Gert Fröbe

Born: 1913-02-25

Karl Gerhart Fröbe, better known as Gert Fröbe (25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger, The Threepenny Opera as Peachum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst, and in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gert Fröbe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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as Auric Goldfinger
Released: 1964-09-20

Special agent 007 comes face to face with one of the most notorious villains of all time, and...

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Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

as Baron Bomburst
Released: 1968-12-17

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign...

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as Sgt. Kaffekanne
Released: 1962-09-25

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and...

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Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
Released: 1965-06-16

In order to boost circulation of his newspaper, Lord Rawnsley announces an air race and offers...

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Is Paris Burning?

as Von Choltitz
Released: 1966-10-26

Near the end of World War II, Gen. Dietrich von Choltitz receives orders to burn down Paris if...

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And Then There Were None

as Wilhelm Blore
Released: 1974-09-24

Ten people are invited to a hotel in the Iranian desert, only to find that an unseen person is...

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A High Wind in Jamaica

as Dutch Captain
Released: 1965-05-01

In 1870, a Jamaican colonial family sends its children to Britain for proper schooling, but...

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Triple Cross

as Colonel Steinhager
Released: 1966-12-09

A safecracker turns double agent during WWII.

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Ludwig

as Father Hoffmann
Released: 1973-01-18

Historical evocation of Ludwig, king of Bavaria, from his crowning in 1864 until his death in...

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Bond Girls Are Forever

as Auric Goldfinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Released: 2002-11-06

Through vintage film clips of past Bond movie epics, and with the participation of several...

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Umbrella Coup

as Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine
Released: 1980-10-08

Grégoire Lecomte, the unlucky actor anxious to find a "real job", goes to take a screen test for...

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Mr. Arkadin

as First Policeman - Munich
Released: 1955-08-09

Claiming that he doesn't know his own past, a rich man enlists an ex-con with an odd bit of...

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Greed in the Sun

as Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Released: 1964-04-17

Marec, a truck driver is sent by his boss to track down through the Morroccan desert a reckless...

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It Happened in Broad Daylight

as Schrott
Released: 1958-06-09

The search for a child murderer drags a once-respected detective into an all-consuming obsession.

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The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

as Kras
Released: 1960-09-13

A reporter is murdered while driving to his job. The Police are contacted by a clairvoyant who...

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Bloodline

as Inspector Max Hornung
Released: 1979-06-29

When her father is murdered, a cosmetics heiress becomes the next target of an unknown killer...

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as Mr. Kessel
Released: 1971-12-15

A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob the safety deposit boxes of three very...

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The Serpent's Egg

as Inspector Bauer
Released: 1977-10-28

Berlin, 1923. Following the suicide of his brother, American circus acrobat Abel Rosenberg...

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Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon

as Professor Siegfried von Bulow
Released: 1967-07-13

Phineas T. Barnum and friends finance the first flight to the moon but find the task a little...

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Monte Carlo or Bust!

as Willi Schickel & Horst Muller
Released: 1969-04-28

Sequel to "Those Magnificent Men In Their Flying Machines". This time an international car rally...

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He Who Must Die

as Patriarcheas
Released: 1957-05-03

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages...

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The Terror of Doctor Mabuse

as Kriminalkommissar Lohmann
Released: 1962-09-06

Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring...

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Decision Before Dawn

as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited)
Released: 1951-12-21

WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks...

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The Green Archer

as Abel Bellamy
Released: 1961-02-02

The country estate of American emigre Abel Bellamy is haunted by the ghost of the Green Archer,...

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Backfire

as Karl Fehrman
Released: 1964-09-04

A greedy gold smuggler hires a handsome hero to transport a stolen fortune to a new hideout...

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The Upper Hand

as Walter
Released: 1966-03-02

In Paris, a gold smuggler is at war with other local gangsters who want piece of the action....

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I Killed Rasputin

as Rasputin
Released: 1967-05-03

Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia's Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei...

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The Berliner

as Otto Normalverbraucher
Released: 1948-12-31

Long before he played the corpulent Goldfinger, German actor Gert Froebe was a scarecrow-skinny...

