Born in Vienna, Kurt was a big strapping boy, whose first love was
boxing. After the Anschluss, (The German annexation of Austria in 1938)
Kurt was conscripted into the German armed forces. After the war, Kurt
returned to boxing, eventually winning the Austrian Heavy Weight
championship.
Kurt migrated to Canada, and settled in Toronto. He married twice, he
had one son from his first marriage, and a son, and a daughter, from
his second.
Kurt worked as a stage hand, and a grip, and eventually, due to his
physique, started getting small parts, mostly non-speaking, due to his
thick Austrian accent.
Kurt passed away prior to 1984, due to a heart attack.