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He helped support himself during his early acting career with such jobs as a salesman in Macy's department store. He turned down a scholarship to Columbia University's medical school to devote himself to the theater.

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If a brutal scene is shown for no reason except to shock, then it is bad.' He also acted in, directed and produced 'Beach Red,' 'Storm Fear,' 'Devil's Hairpin,' 'Maracaibo,' 'Sword of Lancelot' and 'Shark's Treasure.' His last movie was 'My Very Wilde Life,' filmed in 1987. 'If you do not have conflict, you do not have drama. 'You can't get away from violence in drama,' was his reply. The 1955 movie 'The Big Combo,' which he produced and starred in, was criticized at the time for being too violent. The following year, he played a Mexican hotel clerk in 'High Sierra.' He also appeared with Sonja Henie in 'Wintertime,' and as Aladdin in 'A Thousand and One Nights.' He starred with Gene Tierney in 'Leave Her to Heaven.' He played the old Tyrone Power role in 'Son of Fury' and was a French nobleman in 'Star of India.' He was an honest cop in 'The Big Combo' and a colonial spy 'The Scarlet Coat.' His film acting credits include 'The Bandit of Sherwood Forest,' 'Beyond Mombasa,' 'Omar Khayyam,' 'Constantine and the Cross' and 'The Fifth Musketeer.' He also appeared in 'Forever Amber' in 1947 and 'The Greatest Show on Earth' in 1952. His first film was 'The Lady With Red Hair,' made in 1940. During his Hollywood career, which spanned from 1940 to 1987, he was involved in more than 50 movies. But his specialty, especially in the 1940s, was the swashbuckling adventure film. Wilde also produced and directed many medium-budget films. One critic said he grew paler and waner with each reel while fingering an impressive soundtrack on a mute piano.

In 'A Song to Remember,' he played opposite Merle Oberon's George Sand.

LOS ANGELES - Cornel Wilde, 74, who starred in a string of swashbuckling film melodramas and was nominated for a 1945 Oscar for his portrayal of musician Frederic Chopin in 'A Song to Remember,' died of leukemia Oct.