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Anton Diffring

Actor | * 10/20/1918 († 70, 05/20/1989) | Koblenz (Germany)
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Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; 20 October 1916 – 19 May 1989) was a German actor. He had an extensive film and television career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s, latterly appearing in international films. Primarily a character actor, he often played Nazi officers in World War II films, and other antagonistic authority figures. ()
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Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | War

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World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in the Schloss Adler, a Bavarian castle that's nearly impossible to breach. It's up to a group of skilled Al ...

Where Eagles Dare

PG

1968 | 3.8/5 | 2h 35min
Action, Adventure, War
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A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team in this powerful film depicting the role of prisoners during wartime. ...

Escape to Victory

PG-13

1981 | 3.5/5 | 1h 56min
Drama, War
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Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier human victims. Bonner looks about 40; he's really 104 years old. But people are starting to get suspicious, ...

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Certification unknown

1959 | 3.0/5 | 1h 23min
Horror, Science Fiction
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A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries ambitiously to earn the medal offered for 20 kills. ...

The Blue Max

PG

1966 | 3.4/5 | 2h 36min
War, Action, Adventure, Drama
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Movies with Anton Diffring as Actor(87)

as George Mamoulian1988 Anna
as Dr. Karl Heinz Moser1988 Faceless
as Wintrich1986 The Summer of the Samurai
as Prof. Lang1986 Operation Dead End
as Franz Listz1986 Wahnfried
as Kardinal Millini1985 Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
1984 Weltuntergang
as Crazier1984 Der Besuch
as Graf Udo Von Felseck1984 The Masks of Death
as Peter Reynolds1983 S.A.S. San Salvador
as Colonel Henderson1983 Non Stop Trouble with Spies
as chief commentator1981 Escape to Victory
as John Morrison1980 Tusk
as Glorias erster Mann1979 Der Durchdreher
as Gernheim1979 Son of Hitler
as Blomich1978 Das Einhorn
as Direktor Arnold1978 Plutonium
as Padre di Suna1977 Io sono mia
as Old Priest1977 Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
as Fürst1977 Waldrausch
as Baron Long1977 Valentino
as Franz Benninger1976 The Swiss Conspiracy
as Major Kenneth Cooper1976 Vanessa
as Lieutenant Slade1976 Montana Trap
as Reinhard Heydrich1975 Operation: Daybreak
as Allan1975 Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Professor Peterson1975 H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit
as Jonathan Lanceford1974 Kiss Me and Die
as John Keelwood1974 Only the Wind Knows the Answer
as German1974 Borsalino and Co.
as Pavel1974 The Beast Must Die
as Hans Leber1974 Shatter
as Generaloberst Alexander Lohr1973 The Battle of Sutjeska
as Balthasar von Ross1973 Mark of the Devil Part II
as Dr. Franz1973 Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eye
as The Cardinal1973 Little Mother
as Hans Grunwald (uncredited)1973 Big Guns
as Mensur1972 Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
as Ambassador Sobieski1971 The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
as Colonel Hirsch1971 Zeppelin
as Toto1970 Piggies
as Kurfürst1969 Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
as Captain Richard Howell1969 Kill Rommel!
as Col. Kramer1968 Where Eagles Dare
as Col. Arndt1967 Counterpoint
as Col. Berthold1967 The Double Man
as Fabian / Headmistress1966 Fahrenheit 451
as Holbach1966 The Blue Max
as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich1965 Geld, Geld, Geld - 2 Milliarden gegen die Bank von England
as Major Frick1965 The Heroes of Telemark
as SS Sturmbannfuhrer1965 Operation Crossbow
as Burger1965 Shots in 3/4 Time
as Howard1964 Vorsicht Mister Dodd
as Prof. van Vries1964 Lana: Queen of the Amazons
as Dr. Erik Leichner1963 Incident at Midnight
as Inspector Duval1961 Enter Inspector Duval
as Dr. Schuler1960 Circus of Horrors
as Dr. Georges Bonner1959 The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Inspector Schell1958 Mark of the Phoenix
as Baron Frankenstein1958 Tales of Frankenstein
as Carl Dieter1958 A Question of Adultery
as Col. Trautman1957 Seven Thunders
as Fraser1957 The Crooked Sky
as Karmak1957 Lady of Vengeance
as Joseph Brezina1957 The Traitor
as German Stabsfeldwebel1956 Reach for the Sky
as Senior German Officer1956 The Black Tent
as Anton Lauderbach1956 House of Secrets
as Dmitri Krassin1956 Doublecross
as Erzähler1956 Seven Years in Tibet
as Hauptmann Fischer1955 The Colditz Story
as Fritz Wendel1955 I Am a Camera
as German Pilot1954 The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as Gregor1953 Park Plaza 605
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)1953 Never Let Me Go
as The Pole1953 The Red Beret
as Edward Shroder1953 Operation Diplomat
as Capt Schultz1953 Albert R.N.
as Peasant1952 The Woman's Angle
as Border Police GDR (uncredited)1952 Top Secret
as Renoir1952 Song of Paris
as German Soldier1951 Hotel Sahara
as 2nd German Soldier1951 Appointment with Venus
as State Police Officer at Theater1950 State Secret
as Officer at Station (uncredited)1950 Highly Dangerous
as Sailor1940 Neutral Port
as U-Boat Officer1940 Convoy

TV Shows/Series with Anton Diffring as Actor(21)

as Joachim von Ribbentrop1983 The Winds of War
as Mr. Dermot1979 Flambards
as O'Brien1978 Le Mutant
as Leo Steglitz1977 The Old Fox
1975 Kommissariat 9
as Alfred Bandera1974 Derrick
as Herr Scherer1974 Derrick
as Herr de Mohl1974 Derrick
as Jonathan Lanceford1973 Thriller
as Insp. Hoffman1972 Assignment: Vienna
as Mensur1970 Scene of the Crime
as Roland Sauter1969 Der Kommissar
as Adolf Eichmann1965 Play of the Month
as De Flores1963 Doctor Who
as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich1963 Interpol
1962 Studio Four
as Wilhelm Hessler1959 One Step Beyond
as Francois1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Davos1956 Colonel March of Scotland Yard
as Joseph Tezlik1956 Wire Service
as Charles Mason1955 Dixon of Dock Green

Full Name: Anton Diffring
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Sunday, 10/20 1918 (October) in Koblenz (Germany)
Died: Saturday, 05/20 1989 (May) in Châteauneuf-Grasse (aged: 70)
Zodiac sign: Libra (Chinese zodiac sign: Horse)
Languages: German (DE)
Other names for Anton Diffring (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Antony Diffring"
"Alfred Pollack"
"Anthony Diffring"
Anton Diffring frequently works together with these people:
Hans Georg Panczak (46x, Actor)
Terry Walsh (39x, Actor)
Philipp Moog (38x, Actor)
Dirk Galuba (38x, Actor)
Pierre Franckh (35x, Actor)
Hans Peter Hallwachs (34x, Actor)
Holger Petzold (33x, Actor)
Wolf Roth (32x, Actor)
Sky du Mont (31x, Actor)
Jacques Breuer (30x, Actor)
Udo Vioff (29x, Actor)
Gerd Baltus (27x, Actor)
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