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Stefan Gierasch

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Stefan Gierasch

Born February 5, 1926 in New York City, New York, USADied September 6, 201440 films

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Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014) was an American film and television actor. Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-60s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared in dozens of films including in The Hustler, Jeremiah Johnson, What's Up Doc? High Plains Drifter, and Carrie. In 1994 he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito film Junior as 'Edward Sawyer', and in 1995'sMurder in the First as Warden James Humson'. Gierasch has made many TV appearances, as in Starsky and Hutch, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ER.

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The Hustler posterFirst watchThe Hustler19617.7as PreacherFast Eddie Felson is a small-time pool hustler with a lot of talent but a self-destructive attitude. His bravado causes him to challenge the legendary Minnesota Fats to a high-stakes match.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Carrie poster7.3Carrie1976High Plains Drifter poster7.3High Plains Drifter1973Jeremiah Johnson poster7.3Jeremiah Johnson1972Murder in the First poster7.1Murder in the First1995What's Up, Doc? poster7.4What's Up, Doc?1972Dave poster6.6Dave1993Silver Streak poster6.7Silver Streak1976Junior poster5.2Junior1994

Filmography

40 films as actor
  1. 2004Cover-Up '62Dr. Greenson
  2. 2003Legend of the Phantom RiderNathan
  3. 1999Starry NightProfessor Beckmore
  4. 1996Crime of the CenturyAlbert Osborn Sr.
  5. 1996The Rockford Files: Friends and Foul PlayZookie the Bookie
  6. 1995Murder in the FirstWarden James Humson
  7. 1994JuniorEdward Sawyer
  8. 1993DaveHouse Majority Leader
  9. 1993Jack the BearFather-in-Law
  10. 1992MegavilleDr. Vogel
  11. 1988SpellbinderEdgar DeWitt
  12. 1987The Rosary MurdersTrupiano
  13. 1985PerfectCharlie
  14. 1985My Wicked, Wicked Ways: The Legend of Errol FlynnMichael Curtiz
  15. 1981The Million Dollar FaceDr. Sidney Gelson
  16. 1980Blood BeachDr. Dimitrios
  17. 1980Stunts UnlimitedAxel Kalb
  18. 1979The ChampCharlie Goodman
  19. 1978TartuffeOrgon
  20. 1977Blue SunshineLt. Jennings
  21. 1976Victory at EntebbeGeneral Mordecai Gur
  22. 1976Silver StreakProfessor Schreiner & Johnson
  23. 1976CarrieMr. Morton
  24. 1976The Great Texas Dynamite ChaseHotel Clerk
  25. 1976Return to EarthAl Davis
  26. 1975Cornbread, Earl and MeSgt. Danaher
  27. 1975Kate McShaneDr. Nate Tishman
  28. 1974This Is the West That WasCarmedly
  29. 1974ClaudineSanitation Foreman
  30. 1974EnemiesMikhail
  31. 1973High Plains DrifterMayor Jason Hobart
  32. 1972Jeremiah JohnsonDel Gue
  33. 1972The New CenturionsLandlord
  34. 1972Particular MenArthur Lapin
  35. 1972What's Up, Doc?Fritz
  36. 1970The Traveling ExecutionerWilly Herzallerliebst
  37. 1961The HustlerPreacher
  38. 1960The DybbukYonya
  39. 1959That Kind of WomanSoldier (uncredited)
  40. 1957The Young Don't CryBilly