Walter Surovy (sometimes spelledSzurovy; 28 May 1910 in Vienna – 4 November 2001 in Manhattan, New York City) was an Austrian stage and film actor.

He appeared in leading roles at theTheater in der Josefstadt, theSalzburg Festival, and theNeues Deutsches Theater. He starred in several European films before moving to Hollywood, where a brief acting career led to a role inHoward Hawks'To Have and Have Not (under the nameWalter Molnar).

He was the manager and husband of mezzo-soprano singerRisë Stevens. The couple wed in 1939 and remained together until Surovy's death in 2001. They had one child, a son, actor Nicolas Surovy. In 1941, he founded the Polk-Szurovy Agency. After his wife retired, he managed the career ofErich Leinsdorf.^[1]

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