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Stefan Gierasch

Acting · 1926–2014 · New York City, New York, USA

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-60s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared in dozens of films including in The Hustler, Jeremiah Johnson, What's Up Doc? High Plains Drifter, and Carrie. In 1994 he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito film Junior as 'Edward Sawyer', and in 1995'sMurder in the First as Warden James Humson'. Gierasch has made many TV appearances, as in Starsky and Hutch, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ER.

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Filmography

2004Cover-Up '62Dr. Greenson
2003Legend of the Phantom RiderNathan
1999Starry NightProfessor Beckmore
1998BrimstoneCharles Reed
1997The PracticeJudge Brudister
1996The PretenderCongressman Leon Beckwith
1996Crime of the CenturyAlbert Osborn Sr.
1996The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul PlayZookie the Bookie
1995Murder in the FirstWarden James Humson
1994JuniorEdward Sawyer
1994Touched by an AngelGus
1994ERDaniel
1993DaveHouse Majority Leader
1993Jack the BearFather-in-Law
1992MegavilleDr. Vogel
1991Dark ShadowsJoshua Collins / Prof. Michael Woodard
1989Tales from the CryptMr. Sickles
1989Father Dowling MysteriesOtto Freik
1988SpellbinderEdgar DeWitt
1987Star Trek: The Next GenerationDr. Hal Moseley
1987The Rosary MurdersTrupiano
1985The Colbys
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock PresentsCarl
1985The Twilight ZoneRussian Diplomat (segment "A Small Talent for War")
1985PerfectCharlie
1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol FlynnMichael Curtiz
1984Murder, She WroteDr. Cornwall
1984Miami ViceDr. Leo Krebs
1983MasqueradeStan Borga
1983The Winds of WarKnoedler
1982Remington SteeleFelix Schneiderman
1982CheersMr. Anawalt
1982Matt HoustonMonty Parks
1982Tales of the Gold Monkey
1981Falcon CrestSam Giannini
1981The Greatest American HeroKarpov
1981The Million Dollar FaceDr. Sidney Gelson
1981The Gangster Chronicles
1980Blood BeachDr. Dimitrios
1980Stunts UnlimitedAxel Kalb
1979Knots LandingProfessor Truwald
1979Beggarman, ThiefNiendorf
1979Beggarman, ThiefNiendorf
1979The ChampCharlie Goodman
1978TartuffeOrgon
1978DallasBen Masters
1978A.E.S. Hudson Street
1977Blue SunshineLt. Jennings
1977The Incredible HulkMr. Buchanan
1977Lucan
1977Meeting of Minds
1976Victory at EntebbeGeneral Mordecai Gur
1976Silver StreakProfessor Schreiner & Johnson
1976CarrieMr. Morton
1976Quincy, M.E.Charlie Wilson / Otto Rademacher
1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseHotel Clerk
1976Return to EarthAl Davis
1976City of Angels
1975Doctors' Hospital
1975Starsky & HutchArthur Fingal Solkin
1975SwitchHerr Mueller
1975Cornbread, Earl and MeSgt. Danaher
1975Kate McShaneDr. Nate Tishman
1975Barney MillerCharles Foster Keller
1975The Jeffersons
1974This Is the West That WasCarmedly
1974ClaudineSanitation Foreman
1974EnemiesMikhail
1973High Plains DrifterMayor Jason Hobart
1972Kung FuLogan McBurney / Kai Tong
1972M*A*S*HColonel Ditka
1972Jeremiah JohnsonDel Gue
1972The New CenturionsLandlord
1972Particular Men
1972What's Up, Doc?Fritz
1971NicholsDoc Bernstein
1971Great PerformancesMikhail
1970The Traveling ExecutionerWilly Herzallerliebst
1968The Mod SquadEdmund Glendon
1968Hawaii Five-OSergei Borzov
1967IronsideKlaus Muller
1963Arrest and TrialBroker George
1962Stoney BurkeGraff Erlich
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourSargent Boyle
1962Sam BenedictJack Milbain
1962The Lloyd Bridges ShowSheriff
1961Dr. KildareWillie Kovar
1961The HustlerPreacher
1960The DybbukYonya
1959The UntouchablesGil Kellerman
1959BonanzaOrville Winters
1959That Kind of WomanSoldier (uncredited)
1958Naked CityWeller
1957The Young Don't CryBilly
1955GunsmokeMark Douglas
1949Suspense
1948Studio OneGoldstein

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