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Banana Peel

as Raymond Lachard
Released: 1963-01-18

Two scoundrels cheat a millionaire out of a huge bankroll on the French Riviera.

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Typhoon Over Nagasaki

as Ritter
Released: 1957-02-06

Pierre Marsac, a French engineer working for the Nagasaki shipbuilding yards, has fallen in love...

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The High Life

as Docteur Kölling
Released: 1960-02-16

Doris Putzke is fond of dating men in her quest to find the perfect one. In her brief...

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Noch 'ne Oper

as Man on the street
Released: 1979-02-21

A musical comedy written by Heinz Erhardt and his son Gero Erhardt.

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The Falcon

as Jug Bogdan
Released: 1983-03-29

Banović Strahinja takes place during the middle ages in Serbia. While estate owner Strahinja is...

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Too Many Lovers

as Edmond
Released: 1957-12-11

The charming Lulu, a cabaret singer and dancer, has no shortage of admirers. When she decides to...

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Tonio Kröger

as Polizist Petersen
Released: 1964-09-02

This drama is taken from Thomas Mann's 1903 semi-autobiographical novel. Tonio (Jean Claude...

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The Girl with the Cat Eyes

as Tessmann - Katjas Vater
Released: 1958-11-28

A police commissioner investigates an auto theft ring in Hamburg following the murder of an...

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Not Delivered

as Hans
Released: 1958-01-15

After resolving to start a new life with his girlfriend Jacqueline, Bastien Sassey decides to...

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Der Pauker

as Freddy Blei
Released: 1958-10-03

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Dear Caroline

as Le docteur Belhomme
Released: 1968-03-22

Against the backdrop of the French revolution, young Caroline tries to reunite with her first...

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Grabenplatz 17

as Titu Goritsch
Released: 1958-07-16

Murder mystery about the disappearance of a boy who has leukaemia following the murder of his...

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The Incredible World of James Bond

as Self (archive footage)
Released: 1965-11-26

This promotional film was aired on American television on 26 November 1965, one month before the...

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Heroes and Sinners

as Hermann
Released: 1955-09-12

A good cast smooths over the rough spots of Les Heros sont Fatigues. The scene is the African...

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Das Herz von St. Pauli

as Jabowski
Released: 1957-12-17

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Das Liebeskarussell

as Emil Claasen
Released: 1965-09-30

An episodic film, telling four erotic tales: Angela isn't sexually satisfied by her husband, so...

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Twelve Hours by the Clock

as Monsieur Blanche
Released: 1959-04-21

Three criminals escape from a French prison and hide in a coastal village where they have to...

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Auf Wiedersehen

as Angelo Pirrone
Released: 1961-12-22

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The Return of Dr. Mabuse

as Lohmann
Released: 1961-01-01

The supposedly dead and buried Mabuse returns to his criminal activities, as his longtime foe...

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Salto Mortale

as Jan
Released: 1954-12-17

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The Girl from Flanders

as Rittmeister Kupfer
Released: 1956-02-16

A love story between a German soldier and a young Flemish woman amidst World War I.

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Death Rite

as Vestar
Released: 1975-09-05

While traveling to a resort in Tunisia, the magician and clairvoyant Professor Vestar befriends...

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Enough Rope

as Melchior Kimmel
Released: 1963-01-11

Two total strangers suspect each other of murdering their own wives.

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The Girl and the Legend

as Mr.Gillis
Released: 1957-02-07

London, in 1730. Charly, Jim and Ben work hard, with the brave Maud, in a cotton mill to earn a...

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Crook and the Cross

as Paul Wittkowski
Released: 1960-01-01

With the help of God, the loveable safecracker Paul Wittkowski – aka “Cracker-Paulie” – manages...

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Prisoner of the Volga

as Professor
Released: 1959-03-26

A vicious play of intrigue, about love, desire and betrayal, in the dress of the military at the...

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Rosemary

as Bruster
Released: 1958-06-28

West Germany in '50s is becoming an economic superpower. In such climate, Rosemarie is just one...

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Das Kreuz am Jägersteig

as Kobbe
Released: 1954-09-30

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Doctor Justice

as Max Orwall / Georges Orwall
Released: 1975-12-17

Based on the title character, a World Health Organisation (WHO) doctor and martial arts expert...

