Funeral services were held here today for Kurt Katch, noted Jewish actor who died here over the week-end at the age of 65. Mr. Katch, who had been in Hollywood 17 years, appeared in character roles in more than 50 films and in many television plays. Before fleeing Germany, during the Hitler regime, he was a member of the cast of the original Max Reinhardt Theatre. Earlier he played in the Jewish theatre in Warsaw.
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