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Stefan Gierasch Biography (1926-)

Born February 5, 1926, in New York, NY.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor

Birth Details

February 5, 1926

New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• J. Powell Karbo, A.E.S. Hudson Street, 1978
• Professor Michael Woodard and Joshua Collins, Dark Shadows (also known as Dark Shadows Revival), NBC, 1991
• Miniseries
• Gannon, Captains and the Kings, NBC, 1976
• Niendorf, Beggarman, Thief, NBC, 1979
• Real estate agent, The Winds of War, ABC, 1983
• Trenor Park, Dream West, CBS, 1986
• Judge Watts, Cruel Doubt, NBC, 1992
• Movies
• Particular Men, 1972
• Carmedly, This Is the West That Was, NBC, 1974
• General Mordecai Gur, Victory at Entebbe, ABC, 1976
• Al Davis, Return to Earth, ABC, 1976
• Orgon, Tartuffe, 1978
• Axel Kalb, Stunts Unlimited, ABC, 1980
• Michael Curtiz, My Wicked, Wicked Ways ... The Legend of Errol Flynn, CBS, 1985
• Otto Wilshke, Incident at Dark River (also known as Dark River--A Father's Revenge and The Smell of Money), TNT, 1989
• Mr. Spizey, Empty Cradle, 1993
• The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul Play, 1996
• Albert Osborn, Sr., Crime of the Century, HBO, 1996
• Episodic
• "The Dusty Drawer," Goodyear Television Playhouse, 1952
• "The Liberation of Paris (August 25, 1944)," You Are There, 1955
• Cooker, "The Pea," The Untouchables, 1962
• "End of an Image," Empire, 1963
• Mark Douglas, "Gunfighter, R.I.P.," Gunsmoke, 1966
• Orville Winters, "The Witness (I)," Bonanza, 1969
• "The Iron Butterfly," Bonanaza, 1971
• Muller, "Shadow Soldiers," Ironside, 1972
• Arthur Fingal Solkin, "Vendetta," Starsky and Hutch, 1976
• "Power Failure," Barney Miller, 1976
• "Kidnaping: Part 1," Barney Miller, 1978
• Dr. Joseph Burlson, "The DNA Story," Barney Miller, 1979
• "Identity Crisis," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1981
• Colonel Ditka, "Give 'Em Hell, Hawkeye," M*A*S*H, CBS, 1981
• Karpov, "It's All Downhill from Here," The Greatest American Hero, 1982
• Elijah Croon, "The Ape Boy," Tales of the Gold Monkey, 1983
• Felix Schneiderman, "A Steele at Any Price," Remington Steele, 1983
• Russian diplomat, "A Small Talent for War," The Twilight Zone, 1986
• Dr. Cornwall, "Witness for the Defense," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1987
• Otto Freik, "The Confidence Mystery," Father Dowling Mysteries, 1990
• Sideshow owner, "Lower Berth," Tales from the Crypt, HBO, 1990
• Dr. Hal Moseley, "A Matter of Time," Star Trek: The Next Generation, 1991
• Judge Brudister, "Save the Mule," The Practice, ABC, 1997
• Daniel, "Of Past Regret and Future Fear," ER, NBC, 1998
• (As Steven Gierasch) Charles Reed, "Faces," Brimstone, 1999
• Pilots
• Dr. Nate Tishman, Kate McShane, CBS, 1975
• Dr. Sidney Gelson, The Million Dollar Face, NBC, 1981
• Klaus, Shannon's Deal, NBC, 1989
• Other
• Michael Skrobotov, Enemies, 1974
• Robert F. Powell, Hazard's People, 1976
• Sam Purdy, Big Bend Country, 1981
• Chef, Gabe and Walker, 1981
• Film Appearances
• Billy, The Young Don't Cry, Columbia, 1957
• Stage Struck, Buena Vista, 1957
• Preacher, The Hustler, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1961
• Willy Herzallerliebst, The Traveling Executioner, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1970
• Del Gue, Jeremiah Johnson, Warner Bros., 1972
• Landlord, The New Centurions (also known as Precinct 45: Los Angeles Police), Columbia, 1972
• Fritz, What's Up, Doc?, Warner Bros., 1972
• Mayor Jason Hobart, High Plains Drifter, Universal, 1973
• Sanitation foreman, Claudine, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
• Sergeant Danaher, Cornbread, Earl and Me (also known as Hit theOpen Man), American International, 1975
• Hotel clerk, The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (also known as Dynamite Women), New World Pictures, 1976
• Principal Morton, Carrie, United Artists, 1976
• Johnson/Professor Schreiner, Silver Streak, Twentieth Century-Fox,1976
• Lieutenant Jennings, Blue Sunshine, Cinema Shares, 1978
• Charlie Goodman, The Champ, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1979
• Dimitros, Jerry Gross Organization, 1981
• Dr. Dimitrios, Blood Beach, 1981
• Charlie, Perfect, Columbia, 1985
• Trupiano, The Rosary Murders, 1987
• Edgar De Witt, Spellbinder, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
• Dr. Vogel, Megaville, Amazing Movies, 1990
• Stratland, Sr., Mistress, 1992
• House Majority Leader, Dave, 1993
• Grandpa Glickes, Jack the Bear, 1993
• Edward Sawyer, Junior, 1994
