THE HAT SQUAD: KURT KREUGER

After World War II, Kurt Kreuger was so upset about being forced to play nothing but Nazis in the movies that he moved back to Europe where he availed himself of a wider variety of roles.

When he finally returned to America, the Nazi stereotyping had subsided somewhat, but he still found himself playing similar characters of harsh, authoritative menace.

This was also reflected in much of his work in Toobworld, but at least he did get to guest star in many of the classic series from the 1960s; from 'Perry Mason' and 'I Spy' to 'Combat' and '77 Sunset Strip'; from 'Route 66' and 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' to 'The Wild, Wild West' and 'Get Smart'.

He retired from acting in the 1970s to concentrate on his more lucrative career in real estate.

He died of a stroke on July 12th, at the age of 89.

TV GUEST APPEARANCES
"Wonder Woman" (2 episodes)
- The Feminum Mystique: Part 1 (6 November 1976) - Actor
- Anschluss '77 (23 September 1977) - Koenig
"Get Smart" (2 episodes)
- House of Max: Part 1 (9 January 1970) - Auerbach
- House of Max: Part 2 (16 January 1970) - Auerbach
"The Wild Wild West" (1 episode)
- The Night of the Falcon (10 November 1967) - Alex Heindorf
"Mission: Impossible" (1 episode)
- A Cube of Sugar (1 April 1967) - Polya
"Twelve O'Clock High" (1 episode)
- The Pariah (4 November 1966) - Col. Gerlach
"I Spy" (1 episode)
- No Exchange on Damaged Merchandise (10 November 1965) - Erik Thorsten
"The Man from U.N.C.L.E." (1 episode)
- The Terbuf Affair (29 December 1964) - Stefan Valder
"Combat!" (2 episodes)
- Glow Against the Sky (5 November 1963) - Capt. Neubauer
- Finest Hour (21 December 1965) - Major Warner
"G.E. True" (2 episodes)
- Heydrich: Part 1 (5 May 1963) - Actor
- Heydrich: Part 2 (12 May 1963) - Actor
"Route 66" (1 episode)
- An Effigy in Snow (24 March 1961) - Otto Wellers
"Five Fingers" (1 episode)
- Dossier (10 October 1959) - Van Stappen
"The Third Man" (1 episode)
- Castle in Spain (26 March 1959) - Hauptmann
"Perry Mason" (2 episodes)
- The Case of the Shattered Dream (3 January 1959) - Hans Breel
- The Case of the Capering Camera (16 January 1964) - Karl Kadar
"77 Sunset Strip" (5 episodes)
- The Iron Curtain Caper (5 December 1958) - John Luder
- Safari (4 March 1960) - Kurt Heller
- Legend of Crystal Dart (15 April 1960) - Kurt Weibel
- The Positive Negative (27 January 1961) - Rafael Galindes
- Our Man in Switzerland (24 May 1963) - Paul Van Dehn
"Navy Log" (1 episode)
- P.O.W. at Forty Fathoms (21 November 1957) - The Baron
"Crusader" (1 episode)
- Air Express to Freedom (18 November 1955) - Dolkov

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