Leon Niemczyk, 1923 - 2006.

Polish actor Leon Niemczyk, who starred in Roman Polanski's Knife in the Water and hundreds of other films, has died at the age of 82.... Niemczyk starred in more than 400 movies in Poland and in scores of foreign films, including this year's David Lynch film Inland Empire, a performance he gave soon after learning he was terminally ill.

Monika Scislowska for the AP.

See also: Photos spanning half a century at filmpolski.pl.

Posted by dwhudson at December 6, 2006 12:14 PM