Walter Kohut

{{Short description|Austrian actor (1927–1980)}}

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| birth_date = 20 November 1927

| birth_place = Vienna, Austria

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1980|5|18|1927|11|20|df=y}}

| death_place = Innsbruck, Austria

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| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1949–1980

| spouse = Immy Schell

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Walter Kohut (20 November 1927 – 18 May 1980) was an Austrian film, television and theatre actor.

He appeared in many Austrian and German films over a 30-year period and became known for playing shady characters. He became known internationally for his portrayal of Field Marshal Walter Model in the 1977 Hollywood blockbuster A Bridge Too Far and for an appearance in the 1979 thriller Bloodline.

He was married to the actress Immy Schell, sister of Maria and Maximilian Schell, his co-star in A Bridge Too Far. He died aged 52 and his gravesite is located in the Mauer cemetery in Vienna.