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Anton Diffring was a German character actor, who had an extensive acting career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s in cinema films and television.
Birth Name
Alfred Pollack
Born
Friday, 20 October 1916
Died
Friday, 19 May 1989
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Anna | George Mamoulian | 1988 |
| Faceless | Dr. Karl Heinz Moser / Docteur Moser | 1988 |
| The Summer of the Samurai | Wintrich | 1986 |
| Operation Dead End | Prof. Lang | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Baron Frankenstein, In clips from 'Tales of Frankenstein' / Baron Frankenstein in 'Tales of Frankenstein' | 1986 |
| Jane Horney | Canaris | 1985 |
| Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie | Kardinal Millini | 1985 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death | Graf Udo Von Felseck | 1984 |
| Der Schnüffler | Colonel Henderson | 1983 |
| The Winds of War | Joachim von Ribbentrop | 1983 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Anna | George Mamoulian | 1988 |
| Faceless | Dr. Karl Heinz Moser / Docteur Moser | 1988 |
| The Summer of the Samurai | Wintrich | 1986 |
| Operation Dead End | Prof. Lang | 1986 |
| Horrible Horror | Baron Frankenstein, In clips from 'Tales of Frankenstein' / Baron Frankenstein in 'Tales of Frankenstein' | 1986 |
| Jane Horney | Canaris | 1985 |
| Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie | Kardinal Millini | 1985 |
| Sherlock Holmes and the Masks of Death | Graf Udo Von Felseck | 1984 |
| Der Schnüffler | Colonel Henderson | 1983 |
| The Winds of War | Joachim von Ribbentrop | 1983 |
| S.A.S. San Salvador | Peter Reynolds | 1982 |
| Victory | The Commentators - Chief Commentator / chief commentator | 1981 |
| Tusk | John Morrison | 1980 |
| Der Durchdreher | Glorias erster Mann | 1979 |
| Son of Hitler | Gernheim | 1979 |
| The Unicorn | Blomich | 1978 |
| Plutonium | Direktor Arnold | 1978 |
| Le mutant | O'Brien | 1978 |
| Zwei himmlische Töchter | Harry Hamilton | 1978 |
| Io sono mia | Padre di Suna | 1977 |
| Waldrausch | Fürst | 1977 |
| The Accuser | Ronson | 1977 |
| Valentino | Baron Long | 1977 |
| The Old Fox | Leo Steglitz | 1977 |
| Les Indiens sont encore loin | Le professeur d'allemand | 1977 |
| Vanessa | Kenneth / Major / Major Kenneth Cooper | 1977 |
| Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun | Old Priest | 1977 |
| The Galton & Simpson Playhouse | Heinz Steiner | 1977 |
| Montana Trap | Lieutenant Slade / Lieutnant Slade | 1976 |
| The Swiss Conspiracy | Franz Benninger | 1976 |
| Operation Daybreak | Reinhard Heydrich | 1975 |
| H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit | Professor Peterson | 1975 |
| Only the Wind Knows the Answer | John Keelwood | 1974 |
| Borsalino and Co. | Un Allemand / German | 1974 |
| Derrick | Herr Scherer / Herr de Mohl / Alfred Bandera | 1974 |
| The Beast Must Die | Pavel | 1974 |
| Shatter | Hans Leber | 1974 |
| No Way Out | Hans Grünwald | 1973 |
| The Battle of Sutjeska | Generaloberst Alexander Lohr | 1973 |
| Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes | Dr. Franz | 1973 |
| Mark of the Devil Part II | Balthasar von Ross | 1973 |
| Thriller | Jonathan Lanceford | 1973 |
| Woman of the Year | The Cardinal | 1973 |
| Assignment: Vienna | Insp. Hoffman | 1972 |
| The Stuff That Dreams Are Made of | CIA-Mann Simpson | 1972 |
| The Day the Clown Cried | Captain Curt Runkel | 1972 |
| The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire | Ambassador Sobiesky / Ambassador Sobieski | 1971 |
