Anton Diffring

Acting / Production / Writing / Creator

Biography

Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; October 20, 1918 – May 20, 1989) was a German actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Diffring, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Personal Information

Place of Birth

Koblenz, Germany

About

Acting, Male

Birthday

20 October 1916, 109 years old

Known For

Fahrenheit 451

Escape to Victory

Where Eagles Dare

The Heroes of Telemark

The Blue Max

Operation Crossbow

Borsalino and Co.

The Beast Must Die

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Filmography

Production

Writing

Creator

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

2003

Anna

George Mamoulian

1988

Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

De Flores

1988

The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

1988

Faceless

Dr. Karl Heinz Moser

1988

Der Sommer des Samurai

Wintrich

1986

Wahnfried

Franz Listz

1986

Operation Dead End

Prof. Lang

1986

Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

Kardinal Millini

1985

The Masks of Death

Graf Udo Von Felseck

1984

Weltuntergang

1984

Der Besuch

Crazier

1984

S.A.S. San Salvador

Peter Reynolds

1983

Non Stop Trouble with Spies

Colonel Henderson

1983

Escape to Victory

chief commentator

1981

Tusk

John Morrison

1980

Der Durchdreher

Glorias erster Mann

1979

Son of Hitler

Gernheim

1979

Das Einhorn

Blomich

1978

Plutonium

Direktor Arnold

1978

Io sono mia

Padre di Suna

1977

Waldrausch

Fürst

1977

Valentino

Baron Long

1977

The Indians Are Still Far Away

Le professeur d'allemand

1977

Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

Old Priest

1977

Vanessa

Major Kenneth Cooper

1977

Montana Trap

Lieutenant Slade

1976

The Swiss Conspiracy

Franz Benninger

1976

Operation: Daybreak

Reinhard Heydrich

1975

Lehmanns Erzählungen

Allan

1975

H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Out of Time

Professor Peterson

1975

Shatter

Hans Leber

1974

Only the Wind Knows the Answer

John Keelwood

1974

Borsalino and Co.

German

1974

The Beast Must Die

Pavel

1974

Kiss Me and Die

Jonathan Lanceford

1974

Tony Arzenta

Hans Grunwald (uncredited)

1973

The Battle of Sutjeska

Generaloberst Alexander Lohr

1973

Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes

Dr. Franz

1973

Mark of the Devil Part II

Balthasar von Ross

1973

Little Mother

The Cardinal

1973

Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

Mensur

1972

The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

Ambassador Sobieski

1971

Zeppelin

Colonel Hirsch

1971

Piggies

Toto

1970

Kill Rommel!

Captain Richard Howell

1969

Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

Kurfürst

1969

Where Eagles Dare

Col. Kramer

1968

Counterpoint

Col. Arndt

1967

The Double Man

Col. Berthold

1967

Fahrenheit 451

Fabian / Headmistress

1966

The Blue Max

Holbach

1966

The Heroes of Telemark

Major Frick

1965

Geld, Geld, Geld - 2 Milliarden gegen die Bank von England

SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich

1965

Shots in 3/4 Time

Burger

1965

Operation Crossbow

SS Sturmbannfuhrer

1965

Lana: Queen of the Amazons

Prof. van Vries

1964

Vorsicht Mister Dodd

Howard

1964

Incident at Midnight

Dr. Erik Leichner

1963

Enter Inspector Duval

Inspector Duval

1961

Circus of Horrors

Dr. Schuler

1960

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Dr. Georges Bonner

1959

Mark of the Phoenix

Inspector Schell

1958

A Question of Adultery

Carl Dieter

1958

Tales of Frankenstein

Baron Frankenstein

1958

Seven Thunders

Col. Trautman

1957

Lady of Vengeance

Karmak

1957

The Crooked Sky

Fraser

1957

The Traitor

Joseph Brezina

1957

House of Secrets

Anton Lauderbach

1956

Reach for the Sky

German Stabsfeldwebel

1956

Seven Years in Tibet

Narrator (voice)

1956

The Black Tent

Senior German Officer

1956

Doublecross

Dmitri Krassin

1956

I Am a Camera

Fritz Wendel

1955

The Colditz Story

Hauptmann Fischer

1955

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

German Pilot

1954

Operation Diplomat

Edward Shroder

1953

Albert R.N.

Capt Schultz

1953

Park Plaza 605

Gregor

1953

The Red Beret

The Pole

1953

Never Let Me Go

Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1953

Top Secret

Border Police GDR (uncredited)

1952

The Woman's Angle

Peasant

1952

Song of Paris

Renoir

1952

Appointment with Venus

2nd German Soldier

1951

Hotel Sahara

German Soldier

1951

Highly Dangerous

Officer at Station (uncredited)

1950

State Secret

State Police Officer at Theater

1950

Neutral Port

Sailor

1940

Convoy

U-Boat Officer

1940