MAXIMILIAN SCHELL who won world wide acclaim and an Oscar for his perf in JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG has passed at 83.
The Austrian New Agency reported that Schell's agent, Patricia Baumbauer, said Saturday he died overnight at a hospital in Innsbruck following a "sudden and serious illness."
Schell also received Oscar nominations for "The Man in The Glass Booth" (1975), and "Julia" (1977).
Schell was born in Vienna on Dec. 8, 1930 and raised in Switzerland after his family fled Germany's seized Austria. Schell followed in the footsteps of his older sister actress Maria Schell and first trod the boards in 1952.
His Hollywood debut was in Edward Dmytryk's "The Young Lions," a World War II drama starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift and Dean Martin.