Kurt Kasznar August 12 1913 August 6 1979 was a stage film and television actorKasznars first major Broadway appearance was in The Happy Time He recreated his role for the film version and earned a Golden Globe nomination for his performance He also appeared on Broadway in Barefoot in the Park Waiting for Godot Six Characters in Search of an Author and The Sound of Music for which he was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical Kasznar appeared in more than 80 films and television shows and had a regular role in the television series Land of the Giants as Alexander Fitzhugh His feature films included Lili Kiss Me Kate The Last Time I Saw Paris My Sister Eileen A Farewell to Arms and 55 Days at Peking Description above from the Wikipedia article Kurt Kasznar licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia