Stefan Gierasch Movies
Stefan Gierasch made his earliest Broadway appearances in comic juvenile roles in such popular fare as Kiss and Tell and
A Hatful of Rain. As he matured, Gierasch was afforded meatier assignments in plays like a
Hatful of Rain, Compulsion and The Iceman Cometh. He made his first film appearance as a preacher in
The Hustler (1961); subsequent film roles have included murder victim Professor Schreiner in
Silver Streak (1974), Principal Norton in
Carrie (1976) and the House Majority Leader in
Dave (1993). Stefan Gierasch has been seen on TV as hospital bureaucrat J. Powell Karbo in
AES Hudson Street (1978) and in the dual role of Professor Woodard and Joshua in the 1991 prime time revival of
Dark Shadows. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
