1. Kurt Kasznar appeared in feature films and had many notable parts in television, including the science fiction series Land of the Giants.
21 Facts About Kurt Kasznar
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Kurt Kasznar was born Kurt Servischer on August 13,1913, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary.
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Kurt Kasznar's father left the family when Kurt was very young.
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At age eleven Kurt Kasznar appeared in Der Zirkuskonig, the last movie made by Max Linder, which was filmed in Vienna.
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Kurt Kasznar began working on the stage in 1931, in a performance of Jedermann at the Salzburg Festival.
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In 1936 Kurt Kasznar left Austria for the United States, with Max Reinhardt's theater company.
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Kurt Kasznar appeared in Reinhardt's production of The Eternal Road, playing the role of Zebulon in the premiere performance July 7,1937, and performing at least a dozen roles during the three-month Broadway run of the epic production.
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In 1941 Kurt Kasznar produced a two-act Broadway musical revue, Crazy With the Heat, which ended as a financial failure.
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Kurt Kasznar was trained as a cinematographer and later served in the Pacific.
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Kurt Kasznar was one of the first Army photographers to film the aftermath of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Kurt Kasznar recreated his role, that of Uncle Louie, for the 1952 film version and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance.
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Kurt Kasznar appeared on Broadway as the director in Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author, and he played Pozzo in the original Broadway production of Waiting for Godot.
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Kurt Kasznar created the role of Max Detweiler in the original Broadway production of The Sound of Music, for which he received a Tony Award nomination.
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Kurt Kasznar was discussed as a possibility to re-create his stage role in the film version of The Sound of Music, but the role went to Richard Haydn.
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Kurt Kasznar debuted the role of Victor Velasco in Neil Simon's Barefoot in the Park.
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Kurt Kasznar appeared as Tevye in several productions of Fiddler on the Roof.
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Kurt Kasznar appeared in more than 80 films and television shows, and had a regular role in the Irwin Allen science fiction television series Land of the Giants as Alexander Fitzhugh.
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Kurt Kasznar married American heiress Cornelia Woolley following her 1939 divorce from her second husband.
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Kurt Kasznar died at home unexpectedly in June 1948, at age 48; at the time, Kasznar was performing in John Houseman's Broadway production of Joy to the World.
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Kurt Kasznar met his second wife, actress Leora Dana, when they worked together in the Broadway production of The Happy Time.
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Kurt Kasznar died on August 6,1979, at age 65, in Santa Monica, California.