Dead|Udo Kier is especially remembered for his horror roles.
German actor Kier’s thigh has died at the age of 81, says, among other things The Guardian.
Kier died Sunday morning at a hospital in Palm Springs, California. His friend, a photographer Michael Childers told about it on social media. The cause of death has not been made public.
During his lifetime, Kier acted in more than 200 film and TV roles in Hollywood and Europe. He is especially remembered for his horror roles. He appeared in, among other things, horror comedies that gained cult fame Frankenstein, butcher (Flesh for Frankenstein1973) and Blood for Dracula (1974).
He also performed in Finns Iron Sky – in comedy adventures. Kier played the leader of the Nazis who escaped to the moon Wolfgang Korzfleischiä and in the second part also Korzfleisch’s brother, who turns out to be a lizard man Adolf Hitler.
HS interviewed Kier in 2019, when Kier visited Finland Iron Sky 2: The Coming Race -at the time of the film’s premiere: Udo Kier has acted in the world’s most prestigious films, and now he has taken a liking to the Finnish Timo