Stefan Gierasch

American actor (1926–2014)

Stefan Gierasch
Born	(1926-02-05)February 5, 1926 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died	September 6, 2014(2014-09-06) (aged 88) Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1951–2009

Stefan Gierasch (February 5, 1926 – September 6, 2014)^[1] was an American film and television actor.

Personal

Gierasch was a native of New York and studied at The Actors Studio.

Gierasch was married 33 years to actress Hedy Sontag at the time of his death. The couple have 3 children, Amanda, Elisa and Matthew.

Career

Gierasch made over 100 screen appearances, mostly in American television, beginning in 1951. In the mid-1960s, he performed with the Trinity Square Players in Providence, Rhode Island. He appeared in dozens of films including in The Hustler (1961), The Traveling Executioner (1970), Jeremiah Johnson (1972), What's Up Doc? (1972), High Plains Drifter (1973), Carrie (1976), Silver Streak (1976), Victory at Entebbe (1976), Blue Sunshine (1977), The Champ (1979), Blood Beach (1980) and Perfect (1985).

In 1994 he appeared in the Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito film Junior as Edward Sawyer, and in 1995's Murder in the First as Warden James Humson. Gierasch made many TV appearances, as in Kung Fu, M*A*S*H, Starsky & Hutch, Gunsmoke (1966 S12E6’s “Gunfighter, RIP”), Star Trek: The Next Generation, Barney Miller and ER.

Death

Gierasch died at home from a stroke in 2014 at the age of 88.^[2]^[3]

Selected filmography

The Young Don't Cry (1957) – Billy
That Kind of Woman (1959) – Soldier (uncredited)
The Hustler (1961) – Preacher
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1963) (Season 1 Episode 22: "Diagnosis: Danger") - Sergeant Boyle
The Traveling Executioner (1970) – Willy Herzallerliebst
What's Up Doc? (1972) – Fritz
Jeremiah Johnson (1972) – Del Gue
The New Centurions (1972) – Landlord
High Plains Drifter (1973) – Mayor Jason Hobart
Claudine (1974) – Sanitation Foreman
Cornbread, Earl and Me (1975) – Sergeant Danaher
The Great Texas Dynamite Chase (1976) – Hotel Clerk
Carrie (1976) – Mr. Morton
Silver Streak (1976) – Professor Schreiner & Johnson
Victory at Entebbe (1976) – General Mordecai Gur
Blue Sunshine (1977) – Lieutenant Jennings
The Champ (1979) – Charlie Goodman
Blood Beach (1980) – Dr. Dimitrios
Perfect (1985) – Charlie
The Rosary Murders (1987) – Trupiano
Spellbinder (1988) – Edgar DeWitt
Miami Vice episode 5x16 "Victim of Circumstance" (1989)
Megaville (1990) – Dr. Vogel
Mistress (1992) – Stuart Stratland, Sr.
Jack the Bear (1993) – Father-in-Law
Dave (1993) – House Majority Leader
Junior (1994) – Edward Sawyer
Murder in the First (1995) – Warden James Humson
Starry Night (1999) – Professor Beckmore
Legend of the Phantom Rider (2002) – Nathan
The Hunter's Moon (2009) – The Sage (final film role)

References

^ "Stefan Gierasch Obituary (1926 - 2014) - The New York Times". legacy.com. The New York Times. September 11, 2014. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
^ Holman, Jordyn (September 19, 2014). "Stefan Gierasch, Who Appeared in 'Carrie,' Dies at 88". Variety. Retrieved July 3, 2021.
^ Barnes, Mike (September 12, 2014). "Stefan Gierasch, Actor in 'Jeremiah Johnson' and 'Carrie,' Dies at 88". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved July 3, 2021.