Karl Lukas (born Karol Louis Lukasiak; August 21, 1919 – January 16, 1995) was an American film and television actor.[1] He was best known for playing Private Stash Kadowski in The Phil Silvers Show.[2]
Karl Lukas | |
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.jpg) Karl Lukas in Man with a Camera (1958) | |
| Born | Karol Louis Lukasiak August 21, 1919 Lowell, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | January 16, 1995 (aged 75) |
| Resting place | San Fernando Mission Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Film and television actor |
| Spouse | Stephanie Lukas |
| Children | 2 |
Biography
editLukas guest-starred in numerous television programs including The Andy Griffith Show, Gunsmoke, Bonanza, The Rockford Files, The Dick Van Dyke Show, Rawhide, Wagon Train, The Beverly Hillbillies, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, The F.B.I., Petticoat Junction, and The Monkees. He also appeared in a few episodes of Family Affair, Bewitched, and Mister Ed. Lukas died on January 16, 1995 of heart failure in Westlake Village, California, at the age of 75.[3][4][5] He was buried in San Fernando Mission Cemetery.[5]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | The Long, Long Trailer | Inspector | Uncredited |
| 1957 | Under Fire | Sergeant Hutchins | |
| 1958 | The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Hal Bruck | Uncredited |
| 1958 | Onionhead | Agnelli | |
| 1958 | Torpedo Run | Hallert | Uncredited |
| 1959 | The Trap | 'Greenie' | Uncredited |
| 1959 | Don't Give Up the Ship | Dugan | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Visit to a Small Planet | Policeman | Uncredited |
| 1960 | Tall Story | 1st Detective | |
| 1960 | The Facts of Life | Parent At Meeting | Uncredited |
| 1960 | The Great Impostor | Prisoner | Uncredited |
| 1961 | Creature from the Haunted Sea | Bartender | Uncredited |
| 1963 | The Thrill of It All | Worker | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Warning Shot | Custodian | Uncredited |
| 1967 | Thoroughly Modern Millie | Bouncer | Uncredited |
| 1970 | Watermelon Man | Policeman #2 | |
| 1970 | Which Way to the Front? | SS Guard | Uncredited |
| 1970 | There Was a Crooked Man... | Otis | |
| 1970 | Tora! Tora! Tora! | Captain Harold C. Train, USS California | |
| 1971 | Josie's Castle | 1st Narc | |
| 1972 | Black Jack | ||
| 1973 | Blume in Love | Karl, Cleaning Man | |
| 1973 | Emperor of the North Pole | 'Pokey' Stiff | |
| 1973 | Oklahoma Crude | Hobo #1 | |
| 1974 | Blazing Saddles | Cutthroat #1 | Uncredited |
| 1974 | Herbie Rides Again | Angry Construction Worker | |
| 1974 | 99 and 44/100% Dead | Guard | |
| 1974 | Earthquake | Man #3 | Uncredited |
| 1975 | Las Vegas Lady | Connors | |
| 1975 | Whiffs | Wally, The Bartender | |
| 1975 | Hustle | Charley | |
| 1976 | Two-Minute Warning | Couple At S.W.A.T. Call | |
| 1976 | The Shaggy D.A. | Painter | |
| 1979 | The Frisco Kid | Bartender | |
| 1986 | Big Trouble | Police Captain | |
| 1988 | Memories of Me | Bartender |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1951 | Lux Video Theatre | Bob | Season 1 Episode 18: "The Shiny People" |
| 1951 | Pulitzer Prize Playhouse | Season 1 Episode 32: "The Thousand Yard Look" | |
| 1953 | Dark of Night | Season 1 Episode 13 | |
| 1953 | Four Star Playhouse | Ernie | Season 2 Episode 2: "The Squeeze" |
| 1953 | Armstrong Circle Theatre | Kreuger | Season 4 Episode 12: "The Bells of Cockaigne" |
| 1954 | Inner Sanctum | Tommy | Season 1 Episode 30: "Reward for Janie" |
| 1954 | Studio One in Hollywood | Hank, Man Who Struck Carter | Season 7 Episode 8: "An Almanac of Liberty" |
