Kurt Katch (Isser Kac)

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Kurt Katch (Kac)

Polish: Isser Kac
Also Known As: "Isser", "Iser"
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Birthplace: Grodno, Grodna District, Grodno Region, Belarus
Death: August 14, 1958 (65)
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Haim Kac and Jüdes Kac
Husband of Roma Katch
Brother of Tuvia Katz

Occupation: actor
Managed by: Benjamin Schoenbrun (Geni Curator)
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About Kurt Katch (Isser Kac)

Polish-Lithuanian actor. Born Iser Kac, known as Kurt Katch, began his career in Germany, where he acted in films until 1937, when he moved to Poland to escape Nazi oppression. There he made only one film before moving to the United States, where he acted in the theater and resumed working in films in 1941. He became an American citizen in 1944. After 1950 he worked primarily in U. S. television.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurt_Katch

"Victim Plays Nazi Officer", Oakland Tribune, Saturday, 5 Apr 1958, Page 5

His last film role was in "The Young Lions," a film by 20th Century Fox.

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Kurt Katch (Isser Kac)'s Timeline

1893
January 28, 1893
Grodno, Grodna District, Grodno Region, Belarus
1958
August 14, 1958
Age 65
Cedars of Lebanon Hospital, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA, United States