Helmut Dantine

Personal Info

Birthday

October 7, 1918

Day of Death

1982-05-02

(63 years old)

Place of Birth

Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]

Also Known As

Helmut Guttmann

Helmut Dantine

Biography

Helmut Dantine was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in Mrs.

Miniver, and the desperate refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting career waned, he turned to producing. Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles.

Known For

Climax!

Studio One

Run for Your Life

The Millionaire

Sugarfoot

Casablanca

The Rogues

Hallmark Hall of Fame

Filmography

1979
The Fifth Musketeer
as Spanish Ambassador
1975
The Killer Elite
as Vorodny
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Prosecuting Counsel
1974
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia
as Max
1969
The File on Devlin
as Hans Raedler
1965
Operation Crossbow
as General Linz
1958
Tempest
as Shvabrin
Fraulein
as Lt. Hugo von Metzler
1957
The Story of Mankind
as Marc Antony
Hell on Devil's Island
as Paul Rigaud
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel
as Lord Mewl
1956
War and Peace
as Dolokhov
Alexander the Great
as Nectenabus
1954
Stranger from Venus
as The Stranger
1953
Call Me Madam
as Prince Hugo
Guerrilla Girl
as Demetri Alexander
1947
Whispering City
as Michel Lacoste
1946
Shadow of a Woman
as Dr. Eric Ryder
1945
Escape in the Desert
as Capt. Becker
Hotel Berlin
as Martin Richter
1944
Hollywood Canteen
as Self
Passage to Marseille
as Garou
1943
Northern Pursuit
as Colonel Hugo von Keller
Watch on the Rhine
as Young Man
Mission to Moscow
as Maj. Kamenev
Edge of Darkness
as Captain Koenig
Casablanca
as Jan Brandel (uncredited)
1942
The Pied Piper
as Aide
Mrs. Miniver
as German Flyer
To Be or Not to Be
as Co-Pilot (uncredited)
1940
Escape
as Porter (uncredited)