Peter Kastner

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name = Peter Kastner


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birthplace = Canada
deathdate = death date and age|2008|9|18|1943|10|1
deathplace = Toronto, Canada
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Peter Kastner (1 October, 1943 – 18 September, 2008) was a Canadian-born actor who achieved prominence as a disaffected youth in movies of the 1960s.

Kastner's first leading role was in the 1964 Canadian film "Nobody Waved Goodbye," which was a semi-improvised, documentary-style look at middle-class teenagers. Kastner played an alienated young man, the son of a prosperous automobile dealer, who drifts into petty thievery.

His breakout role was in the title role of the 1967 Francis Ford Coppola comedy "You're a Big Boy Now," also starring Rip Torn, Geraldine Page and Elizabeth Hartman. Kastner played an earnest young man who travels to New York City and meets eccentrics.

Kastner played a similar role as a young, earnest advertising man swept up in the era in "B.S. I Love You."

Kastner also starred in the 1968-1969 ABC sitcom "The Ugliest Girl in Town", where he played Timothy Blair, a man who dressed in drag as a favour to his photographer brother. He also starred in the 1977 CBC Television sitcom "Custard Pie" as Leo Strauss, the manager of a musical group of that name. ["TV North" (p.35), by Peter Kenter; Whitecap Books, 2001] It was following "Ugliest Girl" that Kastner's fortunes took a turn for the worse. No producer would take him on in a leading role, prompting him to take supporting roles in movies and television series. [ [http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/502845 Toronto Star: "Peter Kastner, 64: Actor recalled for role as rebel" (9/20/2008)] ] His last movie acting role was "Unfinished Business", released in 1984, a sequel to "Nobody Waved Goodbye".

Kastner died from a heart attack in Toronto on September 18, 2008. He is survived by second wife Jenny. [ [http://www.thestar.com/News/GTA/article/502845 Toronto Star: "Peter Kastner, 64: Actor recalled for role as rebel" (9/20/2008)] ]

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NAME= Kastner, Peter
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DATE OF BIRTH= 1943-10-1
PLACE OF BIRTH= Canada
DATE OF DEATH= 2008-9-18
PLACE OF DEATH= Toronto, Canada