Martin Kosleck
Martin Kosleck
Of Russian descent, actor Martin Kosleck established himself on the Berlin stage under the guidance of Max Reinhardt, fleeing Germany shortly before Hitler came to power. Virtually never anything other than a villain on screen, Kosleck proved an excellent low-priced substitute for Peter Lorre in roles calling for skulking menace (1946's Pursuit to Algiers), implicit sexual depravity (1941's The Mad Doctor, as Basil Rathbone's "good friend") and outright bug-eyed lunacy (1945's House of Horrors). The role with which Kosleck was most closely associated was Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, a part he played to chilling perfection in such films as Confessions of a Nazi Spy (1939), The Hitler Gang (1944) and Hitler (1962). Martin Kosleck was careful to invest his interpretation of Goebbels with no redeeming qualities whatsoever, explaining "I wanted people to hate me as much as I hated the character I was playing." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Martin Kosleck:
- 36 Hours with James Garner , Eva Marie Saint , Rod Taylor , John Banner , Alan Napier , Sig Rumann , Marjorie Bennett , Henry Rowland , Otto Reichow , Rudolph Anders , James Doohan , Rolfe Sedan , John Hart
- Foreign Correspondent with Joel D. McCrea , Laraine Day , Herbert Marshall , George Sanders , Albert Basserman , Robert Benchley , Edmund Gwenn , Harry Davenport , Barbara Pepper , Wheaton Chambers , Eduardo Ciannelli , E.E. Clive , Gino Corrado , Herbert Evans , James Finlayson , Roy Gordon , Charles Halton , Holmes E. Herbert , Colin Kenny , Crauford Kent , Terence Kilburn , Joan Leslie , Eily Malyon , Ted Mapes , Leonard Mudie , Emory Parnell , Jack Rice , Harry Semels , Ferris Taylor , Dorothy Vaughan , Charles Wagenheim , Ian Wolfe
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