David Hurst
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David Hurst is a British
-German
actor
.
, and was also a renowned director in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. As a Jewish child living in Nazi Germany, he faced persecution from the Nazi regime. After the pogroms of Kristallnacht
, British-Jewish citizens offered to bear the government expenses for the rescue of Jewish children from Germany and Austria. He was one of the thousands of children in 1938 relocated with the Kindertransport
in the United Kingdom
. At the time of leaving his mother, he was 12 years old. He never saw her again.
, he lived with other young emigrants
in the care of a family of an estate manager. It was here that he got the chance to receive an artistic education. His first stage experience was gained in Belfast
at a repertory
theatre, where he also changed his name from Heinrich Hirsch to David Hurst. During World War II
he joined the army, but because of his German background he was assigned to ENSA
where he performed as an actor and a comedian.
His first film role was in 1949 as "Wolfgang Winkel" in The Perfect Woman
, a role Hurst had previously played in the West End
to critical praise. He went on to appear in many British films of the 1950s.
.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he played in film, television, and theatre. In 1959 he received the Clarence Derwent Award
and in 1964, he was awarded the Obie Award
for his off-Broadway performance in A Month in the Country
from The Village Voice
.
In 1969, he performed in the film version of Hello, Dolly as Rudolph the headwaiter alongside Barbara Streisand and Walter Matthau
. This has been his biggest role to date, and his most recognizable in America. He also had roles in the films The Boys From Brazil
(1978) and Kelly's Heroes
(1970). Hurst also appeared in numerous TV series including Mission: Impossible
, Serpico
and Star Trek
.
Throughout his career he worked as a visiting professor at Yale
, Boston University
and Carnegie Mellon
.
. Hurst decided to remain in Germany, and worked with theatre director George Tabori
in Vienna and Berlin. From 1991 Hurst worked at the Burgtheater
, Vienna
, and also regained his German citizenship, eventually returning to live in Berlin in 2000, when he retired from acting.
Hurst has been married three times, and his children live in Italy, United Kingdom and the United States.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
-German
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
.
Germany
Hurst grew up in a family of actors. His father was a member of the Austrian Theatre and appeared frequently at the Salzburg FestivalSalzburg Festival
The Salzburg Festival is a prominent festival of music and drama established in 1920. It is held each summer within the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
, and was also a renowned director in the Deutsches Theater in Berlin. As a Jewish child living in Nazi Germany, he faced persecution from the Nazi regime. After the pogroms of Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht
Kristallnacht, also referred to as the Night of Broken Glass, and also Reichskristallnacht, Pogromnacht, and Novemberpogrome, was a pogrom or series of attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and parts of Austria on 9–10 November 1938.Jewish homes were ransacked, as were shops, towns and...
, British-Jewish citizens offered to bear the government expenses for the rescue of Jewish children from Germany and Austria. He was one of the thousands of children in 1938 relocated with the Kindertransport
Kindertransport
Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War. The United Kingdom took in nearly 10,000 predominantly Jewish children from Nazi Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Poland and the Free City of Danzig...
in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
. At the time of leaving his mother, he was 12 years old. He never saw her again.
United Kingdom
Relocated to a manor in Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland
Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...
, he lived with other young emigrants
Emigration
Emigration is the act of leaving one's country or region to settle in another. It is the same as immigration but from the perspective of the country of origin. Human movement before the establishment of political boundaries or within one state is termed migration. There are many reasons why people...
in the care of a family of an estate manager. It was here that he got the chance to receive an artistic education. His first stage experience was gained in Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and largest city in Northern Ireland. By population, it is the 14th biggest city in the United Kingdom and second biggest on the island of Ireland . It is the seat of the devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly...
at a repertory
Repertory
Repertory or rep, also called stock in the United States, is a term used in Western theatre and opera.A repertory theatre can be a theatre in which a resident company presents works from a specified repertoire, usually in alternation or rotation...
theatre, where he also changed his name from Heinrich Hirsch to David Hurst. During World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
he joined the army, but because of his German background he was assigned to ENSA
Entertainments National Service Association
The Entertainments National Service Association or ENSA was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War II. ENSA operated as part of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes...
where he performed as an actor and a comedian.
His first film role was in 1949 as "Wolfgang Winkel" in The Perfect Woman
The Perfect Woman
The Perfect Woman is a comedy, 1949 British film directed by Bernard Knowles and written by George Black, Jr and J. B. Boothroyd, based upon a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil Mitchell. A scientist creates what he considers the perfect woman in his lab...
