Anton Diffring

Born: 1916-10-20

Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; October 20, 1918 – May 20, 1989) was a German actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Diffring, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Escape to Victory

as chief commentator
Released: 1981-06-17

A group of POWs in a German prison camp during World War II play the German National Soccer Team...

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Fahrenheit 451

as Fabian / Headmistress
Released: 1966-09-07

In the future, the government maintains control of public opinion by outlawing literature and...

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as Col. Kramer
Released: 1968-12-04

World War II is raging, and an American general has been captured and is being held hostage in...

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The Heroes of Telemark

as Major Frick
Released: 1965-11-12

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist...

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Borsalino and Co.

as German
Released: 1974-10-23

Marseille. Heaps of flowers and funeral wreaths... "A man who no longer defends his colors is no...

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Circus of Horrors

as Dr. Schuler
Released: 1960-04-01

A plastic surgeon and his nurse join a bizarre circus to escape from the police. Here he...

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The Blue Max

as Holbach
Released: 1966-06-21

A young pilot in the German air force of 1918, disliked as lower-class and unchivalrous, tries...

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Operation: Daybreak

as Reinhard Heydrich
Released: 1975-11-01

Czechoslovakia, 1942. Three brave Czech patriots risk everything to rid their country of its...

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Tony Arzenta

as Hans Grunwald (uncredited)
Released: 1973-08-23

A mob hitman wants to retire, but his bosses don't think that's a good idea. Complications - and...

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The Colditz Story

as Hauptmann Fischer
Released: 1955-01-25

Allied prisoners of various nationalities pool their resources to plan numerous escapes from an...

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Operation Crossbow

as SS Sturmbannfuhrer
Released: 1965-04-01

Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets...

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Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

as Old Priest
Released: 1977-03-10

16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists.

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Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes

as Dr. Franz
Released: 1973-04-12

In a small Scottish village, horribly murdered bodies keep turning up. Suspicion falls upon the...

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S.A.S. San Salvador

as Peter Reynolds
Released: 1983-02-25

Enrique Chacon kills Oscar Romero, a Catholic archbishop in San Salvador. The CIA calls a...

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Valentino

as Baron Long
Released: 1977-09-07

In 1926 the tragic and untimely death of a silent screen actor caused female moviegoers to riot...

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Shatter

as Hans Leber
Released: 1974-12-06

Shatter, an international contract killer, has been assigned to assassinate the President of a...

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Never Let Me Go

as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Released: 1953-03-18

An American reporter falls in love with a Russian ballet dancer.

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Faceless

as Dr. Karl Heinz Moser
Released: 1988-06-22

A model named Barbara Hallen has disappeared and her father gets private detective Sam Morgan to...

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Counterpoint

as Col. Arndt
Released: 1967-12-22

In December of 1944, Lionel Evans, an internationally renowned American conductor, is on a USO...

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The Beast Must Die

as Pavel
Released: 1974-04-01

Wealthy big game hunter Tom Newcliffe has tracked and killed practically every type of animal in...

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The Man Who Could Cheat Death

as Dr. Georges Bonner
Released: 1959-06-15

Dr. Bonner plans to live forever through periodic gland transplants from younger, healthier...

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The Double Man

as Col. Berthold
Released: 1967-04-25

In a complex piece of espionage the Russian secret service attempts to kidnap a high ranking...

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Tusk

as John Morrison
Released: 1980-03-01

An English girl and an Indian elephant, born on the same day, share a common destiny...

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The Swiss Conspiracy

as Franz Benninger
Released: 1976-03-01

A Swiss bank discovers some of its clients are becoming the victim of a brilliant blackmailer....

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Reach for the Sky

as German Stabsfeldwebel
Released: 1956-07-05

The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying...

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The Red Beret

as The Pole
Released: 1953-08-11

Steve MacKendrick resigns from the US Army after causing the needless death of a fellow officer....

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The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire

as Ambassador Sobieski
Released: 1971-08-24

In Dublin, the acid-scarred, razor-slashed corpse of a young woman is discovered in the boot of...

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Park Plaza 605

as Gregor
Released: 1953-09-11

Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but...

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Top Secret

as Border Police GDR (uncredited)
Released: 1952-11-10

A British Sanitary Engineer, goes on holiday with a set of plans for a new secret weapon which...

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I Am a Camera

as Fritz Wendel
Released: 1955-07-21

Just before the Nazis ascend to power in Berlin, Chris, an aspiring novelist from England, meets...

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Montana Trap

as Lieutenant Slade
Released: 1976-05-05

Potato Fritz (Hardy Kruger) and his friends have moved from Germany to the American Wild West,...

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Vanessa

as Major Kenneth Cooper (as Anthony Diffring)
Released: 1976-10-11

Following her parents' death, Vanessa was raised in a convent. Due to an inheritance, she...

