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Kurt Kasznar (1913–1979)

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As a young man, Kurt Kasznar enrolled in Max Reinhardt's seminars. He came to the US in the mid-30s in "The Eternal Road" in which he played at least 12 roles. In 1941 he produced the New York show "Crazy With the Heat." That same year he was drafted into the army, where he was trained as a cinematographer and served in the Pacific... See full bio »

Born:

Kurt Serwicher
in Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria)

Died:

(age 65) in Santa Monica, California, USA
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1978 Suddenly, Love (TV movie)
Dr. Luria
 
1977 Young Dan'l Boone (TV series)
Emil Van Diben
– The Game (1977) … Emil Van Diben
 
1977 The New Adventures of Wonder Woman (TV series)
S.S. General Von Dreiberg
– Judgment from Outer Space: Part 2 (1977) … S.S. General Von Dreiberg (as Kurt Kaszner)
– Judgment from Outer Space: Part 1 (1977) … S.S. General Von Dreiberg (as Kurt Kaszner)
 
1975 Barnaby Jones (TV series)
George Ondray
– Portrait of Evil (1975) … George Ondray
 
1974 ABC Afterschool Specials (TV series)
Ragueneau
– Cyrano (1974) … Ragueneau (voice)
 
1974 Hawkins (TV series)
John Carraza
– Murder on the Thirteenth Floor (1974) … John Carraza
 
1973 Love, American Style (TV series)
Ivan (segment "Love and the Cozy Comrades")
– Love and the Cozy Comrades/Love and the Flunky/Love and the Hoodwinked Honey/Love and the Secret Spouse (1973) … Ivan (segment "Love and the Cozy Comrades")
 
1972 Search (TV series)
Reuben Harant
– The Gold Machine (1972) … Reuben Harant
 
1972 Here's Lucy (TV series)
Dr. Henderson
– Lucy and the Group Encounter (1972) … Dr. Henderson
 
1972 The Snoop Sisters (TV series)
Alexander Scalamdri
– The Female Instinct (1972) … Alexander Scalamdri
 
1972 The F.B.I. (TV series)
– The Fatal Showdown (1972)
 
1971 McMillan & Wife (TV series)
Edmond Corday
– Once Upon a Dead Man (1971) … Edmond Corday
 
1971 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Alfredo
– A Sister from Napoli (1971) … Alfredo
 
1970 The Virginian (TV series)
August Hansch
– Crooked Corner (1970) … August Hansch
 
1968-1970 Land of the Giants (TV series)
Alexander B. Fitzhugh
– Graveyard of Fools (1970) … Alexander B. Fitzhugh
– Wild Journey (1970) … Alexander B. Fitzhugh
– The Marionettes (1970) … Alexander B. Fitzhugh
– A Small War (1970) … Alexander B. Fitzhugh
– Doomsday (1970) … Alexander B. Fitzhugh
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1968 The Smugglers (TV movie)
Willi Raben
 
1968 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Nightclub Manager
– A Thief Is a Thief (1968) … Nightclub Manager
 
1967 The Ambushers
Quintana
 
1967 The Danny Thomas Hour (TV series)
Hansie
– The Royal Follies of 1933 (1967) … Hansie
 
1967 Androcles and the Lion (TV movie)
Gladiator's Manager
 
1966-1967 Run for Your Life (TV series)
Inspector Kronig / Rudy Brademan
– The Inhuman Predicament (1967) … Rudy Brademan
– The Man Who Had No Enemies (1966) … Inspector Kronig
 
1967 The Perils of Pauline
Consul General
 
1967 The King's Pirate
Zucco
 
1967 Casino Royale
Smernov
 
1967 My Three Sons (TV series)
Boris Chaputnik
– Help the Gypsies Are Coming! (1967) … Boris Chaputnik
 
1967 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
President Nasasos Tunick
– The Napoleon's Tomb Affair (1967) … President Nasasos Tunick
 
1967 I Spy (TV series)
Dr. Ibanez
– The Trouble with Temple (1967) … Dr. Ibanez
 
1967 Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (TV series)
Constantine
– Code Name: Heraclitus - Part 2 (1967) … Constantine
– Code Name: Heraclitus: Part 1 (1967) … Constantine
 
