Stefan Gierasch

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Stefan Gierasch (born February 5, 1926 in New York City , † September 6, 2014 in Santa Monica ) was an American actor .

Life

Gierasch initially worked as a stage actor on Broadway ; he made his debut in 1943 in the play Kiss and Tell . He mainly mimed comic roles in popular easy pieces. Since 1951, after two appearances on the NBC series Goodyear Television Playhouse , he has appeared regularly in US television series, in total he came to over a hundred appearances in television series. He was seen several times in internationally known and successful series such as Kung Fu , Bonanza , Raumschiff Enterprise: The next century and Emergency Room .

Especially since the 1960s, he also appeared occasionally in movies. There he was initially limited to smaller supporting roles. On the one hand, he often mimed film characters intended to portray Germans or people of German origin, and on the other, often characters who were murdered at an early age. In 1972 he had his first major film role in Sydney Pollack's Western Jeremiah Johnson .

As a result, Gierasch was involved in several prominent and successful film productions, especially in the 1970s, such as Is' was, Doc? , A Stranger Without a Name , Trans-America-Express or Carrie - Satan's youngest daughter . In Jeffrey Bloom's horror film Blood Beach - Horror am Strand he played the role in 1981, which is named next to that in Jeremiah Johnson as the most important film role of his career.

Filmography (selection)

Broadway (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ so by Hal Erickson in the All Movie Guide
personal data
SURNAME Gierasch, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION US-American actor
DATE OF BIRTH February 5, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH New York City
DATE OF DEATH September 6, 2014
Place of death Santa Monica