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Robert Strauss (actor)

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Robert Strauss
Born(1913-11-08)November 8, 1913
DiedFebruary 20, 1975(1975-02-20) (aged 61)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1930–1968
Spouses
Audrey Bratty
(m. 1951; div. 1960)
Virginia Deeb
(m. 1961)
Children3 (with Bratty)

Robert Strauss (November 8, 1913 – February 20, 1975) was an American actor. He became most familiar in Hollywood films of the 1950s such as Stalag 17 (1953), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of Best Supporting Actor.[1]

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Career

Strauss began his career as a classical actor, appearing in Twelfth Night and Macbeth on Broadway in 1930.[2] Comedy became his specialty, and he was known best as Stalag 17's Stanislas "Animal" Kuzawa, a role he created in the original 1951 Broadway production and reprised in the 1953 film adaptation, for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.[1]

His comic characters included a maniac called "Jack the Slasher" in the 1953 Bob Hope comedy film Here Come the Girls and Daisy Mae's cretinous cousin Romeo Scragg in the 1959 musical comedy Li'l Abner, based on the Broadway show. He also was featured in the 1955 Marilyn Monroe comedy film The Seven Year Itch.

In more serious parts, Strauss appeared in the 1956 war film Attack! with Jack Palance, Eddie Albert and Lee Marvin. He also had an important supporting role in the 1955 drama The Man with the Golden Arm.

Additional Broadway credits include Detective Story, Twentieth Century, and Portofino.[2] Following his appearance in the latter, Strauss went on to character roles in The Bridges at Toko-Ri and Wake Me When It's Over as well as a number of low-budget films for producers like Albert Zugsmith.

Strauss became familiar to television viewers through his appearances in The Beverly Hillbillies, Bonanza, The Monkees, and a recurring role on Bewitched as conniving private investigator Charlie Leach, who was one of the few mortals who knew Samantha was a witch. He also appeared on The Alfred Hitchcock Hour, The Phil Silvers Show, Straightaway, Green Acres, The Dick van Dyke Show, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., and Rango. He played a goldfish-poking bad guy who was a murder victim in the 1959 Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Dangerous Dowager."

In 1960, he played outlaw and casino owner "Howard C. Smith" in S3E11 of Gene Barry's TV Western Bat Masterson, intent on killing all witnesses to his guilty son's murder trail, Bat being the last.

He played Pete Kamboly in a 1965 episode "The Case of the Thermal Thief." His final film consisted of a solo performance in the experimental feature The Noah.

Strauss was a familiar voice in not a few radio dramas from the 1930s to the 1950s. His recurring roles included "Pa Wiggs" in the soap opera Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1936–1938) and "Lively," a miner, in the 15-minute serial Our Gal Sunday that was broadcast on CBS from 1937 to 1959.

Personal life

Strauss was Jewish.[3] He was first married to Audrey Bratty from 1951 to 1960. They had three children, Deena, Deja and David. After their divorce in 1960, he married Virginia Deeb the following year and remained with her until his death.[citation needed]

Death

Strauss was incapacitated during the final years of his life from the effects of multiple bouts of electroshock therapy applied to combat depression. He then suffered a paralyzing stroke. He died from an additional stroke on February 20, 1975. Strauss died at the New York University Hospital.[4]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ a b "The 26th Academy Awards (1954) Nominees and Winners". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Retrieved April 23, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Robert Strauss". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 2 June 2018. Retrieved 2 June 2018.
  3. ^ Jews of Brooklyn Abramovitch, Ilana and Seán Galvin. Jews of Brooklyn. Brandeis University Press. Published 2002. Accessed January 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Robert Strauss, Actor, 61, Dies; Known for 'Stalag' Comic Role". The New York Times. February 22, 1975. Retrieved May 25, 2022.

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