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Kurt Kasznar

Acting

Born August 13, 1913 · Wien, Austria

Died August 6, 1979

Also known as Kurt Serwicher · Kurt Servicher · Kurt Servischer

Biography

Kurt Kasznar (August 12, 1913 – August 6, 1979) was a stage, film, and television actor.Kasznar's first major Broadway appearance was in The Happy Time. (He recreated his role for the film version and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.) He also appeared on Broadway in Barefoot in the Park, Waiting for Godot, Six Characters in Search of an Author, and The Sound of Music, for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. Kasznar appeared in more than 80 films and television shows, and had a regular role in the television series Land of the Giants as "Alexander Fitzhugh". His feature films included Lili, Kiss Me, Kate, The Last Time I Saw Paris, My Sister Eileen, A Farewell to Arms and 55 Days at Peking. Description above from the Wikipedia article  Kurt Kasznar , licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography30 titles

The Great Diamond Robbery

1954as Louie

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962as Self

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as President Nasasos Tunick

Wonder Woman

1975as S.S. General Von Dreiberg

The King's Pirate

1967as Zucco

The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.

1966as Apollo Zakinthios

55 Days at Peking

1963as Baron Sergei Ivanoff

55 Days at Peking

1963as Baron Sergei Ivanoff

Land of the Giants

1968as Alexander B. Fitzhugh

Lili

1953as Jacquot

Here's Lucy

1968as Dr. Henderson

Lux Video Theatre

1950as Mike Garcia

My Three Sons

1960

My Sister Eileen

1955as 'Papa' Appopolous

Shirley Temple's Storybook

1958as Hans Franz

Kiss Me Kate

1953as "Baptista"

For the First Time

1959as Ladislas Tabory

The Journey

1959as Csepege

That Girl

1966

Legend of the Lost

1957as Prefect Dukas

The Last Time I Saw Paris

1954as Maurice

Ride, Vaquero!

1953as Father Antonio

A Farewell to Arms

1957as Bonello

Naked City

1958as Alcibiades Munos

The F.B.I.

1965

Give a Girl a Break

1953as Leo Belney

Casino Royale

1967as Smernov

The Ambushers

1967as Quintana

Jump Into Hell

1955as Captain Jean Callaux

Flame of the Islands

1955as Cyril Mace