| 1955 | The United States Steel Hour | Stoker | Season 2 Episode 12: "Freighter" |
| 1955 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Himself / Private 'Stash' Kadowski | 2 episodes |
| 1955 | Crossroads | Season 1 Episode 6: "Broadway Trust" | |
| 1955-1958 | The Phil Silvers Show | Private 'Stash' Kadowski | 96 episodes |
| 1957 | Climax! | Season 3 Episode 45: "Necessary Evil" | |
| 1957 | The Court of Last Resort | Karl Hooft | Season 1 Episode 6: "The Karl Hooft Case" |
| 1958 | Tombstone Territory | 'Red' Slade | Season 1 Episode 25: "Skeleton Canyon Massacre" |
| 1958 | Suspicion | Max Proudfoot | Season 1 Episode 34: "Death Watch" |
| 1958 | The Rifleman | Oliver | Season 1 Episode 5: "The Brother-in-Law" |
| 1958 | Steve Canyon | Dave Newman | Season 1 Episode 8: "Operation Moby Dick" |
| 1958 | Man with a Camera | Pete Montee | Season 1 Episode 6: "Double Negative" |
| 1958 | Playhouse 90 | Willie Marks | Season 3 Episode 11: "Seven Against the Wall" |
| 1959 | Lawman | Sergeant Blaney | Season 1 Episode 18: "The Runaway" |
| 1959 | State Trooper | Harry 'Duke' Jackson | Season 3 Episode 15: "The Choker" |
| 1959 | Yancy Derringer | The Warrior | Season 1 Episode 28: "The Wayward Warrior" |
| 1959 | Johnny Ringo | Cather | Season 1 Episode 5: "The Hunters" |
| 1959 | Hawaiian Eye | Arthur | Season 1 Episode 10: "Secret of the Second Door" |
| 1959 | The Deputy | Luke Dillon | Season 1 Episode 15: "The Orphans" |
| 1959 | The Untouchables | Agent at Raid | Pilot Episode |
| 1960 | Not for Hire | Jack Stefano | Season 1 Episode 18: "The Set Up" |
| 1960 | The Man from Blackhawk | Boyd | Season 1 Episode 21: "Execution Day" |
| 1960 | Bourbon Street Beat | Augie Liuzza | Season 1 Episode 19: "The 10% Blues" |
| 1960 | Bourbon Street Beat | Davis | Season 1 Episode 29: "Six Hours to Midnight" (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The Slowest Gun in the West | Jake Dalton | TV movie |
| 1960 | This Man Dawson | Unknown | Season 1 Episode 20: "Get Dawson" |
| 1960 | Pete and Gladys | 'Rocky' | Season 1 Episode 6: "Oo-La-La" |
| 1960 | Surfside 6 | Hood | Season 1 Episode 6: "Par-a-kee" (uncredited) |
| 1960 | The DuPont Show with June Allyson | 1st Officer | Season 2 Episode 13: "A Silent Panic" |
| 1961 | Dante | Roscoe | Season 1 Episode 13: "Wine, Women and Willie" |
| 1961 | Klondike | Gang Member | Season 1 Episode 13: "The Golden Burro" |
| 1961 | Miami Undercover | Toledo | Season 1 Episode 17: "The Rocky Caper" |
| 1961 | Guestward, Ho! | Policeman | Season 1 Episode 38: "No Place Like Home" |
| 1961 | Hennesey | Chief Kowalski | Season 2 Episode 28: "The Patient Vanishes" |
| 1961 | Hennesey | Herman | Season 2 Episode 29: "Shore Patrol Revisited" |
| 1961 | Hennesey | Franks | Season 3 Episode 1: "The Gossip Go-Round" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Otto | Season 6 Episode 28: "Gratitude" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Mailman | Season 7 Episode 2: "Bang! You're Dead" |
| 1961 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Uncle Ben, the Bar Owner | Season 7 Episode 10: "Services Rendered" |
| 1961 | 77 Sunset Strip | Hood #1 | Season 3 Episode 19: "The College Caper" |
| 1962 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Soldier Fresno | Season 7 Episode 26: "Ten O'Clock Tiger" |
| 1962 | Outlaws | York | Season 2 Episode 20: "No More Horses" |
| 1962 | Wagon Train | Dr. Parnell | Season 6 Episode 11: "The Kurt Davos Story" |
| 1962 | Don't Call Me Charlie! | Sergeant Childress | Season 1 Episode 4: "A Friend in Need" |
