perhaps best remembered today for playing the role of Otto Frank in both the original stage production and film version of The Diary of Anne Frank (1959). He was also an active character actor and appeared in guest roles on several early television shows, including the Hallmark Hall of Fame, in which he played Claudius in the 1953 television production of Hamlet, with Maurice Evans in the title role. Schildkraut also hosted and starred in Joseph Schildkraut Presents, a short-lived series on the DuMont Television Network from October 1953 to January 1954. In 1961, during the third season of The Twilight Zone, he made his first appearance on "Deaths-Head Revisited". He later played an elderly man in "The Trade-Ins" in season 3, episode 31 of the same show. In 1963, he was nominated for a Best Actor Emmy Award for his performance in a guest-starring role on Sam Benedict. Personal life Schildkraut was married three times. His first marriage was to actress Elise Bartlett in 1923; they divorced in 1931. He married Mary McKay in 1932 until her death on February 17, 1962. In 1963, Schildkraut married Leonora Rogers, who survived him. Schildkraut died at his home in New York City of a heart attack. His father had died at the same age, also of a heart attack. For his contributions to the motion picture industry, Schildkraut has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6780 Hollywood Boulevard. He is interred in the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Filmography Dämon und Mensch (1915) Das Wiegenlied (1916) Für den Ruhm des Geliebten (1916) as Musiker Rolf Seine Durchlaucht der Landstreicher (1919) Die schwarze Fahne (1919) Der Roman der Komtesse Ruth (1920) Theodor Herzl (1921) as Das leidende Israel Orphans of the Storm (1921) as Chevalier de Vaudrey The Song of Love (1923) as Raymon Valverde The Road to Yesterday (1925) as Kenneth Paulton Shipwrecked (1926) as Larry O'Neil Meet the Prince (1926) as Prince Nicholas Young April (1926) as Prince Caryl The King of Kings (1927) as Judas Iscariot The Heart Thief (1927) as Paul Kurt His Dog (1927) as Peter Olsen The Forbidden Woman (1927) as Jean La Coste The Blue Danube (1928) as Ludwig Tenth Avenue (1928) as Joe Ross Show Boat (1929) as Gaylord Ravenal The Mississippi Gambler (1929) as Jack Morgan Night Ride (1930) as Joe Rooker Cock o' the Walk (1930) as Carlos Lopez Carnival (1931)