• Warden James Humson, Murder in the First (also known as Meurtrea Alcatraz), 1995
• Nathan, Trigon: The Legend of Pelgidium, 2000
• Also appeared as Mr. Bowtie, Looking for Mr. Goodbar.
• Stage Appearances
• Dexter and understudy, Kiss and Tell, Biltmore Theatre, New York City, 1943
• Get Away, Old Man, Cort Theatre, New York City, 1943
• Third legionnaire, Snafu, Hudson Theatre, New York City, 1944
• Newsboy, Billion Dollar Baby, Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1945
• Soldier, Montserrat, Fulton Theatre, New York City, 1949
• Marty, Night Music, American National Theatre Academy, 1951
• Valentin, Maya, Theatre de Lys, New York City, 1953
• Micah, The Scarecrow, Theatre de Lys, 1953
• Sanathanaka, The Little Clay Cart, Theatre de Lys, 1953
• The drunk, Mardi Gras, Locust Theatre, Philadelphia, PA, 1954
• Smith, The Threepenny Opera, Theatre de Lys, 1955
• Matvai, A Month in the Country, Phoenix Theatre, New York City, 1956
• Postmaster, Purple Dust, Cherry Lane Theatre, New York City, 1956
• Max Steiner, Compulsion, Ambassador Theatre, New York City, 1957
• The guard, Deathwatch, Theatre East, New York City, 1958
• Tommy Owens, The Shadow of a Gunman, Bijou Theatre, New York City,1958
• Herr Zeller, The Sound of Music, Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, New York City, 1959
• Patch Keegan, Little Moon of Alban, Longacre Theatre, New York City, 1960
• Jimmy Beales, Roots, Mayfair Theatre, New York City, 1961
• Gus, The Collection (double bill with The Dumbwaiter), Cherry Lane Theatre, 1962
• Leon Hallett, Isle of Children, Cort Theatre, 1962
• Kenneth O'Keefe, The Ginger Man, Orpheum Theatre, New York City, 1963
• Jacobson, The Deputy, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, New York City, 1964
• The Tempest, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee, WI, 1965
• Under Milk Wood, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1965
• Pantagleize, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1965
• Saint Joan, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1965
• The Time of Your Life, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1965
• Mother Courage, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1966
• The Glass Menagerie, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1966
• Henry IV, Part I, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, 1966
• Saint Joan, Trinity Square Playhouse, Providence, RI, 1966
• Pierre, War and Peace, Lyceum Theatre, New York City, 1967
• Ah! Wilderness, Trinity Square Playhouse, 1967, then Circle in theSquare/Fords Theatre, Washington, DC, 1969-70
• Enrico IV, Studio Arena Theatre, Buffalo, NY, 1968
• Duke of York, Richard II, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, Stratford, CT, 1968
• Holofernes, Love's Labours Lost, American Shakespeare FestivalTheatre, 1968
• Jaques, As You Like It, American Shakespeare Festival Theatre, 1968
• Zelo Shimansky, Seven Days of Mourning, Circle in the Square, NewYork City, 1969-70
• Perowne, AC/DC, Chelsea Theatre Center, Brooklyn, NY, 1971
• Arsenic and Old Lace, Circle in the Square/Fords Theatre, 1971
• Hamlet, Long Wharf Theatre, New Haven, CT, 1972
• Clegg, Owners, Mercer-Shaw Theatre, New York City, 1973
• Moke, Nellie Toole & Co., Theatre Four, New York City, 1973
• Harry Hope, The Iceman Cometh, Circle in the Square/Joseph E. Levine Theatre, New York City, 1973-74
• Candy, Of Mice and Men, Brooks Atkinson Theatre, 1974-75
• Orgon, Tartuffe, Circle in the Square, 1977
• Semmelweiss, Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center for the PerformingArts, Washington, DC, 1978
• "The Man with the Flower in His Mouth," A Special Evening (doublebill), Ensemble Studio Theatre, New York City, 1979
• Park Your Car in the Harvard Yard, Los Angeles Actors Theatre, LosAngeles, 1981-82
• Jack, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Alvin Theatre, 1983-84
• Big Daddy, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Long Wharf Theatre, 1984-85
• Akbar, Nanawatai, Los Angeles Theatre Center, Los Angeles, 1985-86
• Mr. Crampton, You Never Can Tell, Circle in the Square, 1986-87
• Earl of Gloucester, King Lear, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1987-88
• Sand and Stone, Sundays at the Itchey Foot, 1988-89
• The Marriage of Bette and Boo, Los Angeles Theatre Center, 1989-90
• Jacob Stern, Unexpected Tenderness, Marilyn Monroe Theater, Los Angeles, 1998
• Also appeared in A Hatful of Rain, Old Tune, and Bella Figura.
• Major Tours
• Phil Hogan, A Moon for the Misbegotten, 1969