--- name: "Robert Strauss" canonical: "https://film.one/person/robert-strauss-7347" fi1m_id: "robert-strauss-7347" imdb_id: "nm0833865" tmdb_id: 7347 wikidata_id: "Q355932" roles: ["Actor"] born: "8 November 1913" died: "20 February 1975" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-25T07:16:35.079271+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." --- # Robert Strauss ## Identity Robert Strauss - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/robert-strauss-7347 - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** robert-strauss-7347 - **IMDb ID:** nm0833865 - **TMDB ID:** 7347 - **Wikidata ID:** Q355932 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Strauss_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355932, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7347 Actor. Born 8 November 1913 in The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA. Died 20 February 1975. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 8 November 1913, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA - **Died:** 20 February 1975 - **Also known as:** Henry Robert Strauss, Генрі Роберт Штраус - **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar nomination - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Strauss_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q355932, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0833865/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/7347 ## Streaming the US now - **Amazon Prime Video:** [*The Man with the Golden Arm*](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md) (78) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Robert Strauss (8 November 1913 – 20 February 1975) was an American character actor. He began his career on the Broadway stage in the 1930s, appearing in productions including *Twelfth Night* and *Macbeth*, before specialising in comedy roles. He originated the part of Stanislas 'Animal' Kuzawa in the 1951 Broadway production of *Stalag 17* and reprised it in the 1953 film adaptation, receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor. Strauss appeared in numerous films of the 1950s, including *The Seven Year Itch* (1955) as Mr Kruhulik, *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955) as Schwiefka, and *Attack* (1956) as Pfc. Bernstein. He also worked extensively in television, with guest roles in series such as *Perry Mason*, *Bewitched* and *Get Smart*. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), Fi1m 78, as Schwiefka — [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md) ## Complete filmography (74) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Noah* (1975), as Noah - *The Green Hornet* (1974), as Bud Crocker - *Dagmar's Hot Pants, Inc.* (1971), as John Blackstone - *Fort Utah* (1967), as Ben Stokes - *Rango* (1967), series, Actor - *Mr. Terrific* (1967), series, as Carl - *The Monkees* (1966), series, as Captain - *Run, Buddy, Run* (1966), series, Actor - *The Green Hornet* (1966), series, as Bud Crocker - *Frankie and Johnny* (1966), as Blackie - *Get Smart* (1965), series, as Franco - *Honey West* (1965), series, as King - *Mona McCluskey* (1965), series, as Sgt. Stan Gruzewsky - *Green Acres* (1965), series, Actor - *My Mother the Car* (1965), series, Actor - *That Funny Feeling* (1965), as Bartender - *The Family Jewels* (1965), as Pool Player - *Harlow* (1965), as Hank - *Stage to Thunder Rock* (1964), as Bob Acres - *The Munsters* (1964), series, Actor - *The Man from U.N.C.L.E.* (1964), series, as Simon Baldanado - *Bewitched* (1964), series, Actor - *The Wheeler Dealers* (1963), as Feinberg (Taxi Driver) - *The Thrill of It All* (1963), as Truck Driver - *Girls! Girls! Girls!* (1962), as Sam (owner, Pirate's Den) - *Going My Way* (1962), series, Actor - *The Beverly Hillbillies* (1962), series, Actor - *The Alfred Hitchcock Hour* (1962), series, as Ted Beale - *The Virginian* (1962), series, as Ben Roper - *The George Raft Story* (1961), as Frenchie - *Straightaway* (1961), series, Actor - *The Dick Van Dyke Show* (1961), series, Actor - *Dr. Kildare* (1961), series, as Mike Martin - *Twenty Plus Two* (1961), as Jimmy Honsinger - *The Last Time I Saw Archie* (1961), as MSgt. Stanley Erlenheim - *Dondi* (1961), as Sammy Boy - *The Roaring 20's* (1960), series, Actor - *The Barbara Stanwyck Show* (1960), series, as Herbie - *The Aquanauts* (1960), series, as Ben Penfield - *September Storm* (1960), as Ernie Williams - *Wake Me When It's Over* (1960), as Sam Weiscoff - *Li'l Abner* (1959), as Romeo Scragg - *4D Man* (1959), as Roy Parker - *Startime* (1959), series, as Frank - *Inside the Mafia* (1959), as Sam Galey - *The Lawless Years* (1959), series, Actor - *I, Mobster* (1959), as Black Frankie Udino - *Rawhide* (1959), series, as Sam Lewellyn - *Frontier Gun* (1958), as Yubo - *Bat Masterson* (1958), series, as Howard C. Smith - *Westinghouse Desilu Playhouse* (1958), series, Actor - *Wanted: Dead or Alive* (1958), series, as Brace Logan - *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Danny Barker, Pete Kamboly - *Attack* (1956), as Bernstein - *The Man with the Golden Arm* (1955), as Schwiefka — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-man-with-the-golden-arm.md) - *The Seven Year Itch* (1955), as M. Kruhulik - *Damon Runyon Theater* (1955), series, as Lucky Farrar - *The Atomic Kid* (1954), as Stan Cooper - *The Bridges at Toko-Ri* (1954), as Beer Barrel - *The Whistler* (1954), series, Actor - *Money from Home* (1953), as Seldom Seen Kid - *Act of Love* (1953), as Johnny Blackwood - *Here Come the Girls* (1953), as Jack the Slasher - *Letter to Loretta* (1953), series, as Hap - *Stalag 17* (1953), as Stanislaus 'Animal' Kuzawa - *General Electric Theater* (1953), series, as Hank Wahr, Grover Healy - *The Redhead from Wyoming* (1953), as "Knuckles" Hogan - *Cavalcade of America* (1952), series, as Baron Henry William Von Stiegel - *Jumping Jacks* (1952), as Sergeant McClusky - *Sailor Beware* (1952), as CPO Lardoski - *Schlitz Playhouse of Stars* (1951), series, as John Fenner - *The Sleeping City* (1950), as Police Lt. Barney Miller (uncredited) - *Studio One* (1948), series, as Gilroy - *Native Land* (1942), as Frank Mason, grocer ## Gallery - ![Robert Strauss in the TV series Medic, episode General Practitioner (cropped screenshot) (1955)](https://film.one/media/person/3730168/gallery-4d50c6ee6d13.jpg) Robert Strauss in the TV series Medic, episode General Practitioner (cropped screenshot) (1955) — TV episode screenshot (NBC), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8b/Robert_Strauss_in_Medic_%28General_Practitioner%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Robert Strauss](https://film.one/media/person/3730168/gallery-58d4da3cfcf1.jpg) Robert Strauss — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6c/Strauss_introduced_in_The_Seven_Year_Itch_trailer_1.jpg/1280px-Strauss_introduced_in_The_Seven_Year_Itch_trailer_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Robert Strauss](https://film.one/media/person/3730168/gallery-f46540710c62.jpg) Robert Strauss — Image via TMDB - ![Robert Strauss](https://film.one/media/person/3730168/gallery-0a89fe904ee3.jpg) Robert Strauss — Image via TMDB - ![Robert Strauss](https://film.one/media/person/3730168/gallery-2cb5f7cd8bd2.jpg) Robert Strauss — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Academy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated - 1954: Best Supporting Actor (nominated), for *Stalag 17* *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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