Person
Ben Astar
Acting · 1909–1988 · Palestine [now Israel]
Known for
The Andy Griffith Show
Mr. Vasilievich
Batman
The Moldavian Prime Minister
Mission: Impossible
Deputy Premier Bartzin
Blade Runner
Abdul Ben Hassan
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Swiss Innkeeper
The Winds of War
Gorshev
The Robe
Cleander (uncredited)
Bye Bye Birdie
Ballet Manager
5 Fingers
Siebert
The Bad and the Beautiful
Joe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
Filmography
- 1983The Winds of WarGorshev
- 1982Blade RunnerAbdul Ben Hassan
- 1980The Kids Who Knew Too MuchPremier Markov
- 1978SextetteIsraeli Delegate
- 1966Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-RoundGeneral Mailenkoff
- 1966Mission: ImpossibleDeputy Premier Bartzin
- 1966Walk Don't RunDimitri
- 1966BatmanThe Moldavian Prime Minister
- 1964A House Is Not a HomeMax Ludwig
- 1963Bye Bye BirdieBallet Manager
- 1962Five Weeks in a BalloonMyanga
- 1961The Honeymoon MachineRussian consul
- 1961On the DoubleGeneral Zlinkov
- 1960The Andy Griffith ShowMr. Vasilievich
- 1960The Story of RuthOfficial (uncredited)
- 1959The Man Who Understood WomenFrench Doctor
- 1959This Earth Is MineYakowitz
- 1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsSwiss Innkeeper
- 1954Charge of the LancersGen. Inderman
- 1953The RobeCleander (uncredited)
- 1953The Desert SongSheik
- 1953Fort TiFrançois Leroy
- 1953Target Hong KongSuma
- 1952The Bad and the BeautifulJoe (Party Guest) (uncredited)
- 1952Assignment: ParisMinister of Justice Vajos
- 19525 FingersSiebert
- 1951The Light TouchHamadi Mahmoud
- 1951Queen for a DayMr. Nalawak
- 1951Smuggler's IslandPort Authority Captain
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