Oscar Quitak

Oscar Morris Quitak (10 March 1926 – 31 December 2023) was a British television actor.^[1][2]

Oscar Quitak
Born	Oscar Morris Quitak (1926-03-10)10 March 1926 London, England
Died	31 December 2023(2023-12-31) (aged 97) Ibiza, Spain
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1946–1993
Spouse	Andrée Melly ​ ​ (m. 1964; died 2020)​
Children	2

Quitak's stage work includes roles at the Old Vic and the National Theatre;^[3] as well as the original West End and Broadway productions of the musical Pickwick, in 1963 and 1965.^[4][5] His television credits include: Z-Cars, Man in a Suitcase, Doomwatch, Ace of Wands, Colditz, The Changes, The New Avengers, Open All Hours, Kessler as Josef Mengele, Chessgame, Howards' Way, A Very British Coup, Yes, Prime Minister, Saracen, Lovejoy and Telltale.^[2][6]

Personal life and death

Quitak lived in Ibiza with his wife of 62 years, the actress Andrée Melly, who died on 31 January 2020.^[7] The marriage produced two children.^[8][9] He died there on 31 December 2023, at the age of 97.^[10][11]

Partial filmography

• The Guinea Pig (1948) – David Tracey
• It's Hard to Be Good (1948) – Man in Town Hall (uncredited)
• Cairo Road (1950) – Bedouin Boy
• The Dark Man (1951) – 2nd Reporter
• Hell Is Sold Out (1951) – Jacques, waiter
• So Little Time (1952) – Gerard
• Something Money Can't Buy (1952) – 2nd Assistant director
• Top of the Form (1953) – Septimus
• The Crowded Day (1954) – Youth
• The Colditz Story (1955) – Prisoner of War (uncredited)
• The Prisoner (1955) – Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
• Zarak (1956) – Youssuff
• Town on Trial (1957) – David
• The Traitor (1957) – Thomas Rilke
• The Revenge of Frankenstein (1958) – Dwarf
• Operation Amsterdam (1959) – Diamond Merchant
• Red Monarch (1983) – Mekhlis
• Bloodbath at the House of Death (1984) – Doctor
• Brazil (1985) – Interview Official
• Tangiers (1985) – Velatti
• Code Name: Emerald (1985) – Army Doctor
• Howards' Way (1985) – Richard Shellet
• Yes, Prime Minister (1986) – Chief Scientific Advisor
• A Very British Coup (1988) – Government Chief Scientific Adviser