1967 Code Name: Heraclitus (TV movie)
Constantine
 
1966 That Girl (TV series)
George
– Soap Gets in Your Eyes (1966) … George
 
1966 The Hero (TV series)
Manrique
– The Universal Language (1966) … Manrique
 
1966 The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. (TV series)
Apollo Zakinthios
– The Dog-Gone Affair (1966) … Apollo Zakinthios
 
1965 The Trials of O'Brien (TV series)
Manos Baroutus
– How Do You Get to Carnegie Hall? (1965) … Manos Baroutus
 
1964 The Reporter (TV series)
Hugo
– Hideout (1964) … Hugo
 
1963 55 Days at Peking
Baron Sergei Ivanoff
 
1963 Alcoa Premiere (TV series)
Gene / Mario
– This Will Kill You (1963) … Gene
– Lollipop Louie (1963) … Mario
 
1961-1963 Naked City (TV series)
Alcibiades Munos / Korsica
– On the Battlefront: Every Minute Is Important (1963) … Korsica
– The Hot Minerva (1961) … Alcibiades Munos
 
1959-1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
Peterbono / Pozzo / Volpone
– Waiting for Godot (1961) … Pozzo
– Volpone (1960) … Volpone
– Thieves Carnival (1959) … Peterbono
 
1959 Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
Wagner
– The Black Pearl (1959) … Wagner
 
1959 Goodyear Theatre (TV series)
Fritz
– Story Without a Moral (1959) … Fritz
 
1959 For the First Time
Ladislas Tabory
 
1959 The Journey
Csepege
 
1959 Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse (TV series)
Captain Martinez
– Chez Rouge (1959) … Captain Martinez
 
1959 The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen (TV series)
– Revolution (1959)
 
1958 Frauensee
Nathanael Dobbs
 
1958 Helden
Major Petkoff
 
1958 Shirley Temple Theatre (TV series)
Hans Franz
– Rumpelstiltskin (1958) … Hans Franz
 
1958 The DuPont Show of the Month (TV series)
– The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1958)
 
1957 Legend of the Lost
Prefect Dukas
 
1957 A Farewell to Arms
Bonello
 
1956-1957 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
– The Ransom of Sigmund Freud (1957)
– Freedom Comes Later (1957)
– Yankee Doodler (1956)
 
1956-1957 Climax! (TV series)
Duclerc / Karfas / Lustig
– The Largest City in Captivity (1957) … Lustig
– Trail of Terror (1957) … Duclerc
– Night of the Heat Wave (1956) … Karfas
 
1957 Suspicion (TV series)
– Murder Me Gently (1957)
 
1957 Goodyear Playhouse (TV series)
– Rumblin' Galleries (1957)
 
1957 Schlitz Playhouse (TV series)
– The Enchanted (1957)
 
1956 Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (TV series)
Rick
– A Place on the Bay (1956) … Rick
 
1956 Studio 57 (TV series)
Burdan
– The Customs of the Country (1956) … Burdan
 
1956 Kraft Theatre (TV series)
– One Way West (1956)
 
1955-1956 Lux Video Theatre (TV series)
Mike Garcia
– A Yankee Cousin (1956) … Mike Garcia
– The Happy Man (1955)
 
1956 Anything Goes
Victor Lawrence
 
1956 Playwrights '56 (TV series)
Professor Gersohn
– Return to Cassino (1956) … Professor Gersohn
 
1956 Flame of the Islands
Cyril Mace
 
1955 Studio One in Hollywood (TV series)
Barlach
– The Judge and the Hangman (1955) … Barlach
 
1955 My Sister Eileen
'Papa' Appopolous
 
1955 Jump Into Hell
Captain Jean Callaux
 
1955 Ponds Theater (TV series)
– The Forger (1955)
 
1954 The Last Time I Saw Paris
Maurice
 
1954 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
Alexander Ingles
– Run Like a Thief (1954) … Alexander Ingles
 
