Gert Fröbe

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
February 25, 1913 (75 years old)
Died
September 5, 1988
Place of Birth
Zwickau, Germany
Popular Genres
Drama Thriller Comedy
Career Span
1948 – 2018

Gert Fröbe

3 wins
43 nominations
3 Oscars
111 credits

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.

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Personal Info

Born
Feb 25, 1913
From
Zwickau, Germany
Known For
Acting
Career
1948 – 2018

Known For

Goldfinger
Goldfinger
1964
as Auric Goldfinger
The Longest Day
The Longest Day
1962
as Sgt. Kaffekanne
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
1968
as Baron Bomburst
Is Paris Burning?
Is Paris Burning?
1966
as Von Choltitz
Bloodline
Bloodline
1979
as Inspector Max Hornung
Triple Cross
Triple Cross
1966
as Colonel Steinhager
Bond Girls Are Forever
Bond Girls Are Forever
2002
as Auric Goldfinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
1974
as Wilhelm Blore
Ludwig
Ludwig
1973
as Father Hoffmann
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Auric Goldfinger (archive footage) (uncredited)
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
1965
as Colonel Manfred von Holstein
A High Wind in Jamaica
A High Wind in Jamaica
1965
as Dutch Captain

Frequent Collaborators

Wolfgang Preiss
Wolfgang Preiss
3 shared projects
in "Bloodline"
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Richard Wattis
Richard Wattis
3 shared projects
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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Sean Connery
Sean Connery
2 shared projects
in "The Longest Day"
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Bill Nagy
Bill Nagy
2 shared projects
in "The Longest Day"
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Desmond Llewelyn
Desmond Llewelyn
2 shared projects
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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Bill Brandon
Bill Brandon
2 shared projects
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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Bernard Fresson
Bernard Fresson
2 shared projects
in "Is Paris Burning?"
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Victor Maddern
Victor Maddern
2 shared projects
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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Phil Collins
Phil Collins
2 shared projects
in "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang"
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Honor Blackman
Honor Blackman
1 shared project
in "Goldfinger"
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Harold Sakata
Harold Sakata
1 shared project
in "Goldfinger"
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Shirley Eaton
Shirley Eaton
1 shared project
in "Goldfinger"
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Award Recognition

3
Wins
43
Nominations
3
Oscars

Complete Filmography

2018

Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse as Jürgen Krass (archive footage)

2006

The Exotic Locations of 'Goldfinger' as Goldfinger (archive footage)

2002

Bond Girls Are Forever as Auric Goldfinger (archive footage) (uncredited) Award
Best Ever Bond as Auric Goldfinger (archive footage) (uncredited) Award

1988

Auf ein Neues as Self - Narrator

1985

Alte Sünden rosten nicht as Konsul Heimann

1984

August der Starke as König August der Starke

1983

The Falcon as Jug Bogdan
Der Garten as Mr. Hayward

1980

Umbrella Coup as Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine

1979

Bloodline as Inspector Max Hornung Award
Another Opera as Man on the street

1978

Der Schimmelreiter as Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf
Der Tiefstapler as Felix von Korn
Als wär's heut' gewesen as Self

1977

The Serpent's Egg as Inspector Bauer Award
Tod oder Freiheit as Graf von Buttlar
Das Gesetz des Clans as Philip Brown

1976

Sonntagsgeschichten as Innkeeper

1975

Death Rite as Vestar
Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient as Traugott Wurster / Theodor Wurster
Doctor Justice as Max Orwall / Georges Orwall

1974

And Then There Were None as Wilhelm Blore
Shadowman as Sorbier
Der Räuber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz

1973

Ludwig as Father Hoffmann Award
Morgenstern am Abend as Self

1971

$ as Mr. Kessel Award

1969

Monte Carlo or Bust! as Willi Schickel & Horst Muller

1968

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst Award
Dear Caroline as Le docteur Belhomme

1967

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon as Professor Siegfried von Bulow
I Killed Rasputin as Rasputin

1966

Is Paris Burning? as Von Choltitz Award
Triple Cross as Colonel Steinhager Award
The Upper Hand as Walter Award
Ganovenehre as Importen-Paul

1965

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 Award
A High Wind in Jamaica as Dutch Captain Award
The Incredible World of James Bond as Self (archive footage)
Das Liebeskarussell as Emil Claasen

1964

Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger Award
Backfire as Karl Fehrman
Greed in the Sun as Castigliano, aka 'La betterave'
Tonio Kröger as Polizist Petersen

1963

The Threepenny Opera as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum
Enough Rope as Melchior Kimmel
Banana Peel as Raymond Lachard
Heute kündigt mir mein Mann as Alfred Paulsen

1962

The Longest Day as Sgt. Kaffekanne Award
Redhead as Kramer
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse as Kriminalkommissar Lohmann

1961

The Green Archer as Abel Bellamy
The Return of Dr. Mabuse as Lohmann
Via Mala as Jonas Lauretz
Auf Wiedersehen as Angelo Pirrone

1960

The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse as Kras
The High Life as Docteur Kölling
Crook and the Cross as Paul Wittkowski
Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet… as Jupp Grapsch
Soldatensender Calais as Der Chef
Lovers Woods as General

1959

Old Heidelberg as Doktor Jüttner
Twelve Hours by the Clock as Monsieur Blanche
Prisoner of the Volga as Professor
The Day the Rains Came as Dr. Albert Maurer
Nick Knattertons Abenteuer as Hugo
Grand Hotel as Preysing
Duel with Death as Dag sen.
Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee as Johannes Grohmann / Dr. Brand
Jons und Erdme as Smailus

1958

Rosemary as Bruster
It Happened in Broad Daylight as Schrott
Wet Asphalt as Jupp
Grabenplatz 17 as Titu Goritsch
Not Delivered as Hans
The Girl with the Cat Eyes as Tessmann - Katjas Vater
Der Pauker as Freddy Blei

1957

Der tolle Bomberg as Gustav-Eberhard Mühlberg
Too Many Lovers as Edmond Petersen
He Who Must Die as Patriarcheas
Typhoon Over Nagasaki as Ritter
Das Herz von St. Pauli as Jabowski
The Girl and the Legend as Mr.Gillis

1956

The Girl from Flanders as Rittmeister Kupfer
Waldwinter as Gerstenberg
Ein Herz schlägt für Erika as Heubacher

1955

Mr. Arkadin as First Policeman - Munich
Heroes and Sinners as Hermann
Das Forsthaus in Tirol as Bäuerle, Kaufmann
Dunja
Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe as Pfeifer, Inspektor Jugendfürsorge
Special Delivery as Olaf
Der dunkle Stern as Deltorri

1954

They Were So Young as Lobos
Double Destiny as Mittelmeier
Salto Mortale as Jan
Morgengrauen
Ewiger Walzer as Gawrinoff
Das Kreuz am Jägersteig as Kobbe
The Little Town will go to Sleep as Oskar Blume

1953

Man on a Tightrope Award
Arlette Conquers Paris as Manager Edmond Duval
Married En Route as Herr Mengwasser
Die vertagte Hochzeitsnacht as Gondoliere
Ein Herz spielt falsch as Briefüberbringer

1952

Der Tag vor der Hochzeit as Rundfunkreporter

1951

Decision Before Dawn as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited) Award

1950

Die Kreuzlschreiber as Lustiger Bauernbursche mit der Zither.

1949

Nach Regen scheint Sonne as Konstantin

1948

The Berliner as Otto Normalverbraucher

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

Goldfinger
The Longest Day
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Is Paris Burning?
Bloodline
Triple Cross
And Then There Were None
Ludwig

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