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- Height6′ (1.83 m)
- Irving Pichel was born on June 24, 1891 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. He was an actor and director, known for Destination Moon (1950), Dracula's Daughter (1936) and Tomorrow Is Forever (1946). He was married to Violette Wilson. He died on July 13, 1954 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- SpouseViolette Wilson(? - July 13, 1954) (his death, 3 children)
- Discovered actress Natalie Wood
- Graduate of Harvard
- He died suddenly in 1954, only a week after completing his last film as a director, Day of Triumph (1954).
- A close friend of playwright George S. Kaufman, Pichel also convinced veteran character actor Charles Lane to give acting a try. Together they went to Los Angeles and studied at the Pasadena Playhouse.
- He openly supported Joseph Stalin, despite the Soviet dictator's anti-Semitic policies.
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