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Gordon Sterne

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Gordon Sterne
BornGerhard Paul Stern
(1923-01-16)16 January 1923
Essen, Germany
💀Died4 April 2017(2017-04-04) (aged 94)
Westminster, London, England4 April 2017(2017-04-04) (aged 94)
Other names 
  • Gordan Sterne
  • Gordon Stearne
  • Gordon Stern
💼 Occupation
Actor
📆 Years active  1956–2009 (film & TV)

Gordon Sterne (16 January 1923 – 4 April 2017) was a German actor.

Biography[edit]

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.[1][2]

Heading to New York in 1945, he trained and graduated from the Dramatic Workshop[3] under the tutelage of its founder Erwin Piscator, at the same time as Rod Steiger, Bea Arthur, Walter Matthau, Tony Curtis and Harry Belafonte.[2][4] Sterne then began his acting career in America, working on radio and TV, in summer stock and off-Broadway.[5][6]

After a career on stage, playing the leading man in various plays in New Jersey during the 1940s,[7][8][9][10][11] 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 1950's, 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)[12] enabled Sterne to perform in Drop Dead Darling on tour in Germany as well as a spell with the English Theatre in Vienna.[2]

Selected filmography[edit]

Film[edit]

Television[edit]

References[edit]

  1. "Ex-Windsorite on N.Y. stage", Windsor Star, 4 October 1947 (pg.3)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Newcomer baffled by Vic cash row", Staffordshire Sentinel, 9 March 1990 (pg.16)
  3. Biography in South Pacific programme
  4. "A 'court-martial' worth seeing (we kid you not)", Norwood News - London, London, England; 12 April 1957 (pg.2)
  5. Sexual Perversity in Chicago & Duck Variations programme, Regent Theatre
  6. The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas programme, Theatre Royal, Drury Lane
  7. "Deal Theater Group Seen In 'Death Takes A Holiday'", Asbury Park Press, 7 July 1948 (pg.14)
  8. ""No Exit" Big Hit At Deal", The Daily Record, 22 July 1948 (pg.12)
  9. "'Blithe Spirit' Played at Deal", Asbury Park Press, 12 August 1948 (pg.21)
  10. "To Play Lead In 'Claudia' On Deal Stage", The Daily Record, 23 August 1948 (pg.4)
  11. "'Hasty Heart' Pleases at Deal", Asbury Park Press, 1 July 1949 (pg.19)
  12. Spotlight - Issue 131, Part 2 - Page 1400
  13. Guide, British Comedy. "Gordon Sterne". British Comedy Guide. Retrieved 28 March 2024.
  14. "Hancock's Half Hour: The Emigrant (Tue 6th Jan 1987, 20:00; rpt)". Radio Times. 3 January 1987. Retrieved 28 March 2024 – via BBC Archives.

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