, a role Hurst had previously played in the West End
West End theatre
West End theatre is a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London's 'Theatreland', the West End. Along with New York's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English speaking...
to critical praise. He went on to appear in many British films of the 1950s.
United States
In 1957, Hurst moved the United States. He spent most of his time in California, but often performed on BroadwayBroadway theatre
Broadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
.
Throughout the 1950s and 1960s he played in film, television, and theatre. In 1959 he received the Clarence Derwent Award
Clarence Derwent Awards
The Clarence Derwent Awards are theatre awards given annually by the Actors' Equity Association on Broadway in the United States and by Equity, the performers union, in the West End in the United Kingdom....
and in 1964, he was awarded the Obie Award
Obie Award
The Obie Awards or Off-Broadway Theater Awards are annual awards given by The Village Voice newspaper to theatre artists and groups in New York City...
for his off-Broadway performance in A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country (play)
A Month in the Country is a comedy in five acts by Ivan Turgenev. It was written in France between 1848 and 1850 and was first published in 1855...
from The Village Voice
The Village Voice
The Village Voice is a free weekly newspaper and news and features website in New York City that features investigative articles, analysis of current affairs and culture, arts and music coverage, and events listings for New York City...
.
In 1969, he performed in the film version of Hello, Dolly as Rudolph the headwaiter alongside Barbara Streisand and Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau
Walter Matthau was an American actor best known for his role as Oscar Madison in The Odd Couple and his frequent collaborations with Odd Couple star Jack Lemmon, as well as his role as Coach Buttermaker in the 1976 comedy The Bad News Bears...
. This has been his biggest role to date, and his most recognizable in America. He also had roles in the films The Boys From Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (film)
The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 British/American science fiction/thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, with James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles...
(1978) and Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes
Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G...
(1970). Hurst also appeared in numerous TV series including Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible
Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in...
, Serpico
Serpico (TV series)
Serpico is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on NBC between September 1976 and February 1977. The series was based on the novel by Peter Maas and the 1973 film of the same name that starred Al Pacino in the title role...
and Star Trek
Star Trek: The Original Series
Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969...
.
Throughout his career he worked as a visiting professor at Yale
Yale University
Yale University is a private, Ivy League university located in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701 in the Colony of Connecticut, the university is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States...
, Boston University
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
and Carnegie Mellon
Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University is a private research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....
.
Return to Germany
In the 1980s he appeared in several German-American co-productions, and visited his half-brother Wolfgang Heinz in East BerlinEast Berlin
East Berlin was the name given to the eastern part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990. It consisted of the Soviet sector of Berlin that was established in 1945. The American, British and French sectors became West Berlin, a part strongly associated with West Germany but a free city...
. Hurst decided to remain in Germany, and worked with theatre director George Tabori
George Tabori
George Tabori was a Hungarian writer and theater director.-Life and career:Tabori was born in Budapest as György Tábori, a son of Kornél and Elsa Tábori. His father died in Auschwitz in 1944, but his mother and his brother Paul managed to escape the Nazis. His son Peter Tabori and again his son...
in Vienna and Berlin. From 1991 Hurst worked at the Burgtheater
Burgtheater
The Burgtheater , originally known as K.K. Theater an der Burg, then until 1918 as the K.K. Hofburgtheater, is the Austrian National Theatre in Vienna and one of the most important German language theatres in the world.The Burgtheater was created in 1741 and has become known as "die Burg" by the...
, Vienna
Vienna
Vienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, and also regained his German citizenship, eventually returning to live in Berlin in 2000, when he retired from acting.
Hurst has been married three times, and his children live in Italy, United Kingdom and the United States.
