Herbert Lom

Herbert Lom
Lom in a 1940s publicity photo
Born	Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (1917-09-11)11 September 1917 Prague, Kingdom of Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Died	27 September 2012(2012-09-27) (aged 95) Camden, London, England
Nationality	British Czech
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937–2002
Spouses	Dina Schea ​ ​ (m. 1948; div. 1979)​ Eve Lacik ​ (div. 1990)​
Children	3

Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchačevič ze Schluderpacheru (11 September 1917 – 27 September 2012), known professionally as Herbert Lom (Czech pronunciation: [ɦɛrbɛrt lom]), was a Czech-British actor with a career spanning over 60 years. His cool demeanour and precise, elegant elocution^[1] saw him cast as criminals or suave villains in his younger years, and professional men and nobles as he aged. Highly versatile, he also proved a skilled comic actor in The Pink Panther franchise, playing the beleaguered Chief Inspector Charles Dreyfus in seven films.

Lom’s other notable films included The Ladykillers (1955), War and Peace (1956), Spartacus (1960), El Cid (1961), Mysterious Island (also 1961), The Phantom of the Opera (1962), and The Dead Zone (1983). He also originated the role of the King of Siam in the original West End production of The King and I, and starred on the 1960s television drama The Human Jungle.