Kurt Kasznar

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1913-08-13 (66 years old)

Deathday

1979-08-06

Place of Birth

Wien, Austria

Kurt Kasznar

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 ...

Acting

1954

Run Like a Thief

as Alexander

1978

Suddenly, Love

as Dr. Luria

1967

Code Name: Heraclitus

as Constantine

1967

Casino Royale

as Smernov

1957

Legend of the Lost

as Prefect Dukas

1972

The Female Instinct

as Alexander Scalamdri

1963

55 Days at Peking

as Baron Sergei Ivanoff

1953

Kiss Me Kate

as "Baptista"

1967

The Ambushers

as Quintana

1955

My Sister Eileen

as 'Papa' Appopolous

1953

Lili

as Jacquot

1952

Lovely to Look At

as Max Fogelsby

1953

Ride, Vaquero!

as Father Antonio

1957

1959

The Journey

as Csepege

1952

Talk About a Stranger

as Dr. Paul Mahler / Matlock

1959

For the First Time

as Ladislas Tabory

1953

Give a Girl a Break

as Leo Belney

1954

Valley of the Kings

as Hamed Backhour

1952

1958

Arms and the Man

as Major Petkoff

1955

1951

The Light Touch

as Mr. Aramescu

1952

The Happy Time

as Uncle Louis Bonnard

1955

Jump Into Hell

as Captain Jean Callaux

1952

Glory Alley

as Judge

1967

1968

The Smugglers

as Willi Raben

1956

Anything Goes

as Victor Lawrence

1961

1974

Cyrano

as Ragueneau (voice)

1971

Once Upon a Dead Man

as Edmond Corday

1967

Androcles and the Lion

as Gladiator's Manager

1953

Sombrero

as Father Zacaya

1967

The Perils of Pauline

as Consul General

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