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Gordon Sterne

Gordon Sterne

Acting Born Jan 16, 1923 -- Died Apr 04, 2017 · Essen, Germany

Gordon Sterne was a German-born English actor with a prolific career spanning over five decades in film, television, and theater. He is perhaps most widely recognized for his role as Mr. Kessler in the horror-comedy classic An American Werewolf in London (1981), where his character famously meets a gruesome end while watching The Muppet Show in a dream sequence. He left his native Nazi-dominated birth country in 1941 and became a native of Windsor, Ontario with a father who worked in the tobacco business and mother, who was supportive of his theatre aspirations. Sterne studied economics at th...

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Also Known For

Highlander
6.9
movie
Highlander
as Dr Willis Kenderly
1986
An American Werewolf in London
7.4
movie
An American Werewolf in London
as Mr. Kessler
1981
The Tudors
7.8
tv
The Tudors
as Bishop Tunstall
2007
Doctor Who
7.9
tv
Doctor Who
as Heldorf
1963
Laws of Attraction
5.8
movie
Laws of Attraction
as Judge Baker
2004
The Prisoner
7.7
tv
The Prisoner
as Bystander
1967
Taste of Fear
7.1
movie
Taste of Fear
as Policeman (uncredited)
1961
The Saint
7.3
tv
The Saint
as Vopos
1962
Jeeves and Wooster
8.1
tv
Jeeves and Wooster
as Diner
1990
The Assassination Bureau
6.6
movie
The Assassination Bureau
as Corporal
1969
The Razor's Edge
6.4
movie
The Razor's Edge
as Doctor
1984
UFO
7.7
tv
UFO
as German Delegate
1970