Theatre
| Play | Role | Theatre | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Faithful Brethren of Pitt Street | Joseph Knaitsch | Orpheum Theatre Orpheum Theatre (Manhattan) The Orpheum Theatre, located on Second Avenue near the corner of St. Marks Place in the East Village neighborhood of lower Manhattan, New York City, is a 299-seat Off-Broadway theatre... |
5 – 20 November 1988 20 performances |
| Dracula | Abraham Van Helsing Abraham Van Helsing Professor Abraham van Helsing is a protagonist from Bram Stoker's 1897 novel, Dracula.Van Helsing is a Dutch doctor with a wide range of interests and accomplishments, partly attested by the string of letters that follows his name: "M.D., D.Ph., D.Litt., etc." The character is best known as a... |
Broadway | 20 October 1977 – 6 January 1980 |
| Henry IV | Dr. Dionysius Genoni | Broadway | 28 April – 28 May 1973 |
| Electra Electra (Sophocles) Electra or Elektra is a Greek tragedy by Sophocles. Its date is not known, but various stylistic similarities with the Philoctetes and the Oedipus at Colonus lead scholars to suppose that it was written towards the end of Sophocles' career.Set in the city of Argos a few years after the Trojan... |
Paedagogus | Delacorte Theater Delacorte Theater The Delacorte Theater, established in 1962, is an open-air theater located in Manhattan's Central Park and has a seating capacity of 1,800. The Delacorte is owned by the City of New York and operated by The Public Theater. It is an open-air amphitheater, with the Turtle Pond and Belvedere Castle... |
5 – 29 August 1964 22 performances (New York Shakespeare Festival New York Shakespeare Festival New York Shakespeare Festival is the previous name of the New York City theatrical producing organization now known as the Public Theater. The Festival produced shows at the Delacorte Theater in Central Park, as part of its free Shakespeare in the Park series, at the Public Theatre near Astor Place... ) |
| A Month in the Country A Month in the Country (play) A Month in the Country is a comedy in five acts by Ivan Turgenev. It was written in France between 1848 and 1850 and was first published in 1855... |
Ignaty Ilyitch Shpigelsky | Maidman Playhouse | 1963 – 1964 48 performances |
| Camelot Camelot (musical) Camelot is a musical by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe . It is based on the King Arthur legend as adapted from the T. H. White tetralogy novel The Once and Future King.... |
Merlin Merlin Merlin is a legendary figure best known as the wizard featured in the Arthurian legend. The standard depiction of the character first appears in Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written c. 1136, and is based on an amalgamation of previous historical and legendary figures... |
Broadway | 3 December 1960 – 5 January 1963 |
| The Lunatic View | Young Man | Lucille Lortel Theatre Lucille Lortel Theatre The Lucille Lortel Theatre is an off-Broadway playhouse located at 121 Christopher Street in New York City's Greenwich Village.The venue was built in 1926 as a 590-seat movie theater called the New Hudson, later known as Hudson Playhouse... |
November 1962 |
| Under The Sycamore Tree | The Scientist | Cricket Theatre | 7 March – 10 April 1960 41 performances |
| Look After Lulu! Look After Lulu! Look After Lulu! is a play by British actor and playwright Noël Coward, based on "Occupe-toi d'Amelie" by Georges Feydeau. It is set in Paris in 1908. The farcical story concerns an attractive prostitute who is entrusted to a friend by her lover, when he goes into the army... |
The Policeman | Broadway | 3 March – 4 April 1959 |
| A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream A Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta... |
Ensemble | Broadway | 21 September – 17 October 1954 |
Films
| Year | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | The Boys from Brazil The Boys from Brazil (film) The Boys from Brazil is a 1978 British/American science fiction/thriller film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, with James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles... |
Strasser |
| 1970 | Kelly's Heroes Kelly's Heroes Kelly's Heroes is an offbeat 1970 comedy/war film about a group of World War II soldiers who go AWOL to rob a bank behind enemy lines. Directed by Brian G... |
Colonel Dankhopf |
| 1969 | The Maltese Bippy The Maltese Bippy The Maltese Bippy is a 1969 film directed by Norman Panama. It stars Dan Rowan and Dick Martin.-Cast:*Dan Rowan as Sam Smith*Dick Martin as Ernest Gray*Carol Lynley as Robin Sherwood*Julie Newmar as Carlotta Ravenswood... |
Dr. Charles Strauss |
| 1968 | Hello, Dolly! | Rudolph Reizenweber |
| 1964 | The Confession | Gustave |
| 1957 | After the Ball After the Ball (1957 film) After the Ball is a 1957 British biographical film directed by Compton Bennett and starring Patricia Kirkwood, Laurence Harvey and Jerry Stovin... |
Perelli |