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Song of Paris

as Renoir
Released: 1952-02-10

An archetypal Englishman returns from a jaunt abroad to face a dastardly foreign count in a...

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Albert R.N.

as Capt Schultz
Released: 1953-11-23

The British inmates of a POW camp think they have an informer among them after several escape...

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The Sea Shall Not Have Them

as German Pilot
Released: 1954-06-01

During autumn of 1944, an RAF Hudson carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret...

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The Crooked Sky

as Fraser
Released: 1957-03-31

An American detective unmasks a gambler as the head of a banknote counterfeiting gang.

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The Traitor

as Joseph Brezina
Released: 1957-03-01

One time members of a resistance group come together every year to remember their dead leader,...

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The Battle of Sutjeska

as Generaloberst Alexander Lohr
Released: 1973-07-03

The headquarters of the Marshal Tito's Liberation Army are surrounded by Axis forces. The...

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Lady of Vengeance

as Karmak
Released: 1957-08-01

When publisher William Marshall learns his young ward Melissa Collins has committed suicide, he...

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State Secret

as State Police Officer at Theater
Released: 1950-09-11

Visiting in England, an American surgeon Doctor John Marlowe is decoyed to a middle European...

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Convoy

as U-Boat Officer
Released: 1940-09-28

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between...

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Zeppelin

as Colonel Hirsch
Released: 1971-04-08

The outbreak of World War I places Scots officer Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in an uncomfortable...

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The Summer of the Samurai

as Wintrich
Released: 1986-06-19

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Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel

as Kurfürst
Released: 1969-04-11

In medieval times, a horse merchant is forced by a noble to leave part of his stock as payment...

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Seven Thunders

as Col. Trautman
Released: 1957-09-04

Escaping British prisoners of war hide out in German occupied France.

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House of Secrets

as Anton Lauderbach
Released: 1956-10-23

Police in Paris recruit an English ship's officer (Michael Craig) to help trap counterfeiters by...

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Shots in 3/4 Time

as Burger
Released: 1965-04-08

B 501, a newly developed controller for missiles, has disappeared despite the strict...

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Kill Rommel!

as Captain Richard Howell
Released: 1969-09-06

During WWII, US Lieutenant Morris and British captain Hull are assigned in a mission to kill Rommel.

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Son of Hitler

as Gernheim
Released: 1979-01-01

The leader of a right-wing German political party discovers that an illiterate woodcarver is...

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Little Mother

as The Cardinal
Released: 1973-01-05

Marina Pinares, the wife of the president of a South American country, insists on being his...

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Kiss Me and Die

as Jonathan Lanceford
Released: 1974-02-09

When his brother vanishes without a trace, American Robert Stone goes to his last known...

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Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie

as Kardinal Millini
Released: 1985-05-02

The story of Marie Ward, a religious woman from a devout, aristocratic Yorkshire Catholic family...

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The Masks of Death

as Graf Udo Von Felseck
Released: 1984-12-23

Sherlock Holmes has retired. But when MacDonald asks him to take on another case, he says yes....

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Io sono mia

as Padre di Suna
Released: 1977-11-18

Vannina and Giacinto are a young married couple who live their relationship in an unequal way;...

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Hotel Sahara

as German Soldier
Released: 1951-07-09

World War II farce about the hotel of the title

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Appointment with Venus

as 2nd German Soldier
Released: 1951-10-08

At the outbreak of WWII the British realise they can't prevent the invasion of the Channel...

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Der Besuch

as Crazier
Released: 1984-03-18

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Mark of the Devil Part II

as Balthasar von Ross
Released: 1973-01-26

A tribunal interrogates, tortures and murders "witches" and "heretics" during the Inquisition.

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Mark of the Phoenix

as Inspector Schell
Released: 1958-10-31

A jewel thief finds himself a target when a smuggled cigarette case made from a stolen new metal...

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Only the Wind Knows the Answer

as John Keelwood
Released: 1974-11-20

The yacht of millionaire Hellmann explodes in the Mediterranean Sea, with him and 8 men crew on...

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Horrible Horror

as Baron Frankenstein in 'Tales of Frankenstein'
Released: 1986-01-01

A collection of trailers and previews from various low-budget horror films of the '50s and '60s.

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Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis

as De Flores
Released: 1988-12-07

The arrival of a mysterious comet heralds impending danger from enemies both old and new. As Ace...

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Tales of Frankenstein

as Baron Frankenstein
Released: 1958-01-01

In this pilot for a series that was never picked up, Dr. Frankenstein has just finished...

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Lana: Queen of the Amazons

as Prof. van Vries
Released: 1964-11-10

A scientist and his nephew are hosts of Lana, queen of the Amazons, while other crew men try to...

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Seven Years in Tibet

as Erzähler
Released: 1956-05-01

Heinrich Harrer, an Austrian moutain climber, escapes from a British POW camp in India and flees...

