Gert Fröbe
Gert Fröbe | |
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Fröbe at the premiere of Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines in 1965 | |
| Born | Karl Gerhart Fröbe 25 February 1913 Oberplanitz (near Zwickau), Kingdom of Saxony, German Empire |
| Died | 5 September 1988 (aged 75) Munich, West Germany |
| Occupation(s) | Stage and Film Actor |
| Years active | 1930s–1944, 1948-1987 |
| Spouse(s) | Karin Kuderer-Pistorius (1970–?) Beate Bach (1962–1968) Hannelore Görtz (1953–1959) Tatjana Iwanow Clara Peter |
| Children | 2 |
Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ⓘ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in The Robber Hotzenplotz, General Dietrich von Choltitz in Is Paris Burning?, as Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, and as Inspector Bauer in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg.
Fröbe was a three-time German Film Award nominee, twice for Best Leading Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. In 1978, he won an honorary award for "outstanding individual contributions to the German cinema over the years."