Kurt Katch (January 28, 1896 – August 14, 1958) was a Polish film and television actor. Katch was born as Isser Kac. He appeared in Quiet Please, Murder, The Purple V, The Mask of Dimitrios, Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves, among many others. Katch appeared in the first James Bond story filmed (Casino Royale) in 1954 for the Climax! t.v. show. Katch died from cancer and is interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.
Former player in Yiddish theater who became a Hollywood character actor of the 40's and 50's, often in sinister roles.
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Bald character actor, a Polish Jew, who acquired the skills of his trade under the tutelage of Max Reinhardt in Vienna. Though he was often destined to be cast in Hollywood as monocled Nazis, he himself left Poland after Hitler's rise to power and found his way to the U.S. in 1937.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
When Hell Broke Loose
1958
German 'Werewolf' (uncredited)
The Young Lions
1958
Camp Commandant (uncredited)
The Beast of Budapest
1958
Sgt. Geza
The Gift of Love
1958
Lecturing Professor (uncredited)
Sally
1958
TV Series
The Gale Storm Show: Oh! Susanna
1957
TV Series
The Adventures of Jim Bowie
1957
TV Series
Gustav Hauser
Navy Log
1956-1957
TV Series
Willigott / Jan Polachek
The Girl in the Kremlin
1957
Commissar
Code 3
1957
TV Series
Old Man
Pharaoh's Curse
1957
Hans Brecht
The Adventures of Hiram Holliday
1957
TV Series
The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin
1956
TV Series
Major Siegfried Kurtz
Hot Cars
1956
Otto - chop-shop supervisor
You Are There
1956
TV Series
Polish Ambasador
Crusader
1956
TV Series
Lapkoff
TV Reader's Digest
1955-1956
TV Series
German Officer / Storekeeper Bauer / Herr Lasseman