Gordon Sterne

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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

0.946

Gender

Male

Birthday

16-Jan-1923

Age

(103 years old)

Place of Birth

Essen, Germany

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Gordon Sterne

Biography

Gordon Sterne was a German-born English actor with a prolific career spanning over five decades in film, television, and theater. He is perhaps most widely recognized for his role as Mr. Kessler in the horror-comedy classic An American Werewolf in London (1981), where his character famously meets a gruesome end while watching The Muppet Show in a dream sequence. He left his native Nazi-dominated birth country in 1941 and became a native of Windsor, Ontario with a father who worked in the tobacco business and mother, who was supportive of his theatre aspirations. Sterne studied economics at the University of Western Ontario before volunteering for the Canadian Army in 1944, serving in the infantry as a sergeant. Heading to New York in 1945, he trained and graduated from the Dramatic Workshop under the tutelage of its founder Erwin Piscator, at the same time as Rod Steiger, Bea Arthur, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis and Harry Belafonte. Sterne then began his acting career in America, working on radio and TV, in summer stock and off-Broadway. After a career on stage, playing the leading man in various plays in New Jersey during the 1940s, as well as Benvenuto Cellini in The Firebrand at Washington's Arena Stage and Joseph K in The Trial at New York's Provincetown Playhouse during the early 1950s, Sterne moved to Britain in 1956 where he had over 50 years working in theatre, TV and film. Being able to speak German (and French) enabled Sterne to perform in Drop Dead Darling on tour in Germany as well as a spell with the English Theatre in Vienna.


Credits

Screaming Blue Murder Screaming Blue Murder (2006) Character: Jack Rammer
Veteran director Jack Rammer stages a comeback only to find himself confronted by characters of his own creation.
Rating Notman Rating Notman (1982) Character: N/A
A BAFTA award nominated drama about a British POW's collaboration with the Nazis during WWII.
The Fur Collar The Fur Collar (1962) Character: Duclos
A reporter feigns death, in order to trap a fugitive and uncover a spy ring.
The Adding Machine The Adding Machine (1969) Character: Yard guard
An accountant whose job is about to be taken over by a computer starts to re-examine his life and his priorities.
The Great Van Robbery The Great Van Robbery (1959) Character: Robledo
Interpol detective Caesar Smith tracks robbers of the Royal Mint van. He travels to Rio de Janeiro, Rome and Paris and establishes the guilt of a London coffee importer.
The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui The Gangster Show: The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui (1972) Character: Grocer
The rise to underworld eminence of the notorious Chicago gangster Artuto Ui - who bears a striking resemblance to Adolf Hitler.
Merlin Merlin (1992) Character: N/A
A modern-day retelling of the Arthurian legend with the Lady of the Lake as a reporter and Pendragon as an evil businessman. Merlin's immortal apprentice is trying to protect a powerful sword forged by Merin from the clutches of Pendragon.
The Child and the Killer The Child and the Killer (1959) Character: Sergeant
Joe Marsh (Robert Arden) is a U.S. Army captain who goes on the run in Britain after committing murder. He breaks into a family's home and forces 7-year-old Tommy Martin (Richard Williams) to guide his escape through the surrounding rural territory. A bond begins to form between the child and the desperate fugitive, but Marsh's criminal nature cannot help but show itself again before the chase comes to an end.
A Promise of Bed A Promise of Bed (1969) Character: Producer
Three part comedy. A fading sex symbol attempts to win the lead in a movie by seducing the son of a film producer. A depressed middle aged loner whose suicide attempt is interrupted by the arrival of a hippy girl.An avid sex film fan and taxi driver, crashes his cab after being distracted by the leggy charms of his latest passenger.
Highlander Highlander (1986) Character: Dr Willis Kenderly
He fought his first battle on the Scottish Highlands in 1536. He will fight his greatest battle on the streets of New York City in 1986. His name is Connor MacLeod. He is immortal.
The Razor's Edge The Razor's Edge (1984) Character: Doctor
An American WWI veteran undertakes a spiritual quest that takes him from Paris to Nepal to the Himalayas and back to his hometown. Upon his return, he discovers he is not the only one who has changed.
An American Werewolf in London An American Werewolf in London (1981) Character: Mr. Kessler
American tourists David and Jack are savagely attacked by an unidentified animal while hiking on the Yorkshire Moors. After retiring to the home of a beautiful nurse to recuperate, David soon begins experiencing disturbing changes to his body and mind.
Sex Play Sex Play (1974) Character: Randolph O'Hara
Young daughter of High ranking political figure gets into trouble when she and her friends compete at bedding the foreign diplomats.
The Millionairess The Millionairess (1960) Character: Second Secretary
When her father dies, Epifania Parerga, an Italian in London, becomes the world's richest woman. She feels incomplete without a husband and falls in love with a humble, Indian physician, Ahmed el Kabir, much loved by his indigent English patients.
The Vulture The Vulture (1966) Character: Edward Stroud
A mad scientist turns himself into a half-man, half-bird monster to avenge the death of his ancestor.
John and Yoko: A Love Story John and Yoko: A Love Story (1985) Character: New York Critic
Details the lives of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, from before their first meeting to their rise to stardom.
Taste of Fear Taste of Fear (1961) Character: Policeman (uncredited)
A wheelchair-bound young girl returns to her father's estate after ten years, and although she's told he's away, she keeps seeing his dead body on the estate.
Libel Libel (1959) Character: Maddox
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet is a fraud, and he is actually a look-alike actor named Frank Welney.
Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death Doctor Who: The Ambassadors of Death (1970) Character: Heldorf
Astronauts rescued from a mission to mars are kidnapped when they arrive back on earth. They seem to have been irradiated, and can now kill people merely by touching them. But the Doctor discovers the astronauts have been replaced with Alien ambassadors who are being forced to behave in a hostile manner. With The Doctor traveling to the alien mother ship, and Liz kidnapped, The Brigadier is left wondering who to trust.
Laws of Attraction Laws of Attraction (2004) Character: Judge Baker
Amidst a sea of litigation, two New York City divorce lawyers find love.
Four Play Four Play (2001) Character: Actor in Color of My Life
A romantic comedy about the fleeting attractions between men and women on the set of a popular British sitcom.
The Assassination Bureau The Assassination Bureau (1969) Character: Corporal
In 1908 London, a women's rights campaigner discovers the Assassination Bureau Limited, an organization that kills for justice. When its motives are called into question, she commissions the assassination of its chairman. Knowing that his colleagues have recently become more motivated by greed than morality, he turns the situation into a challenge for his board members: kill him or be killed.
Battle of the V-1 Battle of the V-1 (1958) Character: Margraaf
1943: A schoolmaster called Stefan Novak and his watchmaker friend Tadek are working for the Polish resistance lead by Stanislav Muski and allow themselves to be captured by the Nazis and taken to a labour camp on the Baltic coast so that they can spy on the operations there. Stefan and Tadek discover that the camp houses a huge production unit where the V1 rocket is being built, which Hitler intends to use to destroy London. The pair succeed in informing the resistance of what is happening who in turn tip off the allies who launch a full scale raid on the plant and destroy it therefore setting back the Nazis' plan by months. However, the fight is far from over as Hitler's generals proceed with plans to build yet another plant and Stefan and Tadek are faced with a dangerous challenge, they must capture a complete V1 rocket and help in smuggling it back to Britain so that the allies can prepare themselves for Hitler's proposed invasion...



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