Biography
Ivan Triesault was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Early on in his acting career, Triesault landed roles in various films, including the Ludwig Donath drama "The Strange Death of Adolf Hitler" (1943), "Days of Glory" (1944) and "In Our Time" (1944). He also appeared in the action picture "Uncertain Glory" (1944) with Errol Flynn, the Nina Foch horror flick "Cry of the Werewolf" (1944) and "Escape in the Fog" (1945). He kept working in film throughout the forties and the fifties, starring in the George Raft crime picture "Johnny Allegro" (1949), "Kim" (1951) and the Louis Hayward drama "The Lady and the Bandit" (1951). He also appeared in "The Bad and the Beautiful" (1952). In the latter part of his career, he continued to act in "The Buster Keaton Story" (1957), the adaptation "Silk Stockings" (1957) with Fred Astaire and the John Wayne drama "Jet Pilot" (1957). He also appeared in the dramatic adaptation "The Young Lions" (1958) with Marlon Brando and "The Amazing Transparent Man" (1960). Triesault last acted in the action movie "Von Ryan's Express" (1965) with Frank Sinatra. Triesault passed away in January 1980 at the age of 82.