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Das Forsthaus in Tirol

as Bäuerle, Kaufmann
Released: 1955-11-03

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L'Homme sans visage

as Le commissaire Sorbier
Released: 1975-09-04

This 8-episode miniseries, like Franju's previous Feuillade homage, Judex, was written by and...

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Wet Asphalt

as Jupp
Released: 1958-04-02

In Berlin, when the journalist Greg Bachmann is released from prison six months before the end...

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The Threepenny Opera

as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Released: 1963-02-28

The Gangster Macheath secretly marries the daughter of beggar king Peachum. When Peachum finds...

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Via Mala

as Jonas Lauretz
Released: 1961-08-09

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Shadowman

as Sorbier
Released: 1974-11-20

Clad in a featureless red mask, The Man Without A Face is involved in a single-minded pursuit of...

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The Day the Rains Came

as Dr. Albert Maurer
Released: 1959-11-24

A motorcycle gang in post-war Germany wreaks havok on a town, until one of their members begins...

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Grand Hotel

as Preysing
Released: 1959-09-23

Based on a book by Vicki Baum, all of the action takes place in one day in a luxury hotel in...

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Redhead

as Kramer
Released: 1962-06-29

Bored with her marriage, Franziska decides to travel to Venice.

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Nick Knattertons Abenteuer

as Hugo
Released: 1959-01-15

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Lovers Woods

as General
Released: 1960-10-20

1943, Christmas Eve in occupied Brittany. Charles, a member of the Resistance, is parachuted...

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August der Starke

as König August der Starke
Released: 1984-01-03

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They Were So Young

as Lobos
Released: 1954-10-20

Grim melodrama about girls sent to South America to be used by crooks.

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Arlette Conquers Paris

as Manager Edmond Duval
Released: 1953-08-31

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Die Kreuzlschreiber

as Lustiger Bauernbursche mit der Zither.
Released: 1950-03-03

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Duel with Death

as Dag sen.
Released: 1959-09-15

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Der Schimmelreiter

as Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
Released: 1978-03-29

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Das Gesetz des Clans

as Philip Brown
Released: 1977-03-24

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Tod oder Freiheit

as Graf von Buttlar
Released: 1977-12-25

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Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient

as Traugott Wurster / Theodor Wurster
Released: 1975-12-18

The somewhat indolent father Traugott Wurster looks after his six sons while his wife works in a...

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Der dunkle Stern

as Deltorri
Released: 1955-05-14

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Der Räuber Hotzenplotz

as Hotzenplotz
Released: 1974-03-08

The robber Hotzenplotz shows no mercy and steals Grandma's music-making coffee grinder....

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Old Heidelberg

as Doktor Jüttner
Released: 1959-12-21

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Double Destiny

as Mittelmeier
Released: 1954-11-12

A soldier fighting for France loses his memory and has a second career as a national leader, but...

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Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee

as Johannes Grohmann / Dr. Brand
Released: 1959-11-27

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Die vertagte Hochzeitsnacht

as Gondoliere
Released: 1953-07-01

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Waldwinter

as Gerstenberg
Released: 1956-03-27

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Nach Regen scheint Sonne

as Konstantin
Released: 1949-12-16

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The Little Town will go to Sleep

as Oskar Blume
Released: 1954-02-11

In a small town a bag with delicate letters disappears. Many of the residents are worried about...

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Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse

as Jürgen Krass (archive footage)
Released: 2018-08-30

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Goldene Kamera Verleihung

as Self
First aired: 1966-01-25

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Stars in der Manege

as Self
First aired: 1959-04-11

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The Black Forest Clinic

as 100-jähriger Patient Theodor Katz
First aired: 1985-10-22

The Black Forest Clinic is a German language medical drama television series that was produced...

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Bambi Awards

as Self
First aired: 1948-01-01

The Bambi, often called the Bambi Award and stylised as BAMBI, is a German award presented...

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The Little Vampire

as Geiermeier
First aired: 1986-12-19

The Little Vampire is a Canadian-German children's television series created in 1985 by the...

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Ludwig

as Father Hoffman
First aired: 1981-01-01

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