| 1962 | Don't Call Me Charlie! | MP | Season 1 Episode 13: "Build a Better Mousetrap" |
| 1962 | Mister Ed | Harry | Season 2 Episode 16: "Horse Wash" |
| 1962 | Mister Ed | George | Season 3 Episode 2: "Wilbur the Good Samaritan" |
| 1962 | Mister Ed | Charlie | Season 3 Episode 10: "Disappearing Horse" |
| 1963 | 77 Sunset Strip | Monk | Season 5 Episode 32: "Lady in the Sun" (uncredited) |
| 1963 | The Untouchables | Yanos Dalker | Season 4 Episode 25: "The Giant Killer" |
| 1963 | GE True | Stoker | Season 1 Episode 14: "Open Season" |
| 1963 | The Beverly Hillbillies | Frank | Season 1 Episode 19: "Elly's Animals" |
| 1963 | Ben Casey | Mike Vetley | Season 2 Episode 19: "A Short Biographical Sketch of James Tuttle Peabody, M.D." |
| 1963 | Wide Country | Turk Samuels | Season 1 Episode 27: "The Lucky Punch" |
| 1963 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Mel Tanner | Season 1 Episode 28: "Last Seen Wearing Blue Jeans" |
| 1963 | My Favorite Martian | Bruno | Season 1 Episode 9: "Rocket to Mars" |
| 1964 | 77 Sunset Strip | Thug | Season 6 Episode 17: "Not Such a Simple Knot" (uncredited) |
| 1964 | The Travels of Jaimie McPheeters | Rowdy #2 | Season 1 Episode 20: "The Day of the Tin Trumpet" |
| 1964 | The Great Adventure | Milk Truck Driver | Season 1 Episode 22: "The Henry Bergh Story" |
| 1964 | The Andy Griffith Show | Sergeant | Season 4 Episode 32: "Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C." |
| 1964 | Many Happy Returns | Cop | Season 1 Episode 6: "Joe's Place" |
| 1964 | The Cara Williams Show | Police Officer | Season 1 Episode 10: "Help, I'm Being Held Prisoner by a Teenager" |
| 1964 | Mickey | Policeman | Season 1 Episode 12: "For the Love of Grandpa Toddie" |
| 1964 | The Lucy Show | Mail Sorter | Season 3 Episode 14: "Lucy and the Missing Stamp" |
| 1964 | Gunsmoke | Hardy | Season 10 Episode 8: "Hung High" (uncredited) |
| 1964 | Bewitched | 1st Policeman | Season 1 Episode 3: "It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog" |
| 1965 | Mister Ed | Policeman | Season 5 Episode 23: "Robin Hood Ed" |
| 1965 | Slattery's People | Hensen | Season 1 Episode 16: "Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?" |
| 1965 | My Living Doll | Harry | Season 1 Episode 24: "A Paris Original" |
| 1965 | The Legend of Jesse James | Luke Hamlin | Season 1 Episode 1: "Three Men from Now" |
| 1965 | Rawhide | Cole Wallace | Season 7 Episode 27: "The Calf Women" |
| 1965 | Rawhide | Posse Member | Season 8 Episode 1: "Encounter at Boot Hill" (uncredited) |
| 1965 | The Dick Van Dyke Show | Hugo | Season 5 Episode 3: "Uhny Uftz" |
| 1965 | The Donna Reed Show | Police Officer | Season 8 Episode 1: "Pop Goes Theresa" |
| 1965 | The Donna Reed Show | Mr. Swanson | Season 8 Episode 9: "Trees" |
| 1965 | Bonanza | Brother | Season 7 Episode 6: "Devil on Her Shoulder" |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Williams | Season 11 Episode 16: "Death Watch" |
| 1966 | Gunsmoke | Lake | Season 12 Episode 9: "The Well" |
| 1966 | I Spy | Agent #2 | Episode: "The Barter" |
| 1966 | The Monkees | Rocco | S1:E11, "Monkees à la Carte" |
| 1966 | Shane | Ed Howell | 2 episodes |
| 1966 | Occasional Wife | Workman | Episode: "Peter by Moonlight" |
| 1966-1970 | Family Affair | Mr. Parker / Scotty | 10 episodes |
| 1967 | The Phyllis Diller Show | Wally | 1 episode |
| 1967 | Lassie | Workman | Episode: "A Matter of Seconds" |
| 1967 | Batman | Acacia | Episode: "Louie, the Lilac" |
| 1967 | Iron Horse | Bartender | Episode: "Death Has Two Faces" |
| 1968 | Bewitched | Benny | Season 5 Episode 11: "I Don't Want to Be a Toad, I Want to Be a Butterfly" |
