Anton Diffring (1916 - 1989)

German-born character actor who had an extensive career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s

* October 20, 1916 Koblenz, Germany
 as Alfred Pollack
 May 20, 1989 Chateauneuf-de-Grasse, France



Books with an entry on Anton Diffring

Brian McFarlane (ed.) The Encyclopedia of British Film Brian McFarlane (ed.)
The Encyclopedia of British Film
London, 2003

Kay Weniger Das große Personenlexikon des Films Kay Weniger
Das große Personenlexikon des Films, Zweiter Band, C-F
Berlin, 2001

Films

1950
Highly Dangerous
State Secret

1951
Appointment with Venus
Hotel Sahara

1952
The Woman's Angle
Top Secret
Song of Paris

1953
Never Let Me Go
The Red Beret
Park Plaza 605
Albert, R.N.

1954
Betrayed
The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1955
I Am a Camera
The Colditz Story

1956
Reach for the Sky
House of Secrets
The Black Tent

1957
The Traitor
Lady of Vengeance

1958
Mark of the Phoenix

1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1960
Circus of Horrors

1964
Vorsicht Mister Dodd
Lana - Königin der Amazonen

1965
Operation Crossbow
The Heroes of Telemark
Schüsse im 3/4 Takt

1966
Fahrenheit 451
The Blue Max

1967
Counterpoint
The Double Man

1968
Where Eagles Dare

1969
Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell

1971
L'iguana dalla lingua di fuoco
Zeppelin

1972
The Day the Clown Cried

1973
Hexen geschändet und zu Tode gequält
Tatort - Tote Taube in der Beethovenstraße
Sutjeska
Little Mother

1974
Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind
Shatter
The Beast Must Die
Borsalino and Co.

1975
Operation Daybreak

1977
Valentino

1978
Son of Hitler

1980
Tusk

1981
Victory

1984
The Masks of Death

1986
Operation Dead End
Der Sommer des Samurai

1987
Faceless

1988
Anna

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