| 1956 | The Intimate Stranger The Intimate Stranger The Intimate Stranger is a 1956 British drama film directed by Joseph Losey, under the pseudonym Joseph Walton, and starring Richard Basehart, Mary Murphy, Constance Cummings and Roger Livesey. It was also released as Finger of Guilt.-Production:... |
Dave Pearson (uncredited) |
| 1955 | All for Mary All for Mary All for Mary is a 1955 UK Comedy Film brought to the screen by Paul Soskin Productions for The Rank Organisation. It was based on a play written by the English husband and wife team of Kay Bannerman and Harold Brooke. It was directed by Wendy Toye, produced by Paul Soskin with the screenplay by... |
M. Victor |
| As Long as They're Happy As Long as They're Happy As Long as They're Happy is a 1955 British musical comedy film directed by J. Lee Thompson.-Cast:* Jack Buchanan as John Bentley* Janette Scott as Gwen Bentley* Jeannie Carson as Pat Bentley* Brenda De Banzie as Stella Bentley... |
Dr. Hermann Schneider | |
| One Good Turn One Good Turn (1955 film) One Good Turn is a 1955 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Norman Wisdom, Joan Rice, Shirley Abicair and Thora Hird... |
Professor Dofee | |
| 1954 | Mad About Men Mad About Men Mad About Men is a British comedy film, made in 1954. It was directed by Ralph Thomas and written by Peter Blackmore, who also wrote the 1948 film Miranda which preceded Mad About Men... |
Signor Mantalini |
| River Beat River Beat River Beat is a 1954 British crime film directed by Guy Green and starring John Bentley, Phyllis Kirk and Leonard White. A river police inspector faces a moral dilemma when a woman he knows gets caught up in jewel smuggling.-Cast:... |
Paddy McClure | |
| 1953 | Always A Bride | Beckstein |
| Rough Shoot Rough Shoot Rough Shoot is a 1953 British thriller film directed by Robert Parrish and starring Joel McCrea, Evelyn Keyes and Herbert Lom. A retired American army officer living in the English countryside shoots at a man he takes to be a poacher. Believing he has killed him he goes on the run from the British... |
Lex | |
| 1952 | Top Secret Top Secret (1952 film) Top Secret is a 1952 British comedy film directed by Mario Zampi and starring George Cole, Oskar Homolka and Nadia Gray. A sanitation inspector is mistaken for an international spy.-Cast:* George Cole - George Potts* Oskar Homolka - Zekov... |
Professor Deutsch (uncredited) |
| Venetian Bird Venetian Bird Venetian Bird is a 1952 British thriller film directed by Ralph Thomas and starring Richard Todd, Eva Bartok and John Gregson.-Synopsis:... |
Minelli | |
| Old Mother Riley Meets the Vampire Old Mother Riley Old Mother Riley was a music hall act which originally ran from about 1934 to 1954 played by Arthur Lucan, then from 1954 to 1977 by Roy Rolland.... |
Mugsy | |
| So Little Time So Little Time (film) So Little Time is a 1952 British World War II romance drama, directed by Compton Bennett and starring Marius Goring and Maria Schell. The film is based on the novel Je ne suis pas une héroïne by French author Noelle Henry... |
Blumel/Baumann | |
| 1951 | The Smart Aleck The Smart Aleck -Cast:* Peter Reynolds as Alec Albion* Mercy Haystead as Judith* Leslie Dwyer as Gossage* Edward Lexy as Inspector* Kynaston Reeves as Uncle Edward* Charles Hawtrey as Farr* David Hurst as Poppi* David Keir as Mr. Guppy* Annette D. Simmonds as Sylvia... |
Poppi |
| 1950 | Tony Draws a Horse Tony Draws a Horse Tony Draws a Horse is a 1950 British comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Cecil Parker, Anne Crawford and Derek Bond. It was adapted from a play by Lesley Storm.-Cast:* Cecil Parker - Dr. Howard Fleming* Anne Crawford - Clare Fleming... |
Ivan |
| 1949 | The Perfect Woman The Perfect Woman The Perfect Woman is a comedy, 1949 British film directed by Bernard Knowles and written by George Black, Jr and J. B. Boothroyd, based upon a play by Wallace Geoffrey and Basil Mitchell. A scientist creates what he considers the perfect woman in his lab... |
Wolfgang Winkel |
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Skokie Skokie (film) Skokie is a 1981 television movie directed by Herbert Wise, based on the real life NSPA Controversy of Skokie, Illinois, which involved the National Socialist Party of America.The film premiered in the U.S. on November 17, 1981... |
Sol Goldstein | TV movie |
| 1980 | Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels Charlie's Angels is a television series about three women who work for a private investigation agency, and is one of the first shows to showcase women in roles traditionally reserved for men... |
Stovich | Episode: "Angel in Hiding" |
| 1979 | Nero Wolfe | Fritz | TV movie |
| Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope Ryan's Hope is an American soap opera, revolving around 13 years of trials and tribulations within a large Irish American family in the Riverside district of New York City. It aired from July 7, 1975 to January 13, 1989 on ABC... |
