Birthname: Kurt Kreuger
Sign | Leo |
Born | Jul 23, 1916 Michenberg, Germany |
Died | Jul 12, 2006 Los Angeles, CA |
Age | Died at 90 |
Kurt Kreuger | |
Job | Actor |
Top Roles | German Pilot, Chauffeur, Major Otto Kauders, Tony Windborn, Von Holem |
Top Genres | Drama, War, Action, Romance, Comedy, Thriller/Suspense |
Top Topics | World War II, Spies, Aviation |
Top Collaborators | Jack L. Warner (Producer), Roland Varno, Jack Mower, Olaf Hytten |
Shares birthday with | Harry Cohn, Gloria DeHaven, Emil Jannings see more.. |
Kurt Kreuger Overview:
Character actor, Kurt Kreuger, was born on Jul 23, 1916 in Michenberg, Germany. Kreuger died at the age of 90 on Jul 12, 2006 in Los Angeles, CA .
The supremely handsome Kurt Kreuger was a Swiss-German actor. He came to America in 1937 as a skiing instructor and broke into films during World War II, playing Nazi officers and playboy Romeo's. After the war, his popularity soon waned after Hollywood' leading men began to return from there deployments. By the 1950s he drifted away from the film industry in favor of television and real estate. Later Kreuger wrote a book about his experiences entitled "Hollywood Landlord", and appeared in popular TV series such as My Sister Eileen", Perry Mason and The Man from U.N.C.L.E .
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He was honored with one star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in the category of Motion Pictures.
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Kurt Kreuger Quotes:
Von Stolberg: I should have died many times, Captain, but I continue to survive somehow. This time it was your fault.
Captain Murrell: I didn't know. Next time I won't throw you the rope.
Von Stolberg: I think you will.
Von Stolberg: [to a temporarily-crazed sailor] Give me the wrench. Give it to me!
[he does]
Von Stolberg: You will come to attention.
[he does]
Von Stolberg: It's part of our work to die. But we are not going to die. Do you believe me? *Do you believe me*?
[he nods, calmed. Von Stolberg returns the wrench]
Kunz: [salutes Von Stolberg for the order] Jahwol, Herr Kapitan.
Von Stolberg: That boy needs to learn we do not salute at sea.
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