| 1968 | Bewitched | Keeper #1 | Season 5 Episode 27: "Daddy Does His Thing" |
| 1968 | Here Come the Brides | 1st Mate | Season 1 Episode 4: "The Man of the Family" |
| 1968 | Mannix | Starkey | Season 1 Episode 23: "To Kill a Writer" |
| 1969 | Room 222 | Policeman | Season 1 Episode 10: "Fathers and Sons" |
| 1969 | Petticoat Junction | Charlie Hanks | Season 7 Episode 11: "Kathy Jo's First Birthday" |
| 1970 | Bracken's World | Detective | Season 1 Episode 18: "A Perfect Piece of Casting" |
| 1970 | Then Came Bronson | Billy | Season 1 Episode 22: "Still Waters" |
| 1970 | The Immortal | Supernintendent | Season 1 Episode 2: "White Elephants Don't Grow on Trees" |
| 1970 | The Bold Ones: The Lawyers | Sam Jessop | Season 2 Episode 4: "The People Against Doctor Chapman" |
| 1971 | Bewitched | Braun | Season 7 Episode 23: "Money Happy Returns" |
| 1971 | Mannix | Bartender | Season 5 Episode 6: "Days Beyond Recall" |
| 1971 | The Young Lawyers | Mechanic | Season 1 Episode 23: "Conrad and the Taxi Squad" |
| 1971 | The Smith Family | Mr. Hill | Season 2 Episode 11: "Man in the Middle" |
| 1971 | Night Gallery | Iceman | Season 2 Episode 12: "Cool Air/Camera Obscura/Quoth the Raven" |
| 1971 | Cannon | Rettig | Season 1 Episode 3: "Call Unicorn" |
| 1972 | Bonanza | Irons | Season 13 Episode 20: "Shanklin" |
| 1972 | Nichols | Harry Carmichael | Season 1 Episode 24: "Bertha" |
| 1972 | The Mod Squad | Bus Driver | Season 5 Episode 5: "Taps, Play It Louder" (uncredited) |
| 1972 | The New Temperatures Rising Show | Piano Mover | Season 1 Episode 8: "Tenor Loving Care" |
| 1974 | Cannon | Truck Driver | Season 4 Episode 7: "Call Unicorn" |
| 1974 | The Odd Couple | Olaf | Season 4 Episode 14: "The Moonlighter" |
| 1975 | Little House on the Prairie | Jebediah Mumfort | Season 2 Episode 4: "In the Big Inning" |
| 1975 | Barbary Coast | 'Hobie' | Season 1 Episode 10: "Sharks Eat Sharks" |
| 1975 | The Invisible Man | 1st Truck Driver | Season 1 Episode 8: "Pin Money" |
| 1976 | Ellery Queen | Sergeant Harris | Season 1 Episode 17: "The Adventure of the Sinister Scenario" |
| 1976 | The Rockford Files | Officer | Season 2 Episode 19: "The Italian Bird Fiasco" |
| 1976 | Ark II | Cyrus | Season 1 Episode 2: "The Slaves" |
| 1977 | Switch | Mario | Season 2 Episode 23: "Whatever Happened to Carol Harmony?" |
| 1981 | Quincy, M.E. | 2nd Man | Season 6 Episode 12: "Jury Duty" |
| 1985 | Murder: By Reason of Insanity | Speaker at Polish Hall | TV movie |
| 1985-1987 | St. Elsewhere | Carl, Maintenance Man | Season 4 Episode 4: "The Naked and the Dead" (1985) Season 4 Episode 7: "Close Encounters (1985) Season 4 Episode 10: "Loss of Power" (1985) Season 4 Episode 21: "Cheek to Cheek" (1986) Season 6 Episode 1: "Resurrection" (1987) Season 6 Episode 10: "No Chemo, Sabe?" (1987) |
| 1991 | Don't Touch My Daughter | Casey | TV movie, (final film role) |
References
edit- ^ "Karl Lukas Biography". Fandango. Retrieved June 2, 2021.
- ^ Przygoda, Jacek (1978). Polish Americans in California, 1827-1977 and Who's Who. Polish American Historical Association. p. 140. ISBN 9780960161409 – via Google Books.
- ^ Brady, David (January 19, 1995). "Obituaries: *Karl Lukas; Actor". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ "Karl Lukas". Variety. March 19, 1995. Retrieved April 26, 2021.
- ^ a b Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places - The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d Ed. McFarland. p. 460. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
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