Gert Fröbe

1913-1988

Biography: life and films

Gert Fröbe was a German actor whose birth name was Karl Gerhard Fröbe. He was born in Zwickau, Saxony, German Empire on 25th February 1913 and died in Munich, Bavaria, West Germany on 5th September 1988, aged 75.

His best films as an actor include Jules Dassin's Celui qui doit mourir (1957), Fritz Lang's crime-thriller Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960), Paul May's Via Mala (1961), Guy Hamilton's thriller Goldfinger (1964) and Luchino Visconti's Ludwig (1972).

Gert Fröbe appeared in 96 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Viktor Tourjansky (5 films), Rolf Thiele (5), Paul Verhoeven (3), Ken Annakin (3), Hermann Kugelstadt (3), Eugen York (3), Yves Ciampi (2), Wolfgang Staudte (2), Victor Vicas (2), Terence Young (2), Paul May (2), Helmut Käutner (2), Harald Reinl (2), Gustav Ehmck (2), Denys de La Patellière (2), Claude Autant-Lara (2) and Axel von Ambesser (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (54 films), comedy (27), Thriller (15), crime-thriller (10), romance (6), history (5), comedy-drama (5), War (5), comedy-thriller (3), Biography (3), Horror (2) and Fantasy (2).

Our average rating for Gert Fröbe over all films is: 2.8

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Berliner Ballade (1948) [a]

Der Herr vom andern Stern (1948) [a]

Nach Regen scheint Sonne (1949) [a]

Die Kreuzlschreiber (1950) [a]

Der Tag vor der Hochzeit (1952) [a]

Arlette erobert Paris (1953) [a]

Die Vertagte Hochzeitsnacht (1953) [a]

Ein Herz spielt falsch (1953) [a]

Hochzeit auf Reisen (1953) [a]

Man on a Tightrope (1953) [a]

Salto Mortale (1953) [a]

Das Kreuz am Jägersteig (1954) [a]

Das Zweite Leben (1954) [a]

Die Kleine Stadt will schlafen gehen (1954) [a]

Ewiger Walzer (1954) [a]

Mannequins für Rio (1954) [a]

Morgengrauen (1954) [a]

Das Forsthaus in Tirol (1955) [a]

Der Dunkle Stern (1955) [a]

Dunja (1955) [a]

Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe (1955) [a]

Les Héros sont fatigués (1955) [a]

Mr. Arkadin (1955) [a]

Vom Himmel gefallen (1955) [a]

Ein Herz schlägt für Erika (1956) [a]

Ein Mädchen aus Flandern (1956) [a]

Waldwinter (1956) [a]

Celui qui doit mourir (1957) [a]

Charmants garçons (1957) [a]

Das Herz von St. Pauli (1957) [a]

Der tolle Bomberg (1957) [a]

Robinson soll nicht sterben (1957) [a]

Typhon sur Nagasaki (1957) [a]

Das Mädchen Rosemarie (1958) [a]

Das Mädchen mit den Katzenaugen (1958) [a]

Der Pauker (1958) [a]

Es geschah am hellichten Tag (1958) [a]

Grabenplatz 17 (1958) [a]

Nasser Asphalt (1958) [a]

Alt Heidelberg (1959) [a]

Am Tag, als der Regen kam (1959) [a]

Battellieri del Volga, I (1959) [a]

Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee (1959) [a]

Douze heures d'horloge (1959) [a]

Jons und Erdme (1959) [a]

Menschen im Hotel (1959) [a]

Nick Knattertons Abenteuer - Der Raub der Gloria Nylon (1959) [a]

Und ewig singen die Wälder (1959) [a]

Bis daß das Geld euch scheidet (1960) [a]

Das Kunstseidene Mädchen (1960) [a]

Der Gauner und der liebe Gott (1960) [a]

Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960) [a]

Le Bois des amants (1960) [a]

Soldatensender Calais (1960) [a]

Auf Wiedersehen (1961) [a]

Der Grüne Bogenschütze (1961) [a]

Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse (1961) [a]

Via Mala (1961) [a]

Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1962) [a]

Die Dreigroschenoper (1962) [a]

Die Rote (1962) [a]

The Longest Day (1962) [a]

Heute kündigt mir mein Mann (1963) [a]

Le Meurtrier (1963) [a]

Peau de banane (1963) [a]

Échappement libre (1964) [a]

Cent mille dollars au soleil (1964) [a]

Goldfinger (1964) [a]

Tonio Kröger (1964) [a]

A High Wind in Jamaica (1965) [a]

Das Liebeskarussell (1965) [a]

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) [a]

Du rififi à Paname (1966) [a]

Ganovenehre (1966) [a]

Paris brûle-t-il? (1966) [a]

Triple Cross (1966) [a]

J'ai tué Raspoutine (1967) [a]

Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) [a]

Caroline chérie (1968) [a]

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) [a]

Monte Carlo or Bust (1969) [a]

Dollars (1971) [a]

Ludwig (1972) [a]

Der Räuber Hotzenplotz (1974) [a]

Ein Unbekannter rechnet ab (1974) [a]

Nuits rouges (1974) [a]

Docteur Justice (1975) [a]

Mein Onkel Theodor (1975) [a]

Les Magiciens (1976) [a]

Das Gesetz des Clans (1977) [a]

The Serpent's Egg (1977) [a]

Tod oder Freiheit (1977) [a]

Der Schimmelreiter (1978) [a]

Der Tiefstapler (1978) [a]

Bloodline (1979) [a]

Le Coup du parapluie (1980) [a]

Banovic Strahinja (1983) [a]



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