Ludwig Stossel

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BIRTHDAY

February 12, 1883

Lockenhaus, Austria

DIED

January 29, 1973

RECENT CREDITS

G.I. Blues (FILM) Oct. 1, 1960

Me and the Colonel (FILM) Oct. 1, 1958

Deep in My Heart (FILM) Jan. 1, 1954

Call Me Madam (FILM) Apr. 1, 1953

Song of Love (FILM) Jan. 1, 1947

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Born and educated in Austria, actor Ludwig Stossel worked with many of the mittel-European theatrical powerhouses, including the great Max Reinhardt. The Nazi anschluss prompted Stossel to emigrate to England in 1938, where he began his film career. Like many European expatriates, Stossel found plenty of film work in Hollywood of the '40s. The actor has become ingrained in the consciousness of film buffs and Humphrey Bogart cultists for his brief role in Casablanca (1942), wherein he plays a German-Jewish refugee looking forward to leaving for America. Determined to speak nothing but English, Stossel never fails to elicit loud and loving laughter from film audiences by turning to his screen wife to ask for the time: "Liebchen...uh, sweetness-heart...What watch?" Nearly two decades later, Ludwig Stossel enjoyed another wave of public adoration for his appearances in Italian Swiss Colony Wine commercials; he was the little old tyrolean-outfitted fellow who turned to the audience and identified himself (with Jim Backus' dubbed-in voice) as "That li'l old winemaker....me." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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