prezydenta (1961) as Witold - ojciec Jacka / Prezydent Tonight a City Will Die (1961) as American Prisoner of War (uncredited) The Artillery Sergeant Kalen (1961) as Saszko 'Bir' Knife in the Water (Nóż w wodzie) (1962) as Andrzej Mandrin (1962) as Le traître Grandville Ich dzien powszedni (1963) as Lekarz Na białym szlaku (1963) as Sikora Pamietnik pani Hanki (1963) as Toto Yokmok (1963) as Smuggler Agnieszka 46 (1964) as Zenon Balcz Panienka z okienka (1964) as Prosecutor The Saragossa Manuscript (Rękopis znaleziony w Saragossie) (1965) as Don Avadoro Sposób bycia (1966) as Górny Jutro Meksyk (1966) as Official Katastrofa (1966) as Prosecutor Don Gabriel (1966) as Leukamer, german officer Zejscie do piekla (1966) as Harrison Powrót na ziemie (1967) as Lekarz Chudy i inni (1967) as Journalist Cala naprzód (1967) as His Excellency Frozen Flashes (1967) as Stefan Bicz bozy (1967) as Grebizewski The Nutcracker (1967) as Jan, the father Poradnik matrymonialny (1968) as Barman Hrabina Cosel (1968) as Count Lecherenne Sasiedzi (1969) as Police commandant Verdacht auf einen Toten (1969) as Dr.

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