| Zeppelin | Colonel Hirsch | 1971 |
| Strange Report | Klaus Frei | 1969 |
| Kill Rommel! | Captain Richard Howell | 1969 |
| Michael Kohlhaas - Der Rebell | Kurfürst | 1969 |
| Der Kommissar | Roland Sauter | 1969 |
| Where Eagles Dare | Col. Kramer | 1968 |
| Counterpoint | Col. Arndt | 1967 |
| Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre | Aristide Gilain | 1967 |
| The Double Man | Col. Berthold | 1967 |
| Fahrenheit 451 | Headmistress / Fabian | 1966 |
| The Blue Max | Holbach | 1966 |
| The Baron | Jadwiga Szoblik | 1966 |
| The Heroes of Telemark | Major Frick | 1965 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Adolf Eichmann | 1965 |
| Mogul | Hans Daniels | 1965 |
| Shots in 3/4 Time | Burger | 1965 |
| Operation Crossbow | German Soldier / SS Sturmbannfuhrer | 1965 |
| Lana, Queen of the Amazons | Professor Van Vries / Prof. van Vries | 1964 |
| Theatre 625 | Count Wolf von Helldorf | 1964 |
| A Mission for Mr. Dodd | Howard | 1964 |
| Doctor Who | De Flores | 1963 |
| Interpol | SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich | 1963 |
| Incident at Midnight | Dr. Erik Leichner | 1963 |
| Ghost Squad | Router | 1961 |
| Enter Inspector Duval | Inspector Duval | 1961 |
| Circus of Horrors | Dr. Schuler / Dr. Rossiter aka Dr. Bernard Schüler | 1960 |
| The Man Who Could Cheat Death | Dr. Georges Bonnet / Dr. Georges Bonner | 1959 |
| The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre | Dr. Erik Leichner | 1959 |
| One Step Beyond | Wilhelm Hessler | 1959 |
| Mark of the Phoenix | Inspector Schell | 1958 |
| The Invisible Man | Gunzi | 1958 |
| A Question of Infidelity | Carl Dieter | 1958 |
| Tales of Frankenstein | Baron Frankenstein | 1958 |
| O.S.S. | Schneider | 1957 |
| The Beasts of Marseilles | Col. Trautman / Colonel Trautman | 1957 |
| Lady of Vengeance | Karmak / Emile Karnak | 1957 |
| The Crooked Sky | Fraser | 1957 |
| The Accursed | Joseph Brezina | 1957 |
| Triple Deception | Anton Lauderbach | 1956 |
| Wire Service | Joseph Tezlik | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Karl Brandt / Cast member in 'The Handshake' | 1956 |
| Hancock's Half Hour | Mr. X | 1956 |
| Reach for the Sky | German Stabsfeldwebel | 1956 |
| Seven Years in Tibet | Erzähler | 1956 |
| The Black Tent | Senior Nazi Officer / Senior German Officer | 1956 |
| Doublecross | Dmitri Krassin | 1956 |
| Colonel March of Scotland Yard | Davos / Francois | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Louis / Vitulescu | 1955 |
| I Am a Camera | Fritz Wendel | 1955 |
| Dixon of Dock Green | Charles Mason | 1955 |
| The Colditz Story | Fischer / Hauptmann Fischer | 1955 |
| Betrayed | Capt. Von Stanger | 1954 |
| The Sea Shall Not Have Them | German Pilot | 1954 |
| Operation Diplomat | Edward Shroder / Schroder | 1953 |
| Break to Freedom | Hauptmann Schultz / Capt Schultz | 1953 |
| Norman Conquest | Gregor | 1953 |
| Paratrooper | The Pole | 1953 |
| Never Let Me Go | Hotel Desk Clerk | 1953 |
| Rheingold Theatre | Carlo | 1953 |
| Mr. Potts Goes to Moscow | Border police GDR | 1952 |
| The Woman's Angle | Peasant | 1952 |
| Bachelor in Paris | Renoir | 1952 |
| Island Rescue | 2st German Soldier / 2nd German Soldier | 1951 |
| Hotel Sahara | German Soldier | 1951 |
| Highly Dangerous | Officer At Station Checkpoint. | 1950 |
| The Great Manhunt | State Police Officer at Theater / State Police Officer at Theatre | 1950 |
| Neutral Port | Sailor | 1940 |
| Convoy | U-Boat Officer | 1940 |
