Anton Walbrook
Anton Walbrook was born on the 19 th November 1896; he died on the 9 th August 1967. He was an Austrian actor who settled in the UK. ...
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Anton Walbrook was born on the 19th November 1896; he died on
the 9th August 1967. He was an Austrian actor who settled in the UK.
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Life and Career
Anton Walbrook was born in the city of Vienna with the name Adolf
Wohlbrück. He was the son of Gisela Rosa (Cohn) and Adolf Ferdinand Bernhard
Hermann Wohlbrück. He started his career as an actor in the Austrian theatre
and cinema
He went to the
Hollywood to reshoot dialogue for the multinational movie called The soldier
and the Lady in the year 1937 and in the process of doing so, he changed his
name from Adolf to Anton. Rather than moving back to Austria, Walbrook, who was
a gay and categorized under the Nuremberg Laws as half-Jewish, he settled in
England and kept on with his career as an actor.
Selected
Filmography
In Austrian
and in Germany
Ø Martin Luther (1923)
Ø The Pride of Company Three
(1932)
Ø Three from the Unemployment Office
(1932)
Ø Melody of Love (1932)
Ø Walzerkrieg (1933), aka Waltz Time in Vienna, as Johann
Strauss
Ø Viktor und Viktoria, aka Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
Ø Keine Angst Vor Liebe (1933)
Ø Die vertauschte Braut (1934)
Ø Maskerade, aka Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
Ø The English Marriage (1934)
Ø Regine (1935)
Ø Der Student von Prag (1935), aka The Student of Prague
Ø Ich war Jack Mortimer (1935)
Ø Der Zigeunerbaron (1935)
Ø Tomfoolery (1936)
After leaving Germany
Ø Michael Strogoff (as Michael Strogoff
Ø The Rat (1937)
Ø The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
as Michael Strogoff
Ø Victoria the Great (1937) as Prince
Albert
Ø Gaslight (1940)
Ø Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
Ø 49th Parallel (1941)
Ø The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
(1943)
Ø The Man from Morocco (1945)
Ø The Red Shoes (1948)
Ø The Queen of Spades (1949)
Ø La Ronde (1950)
Ø Le Plaisir (1952) narrator in
German version
Ø L'affaire Maurizius (1954)
Ø Lola Montès (1955) as King
Ludwig I of Bavaria
Ø Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955)
Ø Saint Joan (1957)
Ø I Accuse! (1958) as Major
Esterhazy