--- name: "Martin Kosleck" canonical: "https://film.one/person/martin-kosleck" roles: ["Actor"] born: "24 March 1904" died: "15 January 1994" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-20T00:17:16.402300+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Martin Kosleck Actor. Born 24 March 1904 in Barkotzen, Province of Pomerania, German Empire (now Barkocin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland). Died 15 January 1994. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 24 March 1904, Barkotzen, Province of Pomerania, German Empire (now Barkocin, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland) - **Died:** 15 January 1994 - **Also known as:** Martin Koslek, Nikolai Yoshkin - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Kosleck, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q114683, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0467170/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/29142 ## Streaming the US now - **Hulu:** [*Foreign Correspondent*](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) (76) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Martin Kosleck (born Nicolaie Yoshkin, also credited as Martin Koslek and Nikolai Yoshkin) was a German actor. Born on 24 March 1904 in Barkotzen, Province of Pomerania (now Barkocin, Poland), he trained at the Max Reinhardt Dramatic School in Berlin and began his career on stage and in German films in the late 1920s. After leaving Germany following the Nazi rise to power, Kosleck worked in Hollywood from the late 1930s. He appeared in more than 80 films and television productions through 1980, frequently portraying Nazi officials including Joseph Goebbels on five occasions. His film credits include the Tramp in *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Wilke in *Morituri* (1965) and Mirko in *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945). Television roles encompass Professor Charm in *Batman* (1966), Dr Drago in *Get Smart* (1965) and General in *Mission: Impossible* (1966). Kosleck died on 15 January 1994 in Santa Monica, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, latimes.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), Fi1m 76, as Tramp — [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) ## Complete filmography (77) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Man with Bogart's Face* (1980), as Horst Borsht - *Banacek* (1972), series, as Bruno - *Search* (1972), series, Actor - *Sanford and Son* (1972), series, Actor - *A Day at the White House* (1972), as FBI Director - *Wake Me When the War Is Over* (1969), as Butler - *Love, American Style* (1969), series, Actor - *Mission: Impossible - The Bunker* (1969), as General - *Garrison's Gorillas* (1967), series, Actor - *Mission: Impossible* (1966), series, as General — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/mission-impossible-1966.md) - *Jericho* (1966), series, Actor - *The Girl from U.N.C.L.E.* (1966), series, as Dr. Boorman - *Batman* (1966), series, as Professor Charm - *Agent for H.A.R.M.* (1966), as Basil Malko - *The F.B.I.* (1965), series, as Janos Dobrenko, Paul Bohler - *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Dr. Drago - *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), series, Actor - *The Wild Wild West* (1965), series, Actor - *Morituri* (1965), as Wilke - *36 Hours* (1964), as Kraatz - *The Rogues* (1964), series, as Jobka, Fischer - *The Flesh Eaters* (1964), as Prof. Peter Bartell - *Kraft Suspense Theatre* (1963), series, as Rudi - *Burke's Law* (1963), series, as Basalon - *The Outer Limits* (1963), series, as Dr. Leo Hausner - *Saints and Sinners* (1962), series, as Heinz Heller - *Hitler* (1962), as Joseph Goebbels - *Something Wild* (1961), as Landlord - *Thriller* (1960), series, as Col. Andre Bertroux - *The Dow Hour of Great Mysteries* (1960), series, as Schmidt - *The Rifleman* (1958), series, Actor - *Spy for Germany* (1956), as Griffins - *Hallmark Hall of Fame* (1951), series, Actor - *Robert Montgomery Presents* (1950), series, as Capt. Krueger - *Suspense* (1949), series, as Hagen - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Popochenko - *Smuggler's Cove* (1948), as Count Boris Petrov - *Assigned to Danger* (1948), as Louie Volkes - *Half Past Midnight* (1948), as Cortez - *She-Wolf of London* (1946), as Dwight Severn - *The Wife of Monte Cristo* (1946), as Edmund Dantes,Count of Monte Cristo - *House of Horrors* (1946), as Marcel De Lange - *Just Before Dawn* (1946), as Karl Ganss - *Crime of the Century* (1946), as Paul - *The Spider* (1945), as Mikail Barak - *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945), as Mirko - *Strange Holiday* (1945), as Examiner - *Gangs of the Waterfront* (1945), as Anjo Ferrati - *The Frozen Ghost* (1945), as Rudi - *Watchtower Over Tomorrow* (1945), as Delegate of Nation X (uncredited) - *The Mummy's Curse* (1944), as Ragheb - *Secrets of Scotland Yard* (1944), as Josef - *The Hitler Gang* (1944), as Joseph Goebbels - *The Great Alaskan Mystery* (1944), as Dr. Hauss - *The North Star* (1943), as Dr. Richter - *Bomber's Moon* (1943), as Luftwaffe Maj. von Streicher - *Don't Be a Sucker!* (1943), Actor - *Chetniks!* (1943), as Col. Brockner - *Manila Calling* (1942), as Heller - *Berlin Correspondent* (1942), as Captain von Rau - *Nazi Agent* (1942), as Kurt Richten - *Fly By Night* (1942), as George Taylor - *All Through the Night* (1942), as Steindorff - *Devil Pays Off* (1941), as Grebb, Henchman - *International Lady* (1941), as Bruner - *Underground* (1941), as Heller - *The Mad Doctor* (1940), as Maurice Gretz - *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Tramp — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md) - *Calling Philo Vance* (1940), as Gamble - *Nick Carter, Master Detective* (1939), as Otto - 3d hurt worker - *Espionage Agent* (1939), as Karl 'Muller' Mullen - *Nurse Edith Cavell* (1939), as Pierre - *Confessions of a Nazi Spy* (1939), as Joseph Goebbels (uncredited) - *Fashions of 1934* (1934), as Dance Director (uncredited) - *The Singing City* (1930), as Bobby Bertling - Claires Verehrer - *Alraune* (1930), as Wolfgang Petersen - *Napoleon at St. Helena* (1929), Actor ## Gallery - ![Martin Kosleck (left) and Harry Cording in The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944) - lobby card (cropped)](https://film.one/media/person/1231464/gallery-5707ecd2fe99.jpg) Martin Kosleck (left) and Harry Cording in The Great Alaskan Mystery (1944) - lobby card (cropped) — unknown (Universal Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/The_Great_Alaskan_Mystery_%281944_serial%29_still_1.JPG/1280px-The_Great_Alaskan_Mystery_%281944_serial%29_still_1.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Martin Kosleck](https://film.one/media/person/1231464/gallery-ac59a05a716b.jpg) Martin Kosleck — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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