1954 Valley of the Kings
Hamed Backhour
 
1954 The Web (TV series)
– Hurricane Coming (1954)
 
1954 The Great Diamond Robbery
Uncle Tony Medeli
 
1953 Give a Girl a Break
Leo Belney
 
1953 All the Brothers Were Valiant
Quint
 
1953 Kiss Me Kate
'Baptista'
 
1953 Ride, Vaquero!
Father Antonio
 
1953 Sombrero
Father Zacaya
 
1953 Lili
Jacquot
 
1952 The Bad and the Beautiful
Party Guest (uncredited)
 
1952 The Happy Time
Uncle Louis Bonnard
 
1952 Glory Alley
Gus 'The Judge' Evans
 
1952 Lovely to Look at
Max Fogelsby
 
1952 Talk About a Stranger
Dr. Paul Mahler, alias Matlock
 
1952/I Anything Can Happen
Nuri Bey
 
1952 The Light Touch
Mr. Aramescu
 
1925 King of the Circus (short)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (2 titles)
1955 My Sister Eileen (performer: "I'm Great", "Conga")
 
1953 Give a Girl a Break (performer: "Nothing Is Impossible", "Puppet Master Dance")
 
Show ShowSelf (3 titles)
1970 The Virginia Graham Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 October 1970 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Allen Ludden's Gallery (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.42 (1969) … Himself
 
1968 It's Happening (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode dated 20 September 1968 (1968) … Himself - Guest
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (2 titles)
2005 James Dean: Forever Young (documentary)
Himself
 
2003 50 Greatest TV Animals (TV documentary)
Alexander Fitzhugh (uncredited)
 

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Barefoot in the Park (1963). Comedy. Written by Neil Simon. Biltmore Theatre: 23 Oct 1963- 25 Jun 1967 (1520 performances + 2 previews that began on 21 Oct 1963). Cast: Elizabeth Ashley (as "Corie Bratter"), Kurt Kasznar [final Broadway role] (as "Victor Velasco"), Mildred Natwick (as "Mrs. Banks"), Robert Redford [final Broadway role before concentrating on film career] (as "Paul Bratter"), Herbert Edelman (as "Telephone Man"), Joseph Keating (as "Delivery Man"). Standbys: E.J. Peaker (as "Corie Bratter"), Gene Rupert (as "Paul Bratter"). Understudies: Herb Edelman (as "Victor Velasco"), Ruth Gregory (as "Mrs. Banks"). Replacement actors during run: Ilka Chase [final Broadway role] (as "Mrs. Banks") [from 23 May 1966- ?], Joel Crothers (as "Paul Bratter") [from 29 Aug 1966- ?], Penny Fuller [Broadway debut] (as "Corie Bratter") [from 8 Jun 1964- ?], Eileen Heckart (as "Mrs. Banks") [from 20 Sep 1965- ?], Judd Hirsch [Broadway debut] (as "Telephone Man"), Charles Korvin [final Broadway role] (as "Victor Velasco") [from 20 Sep 1965- ?], Joan McCall (as "Corie Bratter") [from ? May 1967- 25 Jun 1967], Jules Munshin (as "Victor Velasco") [from 21 Feb 1966- ?], Stephen Pearlman (as "Telephone Man"), Robert Reed [Broadway debut] (as "Paul Bratter") [from 7 Sep 1964- ?], Tony Roberts [credited as Anthony Roberts] (as "Paul Bratter") [from 5 Apr 1965- ?], Wood Romoff [credited as Woody ROmanoff] (as "Victor Velasco"), Sylvia Sidney (as "Mrs. Banks") [from 4 Apr 1967- ?], Joan Van Ark [Broadway debut] (as "Corie Bratter") [from 23 May 1966- ?]. Standbys: Jed Allan (as "Paul Bratter"), Beverlee McKinsey (as "Corie Bratter"). Understudies: Joseph Keating (as "Victor Velasco"), Ruth Matteson [final Broadway role] (as "Mrs. Banks"). Produced by Arnold Saint Subber. Produced in association with Ellen Enterprises Inc. Note: Filmed as Barefoot in the Park. See more »

Alternate Names:

Kurt Kaszner

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Was nominated for Broadway's 1960 Tony Award as Best Supporting or Featured Actor (Musical) for "The Sound of Music." See more »

Star Sign:

Leo