Kurt Katch

Kurt Katch
Born	Isser Kac[1] 28 January 1896 Grodno, Poland, Russian Empire (now Hrodna, Belarus)
Died	14 August 1958 (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, United States
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1919 – 1958
Spouse(s)	Roma Katch
Children	Vic Katch

Kurt Katch (January 28, 1896^[2] – August 14, 1958) was a Polish film and television actor.^[3] 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.

Selected filmography

• Die Mexikanerin (1919)
• Quarantäne (1923)
• Dudu, ein Menschenschicksal (1924)
• Das Land ohne Frauen (1929)
• Ludzie Wisly (1938)
• Man at Large (1941)
• Secret Agent of Japan (1942)
• The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942)
• Berlin Correspondent (1942)
• Counter-Espionage (1942)
• Desperate Journey (1942)
• Quiet Please, Murder (1943)
• The Purple V (1943)
• Edge of Darkness (1943)
• Mission to Moscow (1943)
• They Came to Blow Up America (1943)
• Background to Danger (1943)
• Watch on the Rhine (1943)
• The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943)
• The Purple Heart (1944)
• Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944)
• The Mask of Dimitrios (1944)
• The Seventh Cross (1944)
• The Conspirators (1944)
• The Mummy's Curse (1944)
• Rendezvous 24 (1946)
• Secret of the Incas (1954)
• Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
• The Girl in the Kremlin (1957)
• Pharaoh's Curse (1957)
• The Beast of Budapest (1958)

References

1. Kay Weniger: 'Es wird im Leben dir mehr genommen als gegeben …', S. 280, Hamburg 2011
2. in älteren, vor allem anglo-amerikanischen Quellen wird noch fälschlicherweise das Jahr 1896 angegeben
3. "Kurt Katch". NY Times. Retrieved 2011-05-03.

External links

• Kurt Katch at the Internet Movie Database