Gordon Sterne
Actor
16 de enero de 1923 — 4 de abril de 2017 (94 años)
Gordon Sterne was a German-born English actor with a prolific career spanning over five decades in film, television, and theater. He is perhaps most widely recognized for his role as Mr. Kessler in the horror-comedy classic An American Werewolf in London (1981), where his character famously meets a gruesome end while watching The Muppet Show in a dream sequence.
He left his native Nazi-dominated birth country in 1941 and became a native of Windsor, Ontario with a father who worked in the tobacco business and mother, who was supportive of his theatre aspirations. Sterne studied economics at the University of Western Ontario before volunteering for the Canadian Army in 1944, serving in the infantry as a sergeant. Heading to New York in 1945, he trained and graduated from the Dramatic Workshop under the tutelage of its founder Erwin Piscator, at the same time as Rod Steiger, Bea Arthur, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis and Harry Belafonte. Sterne then began his acting career in America, working on radio and TV, in summer stock and off-Broadway.
After a career on stage, playing the leading man in various plays in New Jersey during the 1940s, as well as Benvenuto Cellini in The Firebrand at Washington's Arena Stage and Joseph K in The Trial at New York's Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1950s, Sterne moved to Britain in 1956 where he had over 50 years working in theatre, TV and film. Being able to speak German (and French) enabled Sterne to perform in Drop Dead Darling on tour in Germany as well as a spell with the English Theatre in Vienna.
He left his native Nazi-dominated birth country in 1941 and became a native of Windsor, Ontario with a father who worked in the tobacco business and mother, who was supportive of his theatre aspirations. Sterne studied economics at the University of Western Ontario before volunteering for the Canadian Army in 1944, serving in the infantry as a sergeant. Heading to New York in 1945, he trained and graduated from the Dramatic Workshop under the tutelage of its founder Erwin Piscator, at the same time as Rod Steiger, Bea Arthur, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis and Harry Belafonte. Sterne then began his acting career in America, working on radio and TV, in summer stock and off-Broadway.
After a career on stage, playing the leading man in various plays in New Jersey during the 1940s, as well as Benvenuto Cellini in The Firebrand at Washington's Arena Stage and Joseph K in The Trial at New York's Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1950s, Sterne moved to Britain in 1956 where he had over 50 years working in theatre, TV and film. Being able to speak German (and French) enabled Sterne to perform in Drop Dead Darling on tour in Germany as well as a spell with the English Theatre in Vienna.
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Filmography
| 2007 | The Tudors · as Bishop Tunstall |
| 2006 | Screaming Blue Murder · as Jack Rammer |
| 2004 | Laws of Attraction · as Judge Baker |
| 2003 | Little Britain · as Cast |
| 2001 | Fourplay · as Actor In Color Of My Life |
| 1997 | Melissa (1997) · as Davy Crockett |
| 1996 | Gulliver's Travels (1996) · as Brobdingnag ScientistEn Plex |
| 1995 | Kavanagh Q.C. · as Old TimerEn Plex |
| 1992 | |
| 1990 | Jeeves and Wooster · as Diner |
| 1986 | Highlander · as Dr Willis KenderlyEn Plex |
| 1985 | John and Yoko: A Love Story · as New York Critic |
| 1985 | Bulman · as Wilbur C. Mcleod |
| 1985 | Orion's Belt · as American Tourist |
| 1984 | The Razor's Edge · as Doctor |
| 1983 | Reilly: Ace of Spies · as Ford |
| 1981 | An American Werewolf in London · as Mr. KesslerEn Plex |
| 1980 | American Playhouse · as Louis Lefkowitz |
| 1977 | The Age of Uncertainty · as Carl Schurz |
| 1976 | The New Avengers · as Professor Vasil |
| 1976 | Second Verdict (1976) · as Dr Dolan |
| 1975 | Anne of Avonlea · as Thomas Lynde |
| 1974 | The Bunny Caper · as Randolph O'hara |
| 1972 | The Protectors · as Barman |
| 1970 | UFO · as German Delegate |
| 1970 | Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death · as Heldorf |
| 1969 | A Promise of Bed · as Producer |
| 1969 | Paul Temple · as Hotel Receptionist |
| 1969 | The Adding Machine · as Yard Guard |
| 1969 | The Chairman · as U.s. Airforce Sergeant |
| 1969 | The Assassination Bureau · as CorporalEn Plex |
| 1967 | Man in a Suitcase · as Ernst Liebkind |
| 1967 | The Prisoner · as BystanderEn Plex |
| 1966 | The Vulture · as Edward Stroud |
| 1965 | Court Martial · as Captain Carey |
| 1965 | The Troubleshooters · as Dan Harper |
| 1964 | Crossroads (1964) · as George Baxter |
| 1963 | Doctor Who · as Heldorf |
| 1963 | From Russia with Love · as Spectre Helicopter Pilot |
| 1963 | Espionage · as Aide To Us Ambassador |
| 1963 | The V.I.P.s · as Official |
| 1963 | Sergeant Cork · as Josef Bronsky |
| 1963 | The Plane Makers · as Oberst Leutnant |
| 1962 | The Fur Collar · as Duclos |
| 1962 | Zero One (1962) · as Ziggy |
| 1962 | The Saint · as Fritz KapelEn Plex |
| 1962 | Out of This World · as Journalist |
| 1961 | Scream of Fear · as Policeman (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Maigret (1960) · as Inspector Clark |
| 1960 | The Millionairess · as Second SecretaryEn Plex |
| 1960 | Sink the Bismarck! · as German Officer |
| 1960 | Man from Interpol · as Lebois |
| 1959 | Libel · as Maddox |
| 1959 | The Four Just Men · as Dr. Wayne |
| 1959 | No Hiding Place · as Ward Mayhoff |
| 1959 | Interpol Calling · as Rebel Captain |
| 1959 | One Step Beyond · as ManEn Plex |
| 1959 | The Great Van Robbery · as Robledo |
| 1959 | Murder at Site 3 · as Cast |
| 1958 | Missiles from Hell · as Margraaf |
| 1957 | Escape (1980) · as Colonel Goodwin, Usaaf |
| 1956 | Armchair Theatre · as Harry |
| 1956 | |
| 1955 | ITV Play of the Week · as Dr. Aristides Agramonte |
| 1955 | I Spy · as Captain Price |
| 1953 | Panorama · as Prosecutor |
| 1950 | The Gabby Hayes Show (1950) · as Cast |
| 1950 | Sunday Night Theatre · as Administrator |