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Anton Diffring

Acting

Born October 20, 1916 · Koblenz, Germany

Died May 20, 1989

Also known as Antony Diffring · Alfred Pollack · Anthony Diffring

Biography

Anton Diffring 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 villains in horror films, and other antagonistic authority figures.

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Filmography36 titles

Doctor Who

1963as De Flores

Bachelor in Paris

1952as Renoir

The Traitor

1957as Joseph Brezina

Where Eagles Dare

1968as Col. Kramer

Colonel March of Scotland Yard

1956as Francois

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954as German Pilot

Albert R.N.

1953as Capt Schultz

Fahrenheit 451

1966as Fabian / Headmistress

Victory

1981as chief commentator

Operation Daybreak

1975as Reinhard Heydrich

Thriller

1973as Jonathan Lanceford

The Heroes of Telemark

1965as Major Frick

Reach for the Sky

1956as German Stabsfeldwebel

The Blue Max

1966as Holbach

The Colditz Story

1955as Hauptmann Fischer

Operation Crossbow

1965as SS Sturmbannfuhrer

Borsalino and Co.

1974as German

House of Secrets

1956as Anton Lauderbach

The Black Tent

1956as Senior German Officer

The Double Man

1967as Col. Berthold

No Way Out

1973as Hans Grunwald (uncredited)

Scene of the Crime

1970as Mensur

Counterpoint

1967as Col. Arndt

Operation Diplomat

1953as Edward Shroder

Valentino

1977as Baron Long

Circus of Horrors

1960as Dr. Schuler

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

1959as Dr. Georges Bonner

One Step Beyond

1959as Wilhelm Hessler

Lady of Vengeance

1957as Karmak

Hotel Sahara

1951as German Soldier

Convoy

1940as U-Boat Officer

Seven Deaths in the Cats Eyes

1973as Dr. Franz

Seven Thunders

1957as Col. Trautman

The Beast Must Die

1974as Pavel

The Swiss Conspiracy

1976as Franz Benninger

S.A.S. San Salvador

1983as Peter Reynolds