Hannes Messemer 17 May 1924 – 2 November 1991 was a German actor from Dillingen an der Donau, Bavaria. Contents 1Biogaphy 1.1World War II 1.2Acting career 1.3Personal life 1.4Illness and death 2Filmography 2.1Film 2.2Television 3External links Biogaphy World War II Messemer served on the Eastern Front of World War II and was eventually captured by Soviet soldiers. He managed to escape and make
Peter van Eyck born Götz von Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969 was a German-born film actor. He was perhaps best known (in English-language films) for his roles in the 1960s features The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, Shalako and The Bridge at Remagen. Contents 1Biography 2Personal life 3Death 4Selected filmography 5References 6External links
Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück 19 November 1896 – 9 August 1967 was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema. Walbrook is perhaps best known for his
Ernst Wilhelm Borchert, or just Wilhelm Borchert, 13 March 1907 in Rixdorf – 1 June 1990 in Berlin was a German actor. He was also a voice actor for audio books and films. Contents 1Theater 2Films 3Dubbing 4Audiobooks 5Awards 6References 7External links Theater After graduating, Borchert pursued a degree in acting at the Reicherschen Hochschule für dramatische Kunst (Reicherschen
Felix Bressart March 2, 1892 – March 17, 1949 was a German-American actor of stage and screen. Contents 1Life and career 2Complete filmography 2.1German language films 2.2English language films 3References 4External links Life and career Bressart (pronounced “BRESS-ert”) was born in East Prussia, Germany (now part of Russia). His acting debut came in 1914 as Malvolio in
Paul Henreid 10 January 1908 – 29 March 1992 was an Austrian-British-American actor, director, producer, and writer. He is best remembered for two film roles: Victor Laszlo in Casablanca and Jerry Durrance in Now, Voyager, both released between 1942 and 1943. Contents 1Early life 2Stage and film careers 2.1England 2.2RKO, Warner Bros., and MGM 2.3Blacklisting and brief return to European
Oscar Homolka 12 August 1898 – 27 January 1978 was an Austrian film and theatre actor, who went on to work in Germany, Britain and America. Both his voice and his appearance fitted him for roles as communist spies or Soviet officials, for which he was in regular demand. By the age of 30, he
Otto Karl Robert Wernicke 30 September 1893, Osterode am Harz – 7 November 1965 was a German actor. He was best known for his role as police inspector Karl Lohmann in the two Fritz Lang films M and The Testament of Dr. Mabuse. He was the first actor to portray Captain Smith in the first “official” Titanic film. Wernicke was married to a Jewish woman. Only due to a special permit
Wolfgang Georg Louis Liebeneiner 6 October 1905 – 28 November 1987 was a German actor, film director and theatre director. Contents 1Beginnings 2Nazi era 3Post war 4Personal life 5Selected filmography 5.1Actor 5.2Director 6References 7External links Beginnings He was born in Liebau in Prussian Silesia. In 1928, he was taught by Otto Falckenberg, the director of the Munich Kammerspiele, in acting and
Alexander Granach April 18, 1890 – March 14, 1945 was a popular German-Austrian actor in the 1920s and 1930s who emigrated to the United States in 1938. Contents 1Life and career 2Partial filmography 3Literature 4References 5External links Life and career Granach was born Schaje Granoch in Werbowitz (Wierzbowce/Werbiwci) (Horodenka district, Austrian Galicia then, now Verbivtsi, Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast, Ukraine), to Jewish parents and rose to theatrical prominence