I would rather be a live motion-picture actor than a dead king!" Kosloff's career as a film actor spanned the 1920s and Kosloff often appeared as the leading man opposite such well renowned actresses as Nita Naldi, Gloria Swanson, Bebe Daniels and Anna Q. Nilsson. With his dark hair and complexion, the ballet dancer was often cast in more exotic roles, often as a "Latin lover" type, Eastern European prince or noble, or Arabic sheik. Kosloff's acting career often relied heavily on DeMille procuring roles for him in his films. Indeed, the majority of Kosloff's film roles are in DeMille directed films. Kosloff's acting career came to an end with the advent of sound film. Studio executives were reluctant to cast him in roles because of his pronounced Russian accent. His last substantial on-screen role was a dance role playing "Electricity" clad in a Futurist costume in the Zeppelin dance scene of De Mille's MGM movie-musical flop Madam Satan. Kosloff's last film role was an uncredited role as a dance instructor in the 1937 Gregory La Cava directed Stage Door, opposite Ginger Rogers, Katharine Hepburn and Adolphe Menjou. He was the partner with madame Matilda Kshesinskaya who still lived in Paris, France. Since 1917, he consulted motion picture producers like Cecil B. De Mille and one of the last movies he was involved with was, up until his death The Ten Commandments. Later years and death After retiring from acting, Kosloff continued to work as a choreographer and opened a successful ballet school in Los Angeles, where choreographer Flower Hujer was one of his students. On Thanksgiving morning 1956, Theodore Kosloff was taken to Hollywood Hospital where he died at the age of 74 and was interred at Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood. Legacy He was survived by his estranged wife Madame Maria Baldwin (also spelled Baldina), and a brother Alexis Kosloff from Woodstock, New York. For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Theodore Kosloff was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1617 Vine Street, in Hollywood, California. Partial filmography The Woman God Forgot (1917) - Guatemoco The Tree of Knowledge (1920) - Adam Why Change Your Wife? (1920) - Radinoff The City of Masks (1920) - Bosky The Prince Chap (1920) - Yadder Something to Think About (1920) - Clown Forbidden Fruit (1921) - Pietro Giuseppe The Affairs of Anatol (1921)