Kurt Katch

Kurt Katch (born Isser Kac; January 28, 1893 – August 14, 1958) was a Polish film and television actor. 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! TV show. Katch died from cancer and is interred at Eden Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles.

Selected filmography

Die Sekretärin des Gesandten (1919) Die geheimnisvolle Kugel (1919) - Wucherer Rascon Balthasar The Mexican (1919) Das Lied der Nornen (1919) - Sado Der Todesbote (1920) Ihr tollster Trick (1920) - Tom Gibson, Maler Das offene Grab (1921) Die Apotheke des Teufels (1921) - Charley Ein ungeklärter Fall (1921) The Hotel in Chicago (1921) - Manuele Wildnis (1922) Zwischen Tag und Traum (1922) - Mac Duffre Quarantine (1923) - Hafenarzt Der Sohn des Galeerensträftlings (1923) - Der Dicke Dudu, a Human Destiny (1924) Die Räuberbande (1928) Land Without Women (1929) - Goldminer The League of Three (1929) - Morris Al khet (1936) - Prof. Levin The Vow (1937) - Mendl Feld Ludzie Wisly (1938) Man at Large (1941) - Hans Brinker, First Victim Don Winslow of the Navy (1942) - The Scorpion Secret Agent of Japan (1942) - Traeger The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) - Capt. Schmutnick (uncredited) Berlin Correspondent (1942) - Weiner Counter-Espionage (1942) - Gustav Soessel Desperate Journey (1942) - Hesse (uncredited) Quiet Please, Murder (1942) - Eric Pahsen The Purple V (1943) - Johann Keller Edge of Darkness (1943) - German Captain (uncredited) Mission to Moscow (1943) - Gen. Semen Timoshenko (uncredited) They Came to Blow Up America (1943) - Schonzeit Background to Danger (1943) - Mailler Secret Service in Darkest Africa (1943, Serial) - Kurt Hauptmann [Ch. 1] Watch on the Rhine (1943) - Herr Blecher The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler (1943) - Corp. Karl Frobe Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (1944) - Hulagu Khan The Purple Heart (1944) - Ludwig Kruger (uncredited) Make Your Own Bed (1944) - Herr von Ritter The Mask of Dimitrios (1944) - Colonel Haki The Seventh Cross (1944) - Leo Hermann The Conspirators (1944) - Otto Lutzke The Mummy's Curse (1944) - Cajun Joe Salome, Where She Danced (1945) - Count Von Bismarck Rendezvous 24 (1946) - Dr. Heligmann Angel on My Shoulder (1946) - Warden in Hell (uncredited) Strange Journey (1946) - Horst Song of Love (1947) - Judge Secret of the Incas (1954) - Man with Rifle The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) - Caoush (uncredited) Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955) - Dr. Zoomer Never Say Goodbye (1956) - Landlord (uncredited) Hot Cars (1956) - Otto Krantz (uncredited) Pharaoh's Curse (1957) - Hans Brecht The Girl in the Kremlin (1957) - Commissar The Gift of Love (1958) - Lecturing Professor (uncredited) The Beast of Budapest (1958) - Sgt. Geza The Young Lions (1958) - Camp Commandant (uncredited) When Hell Broke Loose (1958) - German 'Werewolf' (uncredited) (final film role)