Anton Diffring

Personal Info

Birthday

October 20, 1916

Day of Death

1989-05-20

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Koblenz, Germany

Also Known As

Antony Diffring

Alfred Pollack

Anthony Diffring

Anton Diffring

Biography

Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; October 20, 1918 – May 20, 1989) was a German actor. Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Diffring, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Scene of the Crime

Doctor Who

Derrick

Der Alte

BBC Play of the Month

One Step Beyond

Thriller

Der Kommissar

Filmography

1988
Anna
as George Mamoulian
Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
as De Flores
Faceless
as Dr. Karl Heinz Moser
1986
Der Sommer des Samurai
as Wintrich
Wahnfried
as Franz Listz
Operation Dead End
as Prof. Lang
1985
Marie Ward - Zwischen Galgen und Glorie
as Kardinal Millini
1984
The Masks of Death
as Graf Udo Von Felseck
Der Besuch
as Crazier
1983
S.A.S. San Salvador
as Peter Reynolds
Non Stop Trouble with Spies
as Colonel Henderson
1981
Escape to Victory
as chief commentator
1980
Tusk
as John Morrison
1979
Der Durchdreher
as Glorias erster Mann
Son of Hitler
as Gernheim
1978
Das Einhorn
as Blomich
Plutonium
as Direktor Arnold
1977
Io sono mia
as Padre di Suna
Valentino
as Baron Long
Waldrausch
as Fürst
The Indians Are Still Far Away
as Le professeur d'allemand
Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun
as Old Priest
1976
Vanessa
as Major Kenneth Cooper (as Anthony Diffring)
Montana Trap
as Lieutenant Slade
The Swiss Conspiracy
as Franz Benninger
1975
Operation: Daybreak
as Reinhard Heydrich
Lehmanns Erzählungen
as Allan
H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit
as Professor Peterson
1974
Shatter
as Hans Leber
Only the Wind Knows the Answer
as John Keelwood
Borsalino and Co.
as German
The Beast Must Die
as Pavel
Kiss Me and Die
as Jonathan Lanceford
1973
Tony Arzenta
as Hans Grunwald (uncredited)
The Battle of Sutjeska
as Generaloberst Alexander Lohr
Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes
as Dr. Franz
Mark of the Devil Part II
as Balthasar von Ross
Little Mother
as The Cardinal
1972
Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street
as Mensur
1971
The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire
as Ambassador Sobieski
Zeppelin
as Colonel Hirsch
1970
Piggies
as Toto
1969
Kill Rommel!
as Captain Richard Howell
Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel
as Kurfürst
1968
Where Eagles Dare
as Col. Kramer
1967
Counterpoint
as Col. Arndt
The Double Man
as Col. Berthold
1966
Fahrenheit 451
as Fabian / Headmistress
The Blue Max
as Holbach
1965
The Heroes of Telemark
as Major Frick
Geld, Geld, Geld - 2 Milliarden gegen die Bank von England
as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
Shots in 3/4 Time
as Burger
Operation Crossbow
as SS Sturmbannfuhrer
1964
Lana: Queen of the Amazons
as Prof. van Vries
Vorsicht Mister Dodd
as Howard
1963
Incident at Midnight
as Dr. Erik Leichner
1961
Enter Inspector Duval
as Inspector Duval
1960
Circus of Horrors
as Dr. Schuler
1959
The Man Who Could Cheat Death
as Dr. Georges Bonner
1958
Mark of the Phoenix
as Inspector Schell
A Question of Adultery
as Carl Dieter
Tales of Frankenstein
as Baron Frankenstein
1957
Seven Thunders
as Col. Trautman
Lady of Vengeance
as Karmak
The Crooked Sky
as Fraser
The Traitor
as Joseph Brezina
1956
House of Secrets
as Anton Lauderbach
Reach for the Sky
as German Stabsfeldwebel
Seven Years in Tibet
as Narrator (voice)
The Black Tent
as Senior German Officer
Doublecross
as Dmitri Krassin
1955
I Am a Camera
as Fritz Wendel
The Colditz Story
as Hauptmann Fischer
1954
The Sea Shall Not Have Them
as German Pilot
1953
Operation Diplomat
as Edward Shroder
Albert R.N.
as Capt Schultz
Park Plaza 605
as Gregor
The Red Beret
as The Pole
Never Let Me Go
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
1952
Top Secret
as Border Police GDR (uncredited)
The Woman's Angle
as Peasant
Song of Paris
as Renoir
1951
Appointment with Venus
as 2nd German Soldier
Hotel Sahara
as German Soldier
1950
Highly Dangerous
as Officer at Station (uncredited)
State Secret
as State Police Officer at Theater
1940
Neutral Port
as Sailor
Convoy
as U-Boat Officer