Theodore Gottlieb

Theodore Gottlieb

Birthday: 1906-11-11

Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, Germany

Biography: Theodore Isidore Gottlieb (November 11, 1906 – April 5, 2001), mostly known as Brother Theodore, was a German-born American actor and comedian known for rambling, stream-of-consciousness monologues which he called "stand-up tragedy". He was described as "Boris Karloff, surrealist Salvador Dalí, Nijinsky and Red Skelton…simultaneously".

Movies

The Return of the King
The Return of the King

Two Hobbits struggle to destroy the Ring in Mount Doom while their friends desperately fight evil Lo...

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The Hobbit
The Hobbit

The story follows the adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a diminutive creative who resides in a place call...

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The Last Unicorn
The Last Unicorn

A unicorn learns from a riddle-speaking butterfly that she is supposedly the last of her kind, all t...

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The 'Burbs
The 'Burbs

When secretive new neighbors move in next door, suburbanite Ray Peterson and his friends let their p...

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The Invisible Kid
The Invisible Kid

A nerdy teenage scientist discovers a formula for invisibility, and uses it to take revenge on all t...

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Horror of the Blood Monsters
Horror of the Blood Monsters

Astronauts land on a planet with prehistoric creatures and a war between a human-like tribe and a ra...

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Massage Parlor Murders
Massage Parlor Murders

A vicious serial killer is stalking the streets of New York City, murdering Times Square massage gir...

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That's Adequate
That's Adequate

This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Ra...

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The Soldier's Tale
The Soldier's Tale

A soldier, returning home from war, chances upon a stranger who offers to buy his violin. The strang...

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Apple Pie
Apple Pie

Gangster Jacques Blinbaum spins the tale of how he began his life of crime, beginning when he faked ...

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The Black Widow
The Black Widow

The Daily Clarion hires detective story writer Steve Colt to investigate the deaths of a group of sc...

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Nocturna
Nocturna

Hard times have fallen on the Transylvanian House of Dracula. To help pay the taxes, Castle Dracula ...

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To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore
To My Great Chagrin: The Unbelievable Story of Brother Theodore

He is considered to be one of the most significant links in the history of comedy, admired by such p...

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Gums
Gums

A killer nympho mermaid with an oral fixation prowls the ocean waters, devouring – up to a point – a...

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The Third Man
The Third Man

In postwar Vienna, Austria, Holly Martins, a writer of pulp Westerns, arrives penniless as a guest o...

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The Stranger
The Stranger

An investigator from the War Crimes Commission travels to Connecticut to find an infamous Nazi, who ...

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So Dark the Night
So Dark the Night

Inspector Cassin, a renowned Paris detective, departs to the country for a much-needed break. There ...

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Devil's Express
Devil's Express

Luke and his friend Rodan take a break from the city streets to train in kung fu in China. Whilst th...

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A Nose
A Nose

Brother Theodore narrates and appears in this surreal hybrid animated/live action short film based o...

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