ÖSTERREICHISCHE POST on 31 October 1997 released a 75th birthday anniversary stamp of Oskar Werner, the brilliant Austrian actor most people have either forgotten or are unaware of. The stamp depicts Werner in the 1966 François Truffaut film "Fahrenheit 451", based on Ray Bradbury's masterpiece.
Oskar Werner (born Oskar Josef Bschließmayer; 13 November 1922 – 23 October 1984) was an Austrian stage and cinema actor whose prominent roles include two 1965 films, "The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" and "Ship of Fools". Other notable films include "Decision Before Dawn" (1951), "Jules and Jim" (1962), "Fahrenheit 451" (1966), "The Shoes of the Fisherman" (1968) and "Voyage of the Damned" (1976). He was also in the Columbo TV episode "Playback" in 1975.
He died at age 62 from a heart attack and is buried in Triesen, Liechtenstein.
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