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Theodore Gottlieb

Actor

Theodore Gottlieb

Born November 11, 1906 in Düsseldorf, GermanyDied April 5, 200118 films

Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". He was described as "Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dalí, Nijinsky and Red Skelton…simultaneously".

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The Third Man posterFirst watchThe Third Man19497.9as Man on Street (uncredited)In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest of his childhood chum Harry Lime, only to learn he has died.View film

Essential films

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Filmography

18 films as actor
  1. 1989The 'BurbsUncle Reuben Klopek
  2. 1989That's AdequateDoctor Dismal
  3. 1988The Invisible KidDr. Theodore
  4. 1984The Soldier's TaleThe Drill Sergeant / The Herald (voice)
  5. 1982The Last UnicornRuhk (voice)
  6. 1980The Return of the KingGollum (voice)
  7. 1979NocturnaTheodore
  8. 1977The HobbitGollum (voice)
  9. 1976GumsCarl Clitoris
  10. 1976Devil's Express
  11. 1976Apple PiePapa
  12. 1973Massage Parlor MurdersTheodore
  13. 1970Horror of the Blood MonstersOpening Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
  14. 1966A NoseNarrator / Barber / Nathan / Police Captain (voice)
  15. 1949The Third ManMan on Street (uncredited)
  16. 1947The Black WidowHitomu
  17. 1946So Dark the NightGeorges
  18. 1946The StrangerFairbright (uncredited)