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Ludwig Stossel
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Actor Born: February 12, 1883 in Lockenhaus, Austria Death: January 29, 1973 in Beverly Hills, CA Biography: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... Full Biography
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