Anton Walbrook
Acting
Biography
Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück (19 November 1896 – 9 August 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom under the name Anton Walbrook. A popular performer in Austria and pre-war Germany, he left Germany in 1936 out of concerns for his own safety and established a career in British cinema. Walbrook is perhaps best known for his roles in the original British film of Gaslight, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, The Red Shoes and Victoria the Great (as Prince Albert). Description above from the Wikipedia article Anton Walbrook, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: November 19, 1896
Place of Birth: Wien, Austria
Known For
Regine
Frank returns to his homeland as an engineer, falls in love with Regine, the housemaid of his uncle, and marries her. Thanks to the intrigues of Floris, one of Frank's rejects, Regine is suspected of having an affair with another man. Depressed and desperate, she intends to commit suicide, but is saved by Frank in the last minute.
The Red Shoes
A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.
Waltz War
The quarrel between the waltz king Joseph Lanner and his still unknown violinist Johann Strauss. It comes to a break. Strauss is engaged in London and has his first successes there. Thanks to the initially unfortunate intervention of Lanner's daughter, a reconciliation is finally achieved.
Allotria
Best friends David and Philip have to end their love affair with their mistress Aimée which they - not knowing of each other - share, because they are going to marry their sweethearts Gaby and Viola. Of course Aimée will not accept her defeat. She interferes the engagement of Gaby and David, which lead to some turbulence and change of horses before they all end up in their honeymoon.
The Rat
Jean Boucheron the cat burglar is the darling of the Montmartre whores--and catches the eye of slumming socialite Zelia de Chaumont, who decides to "reform" him. A complication is his lovely young ward Odile... murder and a grand courtoom scene ensue.
Le Plaisir
Three stories about the pleasure. The first one is about a man hiding his age behind a mask to keep going to balls and fancying women - pleasure and youth. Then comes the long tale of Mme Tellier taking her girls (whores) to the country for attending her niece's communion - pleasure and purity. And lastly, Jean the painter falling in love with his model - pleasure and death.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
General Candy, who's overseeing an English squad in 1943, is a veteran leader who doesn't have the respect of the men he's training and is considered out-of-touch with what's needed to win the war. But it wasn't always this way. Flashing back to his early career in the Boer War and World War I, we see a dashing young officer whose life has been shaped by three different women, and by a lasting friendship with a German soldier.
La Ronde
An all-knowing interlocutor guides us through a series of affairs in Vienna, 1900. A soldier meets an eager young lady of the evening. Later he has an affair with a young lady, who becomes a maid and does similarly with the young man of the house. The young man seduces a married woman. On and on, spinning on the gay carousel of life.
Gaslight
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the crime was committed. Retired detective B.G. Rough, who worked on the Barlow case, is still in the area and grows suspicious of Paul, who he feels bears a striking resemblance to one of Barlow's relatives. Rough must find the truth before the killer can strike again and reclaim his bounty.
The Pride of Company Three
The adventures of smart soldier Gustav Diestelbeck include managing his superior officer, competing for the canteneer's daughter, evading punishment for discipline faults and hosting Prinz Willibald during his visit to the regiment.
Filmography
as Waldo Lydecker
as Maj. Esterhazy
as Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais
as King Ludwig I of Bavaria
as Dr. Falke
as Grégoire Waremme
as Narrator, German version
as Johann Strauss (Vater)
as Count von Lerchenbach
as Raconteur - le meneur de jeu
as Capt. Herman Suvorin
as Boris Lermontov
as Karel Langer
as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff
as Peter
as Stefan 'Steve' Radetzky
as Paul Mallen (as Anton Wahlbrook)
as Prince Albert
as Jean Boucheron, the 'Rat'
as Prince Albert
as Michel Strogoff
as (as Adolphe Walbrook) Lt. Boris Ranewsky
as Boris Ranewsky
as Philip
as Michel Strogoff
as Michael Strogoff
as Balduin, der Student
as Ferdinand 'Fred' Sponer
as Sandor
as Sandor Barinkay
as Frank Reynold
as Warwick Brent
as Heideneck
as Axel Basse
as Charles
as Robert
as Robert
as Helmut Höfert
as Johann Strauß
as Lord Cecil
as Kapellmeister
as Petersen
as Max Binder, Arbeitsloser
as Prinz Willibald
as Robby
as Lord Burton