Harold Kasket

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Harold Kasket
Actor Harold Kasket.jpg
in Moulin Rouge (1952)
Born(1926-07-26)26 July 1926
Died20 January 2002(2002-01-20) (aged 75)
Camden, London, England [2]
OccupationActor
Years active1948-1989

Harold Kasket (26 July 1926 – 20 January 2002) was an English actor in theatre, films and later television from the 1940s. [3] Kasket usually played Arabs or mainland European types in many films and TV programmes such as Maigret , The Saint , Danger Man , Z-Cars , Department S and The Tomorrow People . [4] [1]

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His theatre work included appearances with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh on Broadway in Caesar and Cleopatra in 1951; and playing Uncle Ben opposite Warren Mitchell at the National Theatre in Death of a Salesman in 1979. [5] [6] [7]

His last role was in the TV mini series War and Remembrance (1988).

He died in his native London. [3]

Selected filmography

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