Harold Kasket

Harold Kasket (26 July 1926 – 20 January 2002) was an English actor in theatre, films and later television from the 1940s. Kasket usually played Arabs or mainland European types in many films and TV programmes such as Maigret, The Saint, Danger Man, Z-Cars, The Avengers, Department S as Korlandt in the episode The Perfect Operation, The Tomorrow People.

His theatre work included appearances with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on Broadway in Caesar and Cleopatra in 1951; and playing Uncle Ben opposite Warren Mitchell at the National Theatre in Death of a Salesman in 1979.

His last role was in the TV mini series War and Remembrance (1988).

He died in his native London.

Selected filmography

No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) - (uncredited) Children of Chance (1949) - (uncredited) Hotel Sahara (1951) - Oriental Gentleman (uncredited) Made in Heaven (1952) - The Fat Man (uncredited) Moulin Rouge (1952) - Charles Zidler The House of the Arrow (1953) - Boris Wabersky Saadia (1953) - Sheikh of Inimert Up to His Neck (1954) - Croupier (uncredited) Beau Brummell (1954) - Mayor One Good Turn (1955) - Ivor Petrovitch Out of the Clouds (1955) - Hafadi The Dark Avenger (1955) - Arnaud A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - (uncredited) Doctor at Sea (1955) - Policeman in Prison (uncredited) Man of the Moment (1955) - Enrico The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) - Stavis, Embassy Butler (uncredited) Bhowani Junction (1956) - Proprietor of Restaurant (uncredited) Interpol (1957) - Kalish The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Bandit of Brittany (1957) - Jacques The Key Man (1957) - Dimitriadi Manuela (1957) - Pereira The Naked Earth (1958) - Arab Captain A Tale of Two Cities (1958) - Jailer (uncredited) Wonderful Things! (1958) - Poppa The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Sultan The Navy Lark (1959) - Gaston Higgins The Heart of a Man (1959) - Oskar The Lady Is a Square (1959) - Spolenski Whirlpool (1959) - Stiebel Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Mouse That Roared (1959) - Pedro The Scapegoat (1959) - (uncredited) Face of Fire (1959) - Reifsnyder, the barber SOS Pacific (1959) - Monk Tommy the Toreador (1959) - Jose Life Is a Circus (1960) - Hassan The Boy Who Stole a Million (1960) - Luis Sands of the Desert (1960) - Abdulla The Fourth Square (1961) - Philippe The Greengage Summer (1961) - Monsieur Prideaux A Weekend with Lulu (1961) - Bon Viveur (uncredited) The Green Helmet (1961) - Lupi The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1961) - Tailor Village of Daughters (1962) - Bus driver Nine Hours to Rama (1963) - Datta The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964) - Italian Garage Owner (uncredited) The Return of Mr. Moto (1965) - Shahrdar of Wadi Doctor in Clover (1966) - Husband in French Movie (uncredited) Arabesque (1966) - Mohammed Lufti Follow That Camel (1967) - Hotel Gentleman (uncredited) Where's Jack? (1969) - The King Trail of the Pink Panther (1982) - President Sandover Haleesh Curse of the Pink Panther (1983) - President Sandover Haleesh A.D. (1985) - Caiaphas