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Highly Dangerous

as Officer at Station (uncredited)
Released: 1950-12-06

A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

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Operation Diplomat

as Edward Shroder
Released: 1953-12-01

A physician is forced to operate on a mystery figure under shady circumstances.

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The Black Tent

as Senior German Officer
Released: 1956-04-09

During the British retreat through Libya, a British officer takes shelter with a group of Arab...

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Der Durchdreher

as Glorias erster Mann
Released: 1979-03-08

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Plutonium

as Direktor Arnold
Released: 1978-06-25

Camouflaged as a political suspense documentary, Plutonium demonstrates the theft of highly...

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A Question of Adultery

as Carl Dieter
Released: 1958-07-15

Mark Loring is madly jealous of his wife, Mary, former American cabaret singer. Due to an...

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The Indians Are Still Far Away

as Le professeur d'allemand
Released: 1977-03-19

A 17-year-old high school student, Jenny Kern, is found dead from cold and exhaustion in the...

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Waldrausch

as Fürst
Released: 1977-09-07

In order to stop the annual flooding, a dam is to be built in the mountain valley; a...

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The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

as uncredited
Released: 2003-10-31

Over one hour of black-and-white location footage and interviews with the stars and director,...

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Operation Dead End

as Prof. Lang
Released: 1986-04-10

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Non Stop Trouble with Spies

as Colonel Henderson
Released: 1983-02-18

The harmless Berlin taxi driver Herbert Boeckmann has a bad day: Three mysterious gentlemen put...

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Das Einhorn

as Blomich
Released: 1978-09-28

A copywriter gets famous with his first book. When asked to write a new novel about love for his...

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Anna

as George Mamoulian
Released: 1988-12-15

This film is the theatrical follow-up to a very popular German TV-series (also called "Anna"),...

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The Woman's Angle

as Peasant
Released: 1952-02-12

The organising force of a family of musical prodigies, Robert Mansell is a frustrated composer...

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Vorsicht Mister Dodd

as Howard
Released: 1964-02-13

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Incident at Midnight

as Dr. Erik Leichner
Released: 1963-01-01

In a late night chemist a shot bank robber has been taken for treatment, and to rendezvous with...

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Wahnfried

as Franz Listz
Released: 1986-04-16

Wahnfried (German: Richard und Cosima, French: Richard et Cosima) is a 1986 West German-French...

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H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit

as Professor Peterson
Released: 1975-01-01

Based on H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Out of Time, this is the story of a professor who suffers a...

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Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street

as Mensur
Released: 1972-11-17

A private detective (Glenn Corbett) infiltrates a gang of drug-dealing extortionists who prey on...

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Scene of the Crime

as Mensur
First aired: 1970-11-29

Tatort is a long-running German/Austrian/Swiss, crime television series set in various parts of...

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Doctor Who

as De Flores
First aired: 1963-11-23

The adventures of The Doctor, a time-traveling humanoid alien known as a Time Lord. He explores...

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Der Alte

as Leo Steglitz
First aired: 1977-04-11

A police department, lead by an older, experienced detective solve crimes together.

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Derrick

as Herr de Mohl
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Alfred Bandera
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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Derrick

as Herr Scherer
First aired: 1974-10-20

Derrick was a German TV series produced by Telenova Film und Fernsehproduktion in association...

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One Step Beyond

as Wilhelm Hessler
First aired: 1959-01-20

Alcoa Presents: One Step Beyond is an American anthology series created by Merwin Gerard. The...

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Der Kommissar

as Roland Sauter
First aired: 1969-01-03

Der Kommissar is a German television series about a group of detectives of the Munich homicide...

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BBC Play of the Month

as Adolf Eichmann
First aired: 1965-10-19

Play of the Month is a BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and...

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Thriller

as Jonathan Lanceford
First aired: 1973-04-14

Thriller is a British television series, originally broadcast in the UK from 1973 to 1976. It is...

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The Winds of War

as Joachim von Ribbentrop
First aired: 1983-02-06

Set against the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in...

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Dixon of Dock Green

as Charles Mason
First aired: 1955-07-09

Created by Ted Willis. Dixon of Dock Green was a BBC television series following the activities...

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Wire Service

as Joseph Tezlik
First aired: 1956-10-04

Wire Service is an American drama series that aired on ABC as part of its 1956-57 season lineup.

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Hancock's Half Hour

as uncredited
First aired: 1956-07-06

Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and...

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Francois
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Colonel March of Scotland Yard

as Davos
First aired: 1956-02-22

Colonel March of The Department of Queer Complaints investigates unusual cases, locked-room...

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Interpol

as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
First aired: 1963-08-22

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Flambards

as Mr. Dermot
First aired: 1979-02-02

In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle...

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Assignment: Vienna

as Insp. Hoffman
First aired: 1972-09-28

The story of Jake Webster, an American expatriate in Vienna who was the operator of Jake's Bar &...

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