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Kurt Kasznar (born Kurt Servischer; August 12, 1913 – August 6, 1979) was a stage, film, and television actor best known for his role as Cmdr. Fitzhugh in the ABC television series Land of the Giants (1968–1970). He played memorable roles on Broadway, appearing in the original productions of Waiting for Godot, The Sound of Music and Barefoot in the Park, and made many notable feature films. "A big, glib, dapper man who spoke with an accent, he was almost always cast as some sort of a Continental gentleman," reported The New York Times. As a soldier in World War II Kasznar was among the... MORE

Kurt Kasznar (born Kurt Servischer; August 12, 1913 – August 6, 1979) was a stage, film, and television actor best known for his role as Cmdr. Fitzhugh in the ABC television series Land of the Giants (1968–1970). He played memorable roles on Broadway, appearing in the original productions of Waiting for Godot, The Sound of Music and Barefoot in the Park, and made many notable feature films. "A big, glib, dapper man who spoke with an accent, he was almost always cast as some sort of a Continental gentleman," reported The New York Times. As a soldier in World War II Kasznar was among the first U.S. Army photographers to film the ruins of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Kurt Kasznar was born Kurt Servischer on August 12, 1913, in Vienna, Austria. His father left when Kurt was very young; when his mother married Hungarian restaurateur Ferdinand Kasznar, Kurt assumed his surname. While working as an apprentice waiter at his stepfather's restaurant, Kasznar met director Max Reinhardt and enrolled in his seminars. "There I learned to act, write, build sets and live," Kasznar said later. At age 11 Kasznar appeared in Der Zirkuskönig (The King of the Circus, 1924), the last movie made by Max LESS