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Karl-Otto Alberty

Actor | * 11/13/1933 († 81, 04/25/2015) | Berlin (Germany)
† died 9 years ago
Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, 13 November 1933 – 25 April 2015) was a German actor. Alberty was born as Karl-Otto Poensgen in Berlin on 13 November 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963). With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role of German officers in a series of films, notably Battle of the Bulge (1965), Andrew V. McLaglen's The Devil's Brigade (1968), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and as a Waffen-SS tank commander of a Tiger I tank from the 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH in Kelly's Heroes (1970). He played a Luftwaffe general in ()
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Karl-Otto Alberty (also Karl Otto Alberty, 13 November 1933 – 25 April 2015) was a German actor.Alberty was born in Berlin on 13 November 1933. He started out as an amateur boxer before discovering a talent for acting, making his début at the City Theatre in Konstanz in 1959. He then began to take supporting roles in films. He made his first appearance in English language films as an SD officer (who captures Richard Attenborough) in The Great Escape (1963). With his broad face, broken nose and distinctive white-blond hair, he would go on to play variations of the role of German officers in a series of films, notably Battle of the Bulge (1965), Andrew V. McLaglen's The Devil's Brigade (1968), Luchino Visconti's The Damned (1969), and as a Waffen-SS tank commander of a Tiger I tank from the 1st SS Panzer Division LSSAH in Kelly's Heroes (1970). He played a Luftwaffe general in Battle of Britain (1969).

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | War | Crime

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The Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder ...

The Great Escape

NR

1963 | 4.0/5 | 2h 53min
Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War
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In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major ...

Battle of the Bulge

NR

1965 | 3.5/5 | 2h 47min
Drama, History, War
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A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines. ...

Kelly's Heroes

PG

1970 | 3.7/5 | 2h 24min
Adventure, Comedy, War
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Italian miniseries based on Homer's Odyssey. ...

The Odyssey

Certification unknown

1968 | 4.6/5 | 50min per episode
Drama, History, Action & Adventure, Science-Fiction & Fantasy
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Movies with Karl-Otto Alberty as Actor(27)

as Otto Globocnik1983 The Island of the Bloody Plantation
as Swede1980 Flatfoot in Egypt
1972 The Assassination
as First Stocky Man1972 The Salzburg Connection
as Fritz1972 Assignment: Munich
as Marchese de la Sotta1972 Superbug, Super Agent
as Friend of von Sepper1972 Bluebeard
as Group Two German Guard1972 Slaughterhouse-Five
as Schroeder1971 Raid on Rommel
as German tank commander1970 Kelly's Heroes
as Bit Part (uncredited)1970 The Lickerish Quartet
as 2. Commissioner1970 Angels Who Burn Their Wings
as Hotte Priemel1969 On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight
as Otto1969 The Secret of Santa Vittoria
as Mark Dietrich1969 Midas Run
as Bauer, il coreografo1969 Help Me, My Love
as 1st Officer Wehrmacht1969 The Damned
as General Jeschonnek - Luftwaffe Chief of Staff1969 Battle of Britain
as Blonde Deputy with Harmonica1967 Day of Anger
as Konnikow1967 Valentin Katajews chirurgische Eingriffe in das Seelenleben des Dr. Igor Igorowitsch
as SS - tapisserie de Bayeux1966 Is Paris Burning?
1965 The House in Karp Lane
as Von Diepel1965 Battle of the Bulge
as Hondo1965 Oklahoma John
as S.S. Officer Steinach1963 The Great Escape
as Oberfeldwebel Knorr1963 Barras Heute
as Thomas1961 Toller Hecht auf krummer Tour

TV Shows/Series with Karl-Otto Alberty as Actor(4)

as Eurimaco1968 The Odyssey
as Baboo1967 Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre
as Vitus1965 Die seltsamen Methoden des Franz Josef Wanninger
as Hauptwachtmeister Kargel1963 Die Karte mit dem Luchskopf

Full Name: Karl-Otto Alberty
Citizenship: Germany
Born: Monday, 11/13 1933 (November) in Berlin (Germany)
Died: Saturday, 04/25 2015 (April) (aged: 81)
Zodiac sign: Scorpio (Chinese zodiac sign: Rooster)
Languages: German (DE)
Other names for Karl-Otto Alberty (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Karl Alberty Otto"
"Charles Albert"
"Charles Alberty"
"Carlo Alberti"
"Karl-Otto Poensgen"
Karl-Otto Alberty frequently works together with these people:
Rudolf Zehetgruber (4x, Crew)
Wilfried Klaus (4x, Actor)
Sigurd Fitzek (4x, Actor)
Wolfgang Preiss (3x, Actor)
Alberto Sordi (3x, Actor)
Rolf Olsen (3x, Crew)
Luchino Visconti (3x, Crew)
Maurice Jarre (3x, Crew)
Henry Bumstead (3x, Crew)
Jaspar von Oertzen (3x, Actor)
Kurt Raab (3x, Actor)
Radley Metzger (3x, Crew)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:275609, Added: 08/09/2018, Last updated: 04/22/2024