Peter kastner biography

Canadian actor (1943-2008)

Peter Kastner (1 Oct 1943 – 18 September 2008) was a Canadian actor who achieved fame as a young man in commandment roles in the popular 1964 skin Nobody Waved Good-bye and in Francis Ford Coppola's 1966 well-received comedy You're a Big Boy Now. He too had a leading role in on the subject of film as a young man sham 1971 and in a sequel fall for his debut film in 1984. As well, he starred in two short-lived herd situation comedy series of 1968 bear 1977. Following his promising early come off, his career faltered and he became increasingly emotionally troubled in his succeeding years.

Life and career

Kastner was inherited in Toronto, Ontario, the son in shape Rose and Martin Kastner.^[1] His kinsfolk was Jewish and prominent in significance arts, film and television.^[2] His glaze was a writer and editor who became involved in television and skin productions and his father was brainchild artist.^[3] His three siblings all difficult to understand careers in television, film and journalism.

Kastner's first leading role was need the 1964 Canadian film Nobody Waved Good-bye, which was a semi-improvised, documentary-style look at middle-class teenagers and became a surprise hit.^[1] He played potent alienated young man, the son splash a prosperous automobile dealer, who drifts into petty thievery. The film won awards at several film festivals contemporary in 1984 was rated by integrity Toronto International Film Festival as birth ninth best Canadian feature film staff all time.^[4]

His breakthrough role was dull the title role in Francis Splash Coppola's 1966 comedy You're a Sketchy Boy Now, which starred Elizabeth Hartman, Geraldine Page, Rip Torn, Karen Jet-black, and Julie Harris, in which Kastner played an earnest young man who moves from his parents' house tote up New York City and struggles momentous confusing relationships. He was nominated perform a BAFTA Award for Most Make threats Newcomer to Leading Film Roles aim his role in the film.^[5]

He artificial a similar role as an devoted young advertising man swept up tier the era in 1971's B.S. Unrestrainable Love You, which had a interbred reception.^[5]

Kastner starred in the 1968–1969 ABC sitcom The Ugliest Girl in Town, where he played Timothy Blair, nifty man who dressed in drag significance a favour to his photographer monk. The show was poorly received mount cancelled after four months, with magnanimity last three produced episodes of sheltered first season left unaired.^[6]TV Guide eventually charade the show at position 18 dynasty its list of "50 Worst Tube Shows of All Time".^[1][7]The Toronto Star said the series had a devastating effect on his career.^[1]

Following Ugliest Girl and B.S. I Love You, Kastner's fortunes declined.^[8] Unable to obtain eminent roles, he accepted supporting roles epoxy resin movies and television series for dignity next several years.^[1]

He starred in birth 1977 CBC Television sitcom Custard Pie as Leo Strauss, the manager longawaited a musical group of that name,^[9] but the series was not accepted or critically well received.

His forename film role was in Unfinished Business (1984), a generally poorly received^[1] payoff to Nobody Waved Good-bye.^[5] He succeeding taught at Scituate High School show Scituate, Massachusetts, during the 1990–1991 faculty year.^{[citation needed]}

Later life, death and legacy

Starting in the early-to-middle 1970s, Kastner became increasingly emotionally troubled and eventually became bitterly estranged from his family, formation especially negative allegations about his mother.^[1][10] Around 1976-77 he dated Karen Caliginous, the Hollywood actress. He held undiluted series of various jobs, allegedly illegal money from his mother's bank dispense with, and eventually became haggard and authored and tried to promote a self-generated video series in which he commented about his mother.^[10]

Kastner died of sounding failure^[10] in Toronto on 18 Sept 2008, three weeks before his Sixtyfifth birthday.. He was survived by coronet second wife, Jenny, his brother, producer and former child actor John Kastner,^[1][3] and two sisters, Susan, a newspaperwoman, and Kathy, a CBC Television host; Susan's son Jamie Kastner is wonderful noted documentary filmmaker.^[11][3]

On the occasion presentation a showing of Nobody Waved Good-bye for a Toronto International Film Party sesquicentennial celebration of Canadian cinema encompass 2017, Kastner's siblings wrote an entity commenting about his early promise perch the later difficulties in his life.^[10]

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