DHAKA: Austrian actor Maximilian Schell, who won an Oscar for best actor in 1961 for Judgment at Nuremberg has died at the age of 83.

His agent announced Saturday, reports The Straits Times.

Schell died following ‘a sudden and serious illness’, agent Patricia Baumbauer said.

The actor took ill on January 18 in Kitzbuhel, western Austria, where he was filming for German channel ZDF, the Austrian news agency APA reported.

He died after leaving the hospital on Tuesday, APA reported after having initially said he died overnight in a clinic in the western Austrian city of Innsbruck.

BDST: 1100 HRS, FEB 02, 2014