Dr. Nelson (uncredited) | 1 episode | |
| 1978 | Quincy, M.E. Quincy, M.E. Quincy, M.E., also called Quincy, is a United States television series from Universal Studios that aired from October 3, 1976, to September 5, 1983, on NBC... |
Dr. Fred Webber | Episode: "Dead and Alive" |
| Eight Is Enough Eight Is Enough Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series which ran on ABC from March 15, 1977 until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a book with the same name... |
Episode : "The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone" | ||
| Child of Glass Child of Glass Child of Glass is a TV movie based upon a novel by Richard Peck . Child of Glass was updated to the present when it was created for Disney's TV series in 1978, had been aired on NBC.-Plot:... |
Jacques Dumaine | TV movie | |
| 1977 | Insight Insight (TV series) Insight was an Emmy-winning syndicated television series produced by Paulist Productions that aired 250 episodes from 1960 to 1983. The series presented half-hour dramas illuminating the contemporary search for meaning, freedom, and love... |
Episode: "Arnstein's Miracle" | |
| McCloud | Colonel Andrei Krasnavian | Episode: "The Moscow Connection" | |
| 1976 | Serpico Serpico (TV series) Serpico is a short-lived American crime drama series that aired on NBC between September 1976 and February 1977. The series was based on the novel by Peter Maas and the 1973 film of the same name that starred Al Pacino in the title role... |
Ducek | Episode: "The Indian" |
| 1971 | NET Playhouse NET Playhouse NET Playhouse is an American dramatic television series produced by National Educational Television . NET subsequently merged with WNDT Newark, New Jersey to form WNET and was superseded by the Public Broadcasting Service .- Episode list :... |
Chanute | Episode: "The Wright Brothers" |
| Justin Collins | 3 episodes | ||
| 1970 | The F.B.I. | Alex Keeler | Episode: "The Traitor" |
| The Mod Squad The Mod Squad The Mod Squad is a television series that ran on ABC from September 24, 1968, until August 23, 1973. This series starred Michael Cole, Peggy Lipton, Clarence Williams III, and Tige Andrews... |
Consulate General Fohgib | Episode: "The Exile" | |
| 1969 | The Flying Nun The Flying Nun The Flying Nun is an American sitcom produced by Screen Gems for ABC based on the 1965 book The Fifteenth Pelican, by Tere Rios, which starred Sally Field as Sister Bertrille... |
Benito Gomez | Episode: "The Lottery" |
| Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible Mission: Impossible is an American television series which was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicled the missions of a team of secret American government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force . The leader of the team was Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, except in... |
Dr. Oswald Beck | Episode: "The Test Case" | |
| Star Trek Star Trek: The Original Series Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry, produced by Desilu Productions . Star Trek was telecast on NBC from September 8, 1966, through June 3, 1969... |
Hodinhttp://memory-alpha.org/wiki/Hodin | Episode: "The Mark of Gideon" | |
| 1968 | Run for Your Life Run for Your Life (TV series) Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only a short time to live. It ran on NBC from 1965 to 1968. The series was created by Roy Huggins, who had previously explored the "man on the move" concept with The Fugitive.-Synopsis:Gazzara plays lawyer... |
Heinrich Kleist | Episode: "The Exchange" |
| The Flying Nun | Gus Mendoza - Sister Sixto's Uncle | Episode: "A Fish Story" | |
| The Monkees The Monkees (TV series) The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series... |
The Baron | Episode: "Monkees Race Again" | |
| It Takes a Thief | Captain Kovich | Episode: "When Boy Meets Girl" | |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. The Man from U.N.C.L.E. is an American television series that was broadcast on NBC from September 22, 1964, to January 15, 1968. It follows the exploits of two secret agents, played by Robert Vaughn and David McCallum, who work for a fictitious secret international espionage and law-enforcement... |
Dr. Jan Vanovech | Episode: "The Seven Wonders of the World Affair" | |
| To Die in Paris | Pirot | TV movie | |
| 1967 | Mannix Mannix Mannix is an American television detective series that ran from 1967 through 1975 on CBS. Created by Richard Levinson and William Link and developed by executive producer Bruce Geller, the title character, Joe Mannix, is a private investigator. He is played by Mike Connors... |
Vladek | Episode: "The Many Deaths of Saint Christopher" |
| Mission: Impossible | Victor Grigov | Episode: "The Astrologer" | |
| Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame Hallmark Hall of Fame is an anthology program on American television, sponsored by Hallmark Cards, a Kansas City based greeting card company. The second longest-running television program in the history of television, it has a historically long run, beginning in 1951 and continuing into 2011... |
Petrovini | Episode: "Anastasia" | |
| 1966 | The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. is an American spy-fi TV series that aired on NBC for one season from September 16, 1966 to April 11, 1967. The series was a spin-off from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. and used the same theme music composed by Jerry Goldsmith, which was rearranged into a slightly different,... |
Matthew Brecker | Episode: "The Mata Hari Affair" |
| Hawk | Louis Anselmi | Episode: "The Longleat Chronicles" | |
| 1965 | The Patty Duke Show The Patty Duke Show The Patty Duke Show is an American sitcom which ran on ABC from September 18, 1963, until May 4, 1966, with reruns airing through August 31, 1966. The show was created as a vehicle for rising star Patty Duke... |
Dennis Latouche | Episode: "It Takes a Heap of Livin'" |
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | Dr. Leland Mayes Elmont | Episode: "The Brain-Killer Affair" | |
| Look Up and Live | 2 Episodes: "The Initiation" and "The Judgment" | ||
| 1964 | The Defenders | Dr. Schaeffer | Episode: "Drink Like a Lady" |
| 1962 | Car 54, Where Are You? Car 54, Where Are You? Car 54, Where Are You? is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1961 to 1963. Episodes had various directors, the most recognized being Al De Caprio. Stanley Prager and Nat Hiken also directed several episodes. Most of its filming was on location in The Bronx, and at Biograph... |
Robin Stuart, Playwright | Episode: "That's Show Business" |
| 1960 | Dow Hour of Great Mysteries Dow Hour of Great Mysteries The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries, was a series of seven television specials hosted by Joseph Nye Welch that were aired in 1960.-Episodes:*Episode 1: The Bat; Mary Roberts Rinehart; 31 March 1960*Episode 2: The Burning Court John Dickson Carr; 24 April 1960... |
Baron | Episode: "The Dachet Diamonds" |
| Play of the Week Play of the Week Play of the Week is an American anthology series of televised stage plays which aired in NTA Film Network syndication from October 12, 1959 to May 1, 1961... |
2 Episodes: "Tiger at the Gates The Trojan war will not take place The Trojan War Will Not Take Place is a play written in 1935 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux. In 1955 it was translated into English by Christopher Fry... " and "The Emperor's Clothes" |
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| 1958 | Kraft Television Theatre Kraft Television Theatre Kraft Television Theatre is an American drama/anthology television series that began May 7, 1947 on NBC, airing at 7:30pm on Wednesday evenings until December of that year. In January 1948, it moved to 9pm on Wednesdays, continuing in that timeslot until 1958. Initially produced by the J... |
2 Episodes: "Riddle of a Lady" and "Next Door to Death" | |
| DuPont Show of the Month DuPont Show of the Month DuPont Show of the Month, an acclaimed 90-minute television anthology series, aired monthly on CBS from 1957 to 1961. The DuPont Company also sponsored a weekly half-hour anthology drama series hosted by June Allyson, The DuPont Show with June Allyson .During the Golden Age of Television, DuPont... |
Mr. Stryver C.J. Stryver C. J. Stryver is a character in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens as well as in the ten television and film versions of the story. He is a barrister in London, with the character Sydney Carton working under him.-Name:"C.J." is not Mr... |
Episode: "A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities A Tale of Two Cities is a novel by Charles Dickens, set in London and Paris before and during the French Revolution. With well over 200 million copies sold, it ranks among the most famous works in the history of fictional literature.... " |
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| 1957 | Armstrong Circle Theatre Armstrong Circle Theatre Armstrong Circle Theatre is an American anthology drama television series which ran from 1950 to 1957 on NBC, and then until 1963 on CBS. It alternated weekly with The U.S. Steel Hour.-Synopsis:... |
Government official | Episode: "The Shepherd of Paris L'Impromptu de Paris L'Impromptu de Paris is a play written in 1937 by French dramatist Jean Giraudoux.-Original productions:... " |
| 1956 | The Adventures of Aggie The Adventures of Aggie The Adventures of Aggie was a black-and-white sitcom starring Joan Shawlee that was made by ME Films and broadcast on ITV. It lasted for one series of twenty-six episodes. Also being aimed at the American market, it was broadcast in the US from December 1957 under the name Aggie... |
Lazareff | Episode: "Snap Judgment" |