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Curd Jürgens

Acting

Born December 13, 1915 · Solln, Germany [now Munich, Germany]

Died June 18, 1982

Also known as Curt Jurgens · Curt Jürgens · Curd Jurgens

Biography

Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens. He was best known for playing a Luftwaffe General based upon Ernst Udet in Des Teufels General. His English-language roles include James Bond villain Karl Stromberg in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), Éric Carradine in And God Created Woman (1956), and Professor Immanuel Rath in The Blue Angel (1959), and a war-weary U-boat captain in The Enemy Below (1957).

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Awards & recognition

  • Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  • Kainz Medal
  • Volpi Cup — Best Actor

Filmography23 titles

The Longest Day

1962as Maj. Gen. Gunther Blumentritt

The Man from U.N.C.L.E.

1964as Carl Von Kesser

The Enemy Below

1957as Kapitän von Stolberg

Nicholas and Alexandra

1971as German Consul to Switzerland

Battle of Britain

1969as Baron von Richter

The Spy Who Loved Me

1977as Karl Stromberg

The Battle of Neretva

1969as General Lohring

Lord Jim

1965as Cornelius

The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

1958as Capt. Lin Nan

The Assassination Bureau

1969as General von Pinck

Bitter Victory

1957as Major David Brand

Michael Strogoff

1956as Michael Strogoff

Scene of the Crime

1970as Konrad Pfandler

...And God Created Woman

1956as Eric Carradine

The Mephisto Waltz

1971as Duncan Mowbray

Battle of the Commandos

1969as General Von Reilow

Two Males for Alexa

1971as Ronald Marvelling

OSS 117 Murder for Sale

1968as Il Maggiore

Dirty Heroes

1967as General Edwin von Keist

Goldengirl

1979as Dr. Serafin

The Karate Killers

1967as Carl van Kesser

Just a Gigolo

1978as Prince

Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident

1979as Baron "Marchant"