Erwin Kalser
Erwin Kalser (22 February 1883 – 26 March 1958) was a German-Jewish stage and film actor, best remembered as the Geneva Convention inspector in Stalag 17. He did most of his work in American made films.
Also recorded as Erwin Kalischer
Erwin Kalser
- Born
- 1883. · Berlin.
- Died
- 1958. · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- actor, journalist and director.
- Languages
- German.
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Erwin Kalser (22 February 1883 – 26 March 1958) was a German-Jewish stage and film actor, best remembered as the Geneva Convention inspector in Stalag 17. He did most of his work in American made films.
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The son of a physicist, Erwin Kalser was born Erwin Kalischer in Berlin. He graduated from the University of Berlin with a Ph. D. in literature. Kalser launched his career in Munich shortly after the beginning of the century. In 1933, he moved to Switzerland to work in the theatre. He first went to the United States in 1937 and returned in 1940 where he became a citizen. He appeared on Broadway in Androcles and the Lion. He married film writer, Irmgard von Cube, and is the father of Oscar-winning producer Konstantin Kalser. He died of a heart attack in Berlin on March 26, 1958, aged 75.
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Erwin Kalser died at Berlin.
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- 1.Siegbert Salomon Prawer, Between Two Worlds: The Jewish Presence in German and Austrian Film, 1910-1933, Berghahn Books (2007), p. 213
- 2.Erwin Kalser dies; seen in U. S. movies. The New York Times. 25. March 28, 1958.
- 3.Obituaries. Variety. 68. April 2, 1958.
- 4.Edwin Kalser. Tampa Morning Tribune. Associated Press. 2. March 29, 1958.
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- Britton, Wesley. Onscreen And Undercover: The Ultimate Book of Movie Espionage. Greenwood Publishing Group, 2006.
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