Robert Strauss (actor)
Life and career
Strauss began his career in the 1930s as a classical actor, with appearances in The Tempest and Macbeth on Broadway. His most famous film role was that of the Animal in Billy Wilder's war comedy Stalag 17 on the side of William Holden. The role, which he developed in 1951 for the original Broadway production himself, he was finally able to hold 1953 with Wilder's film adaptation of the film. She brought him a nomination for an Oscar. In the following years also starred in Wilder's film The cursed 7th year with Otto Preminger as well as in The Man with the Golden Arm. Strauss was also seen in several episodes of the series Bewitched. He was married twice, had six children and died in 1975 of a stroke.