Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

114

Gender

Male

Birthday

1916-10-20

Deathday

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.

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Known For

7.1%

Fahrenheit 451

Sep 7, 1966

6.9%

Escape to Victory

Jun 17, 1981

7.5%

Where Eagles Dare

Dec 4, 1968

7.9%

Doctor Who

Nov 23, 1963

6.9%

The Heroes of Telemark

Nov 12, 1965

6.2%

Scene of the Crime

Nov 29, 1970

6.8%

The Blue Max

Jun 21, 1966

6.7%

Operation Crossbow

Apr 1, 1965

6.5%

Borsalino and Co.

Oct 23, 1974

5.4%

The Beast Must Die

Apr 1, 1974

5.8%

The Man Who Could Cheat Death

Jun 15, 1959

5.9%

Circus of Horrors

Apr 1, 1960

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Acting

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The Day the Clown Cried as Captain Curt Runkel

2003

The Heroes of Telemark: Location report from Norway

1988		Anna as George Mamoulian
1988		Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis as De Flores
1988		The Making of Doctor Who: Silver Nemesis
1988		Faceless as Dr. Karl Heinz Moser

1986		Der Sommer des Samurai as Wintrich
1986		Wahnfried as Franz Listz
1986		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
1984		Weltuntergang
1984		Der Besuch as Crazier

1983		S.A.S. San Salvador as Peter Reynolds
1983		Non Stop Trouble with Spies as Colonel Henderson
1983		The Winds of War as Joachim von Ribbentrop

1981

Escape to Victory as chief commentator

1980

Tusk as John Morrison

1979		Der Durchdreher as Glorias erster Mann
1979		Flambards as Mr. Dermot
1979		Son of Hitler as Gernheim

1978		Das Einhorn as Blomich
1978		Plutonium as Direktor Arnold
1978		Le Mutant as O'Brien

1977		Io sono mia as Padre di Suna
1977		Valentino as Baron Long
1977		Waldrausch as Fürst
1977		Der Alte as Leo Steglitz
1977		The Indians Are Still Far Away as Le professeur d'allemand
1977		Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun as Old Priest

1976		Vanessa as Major Kenneth Cooper (as Anthony Diffring)
1976		Montana Trap as Lieutenant Slade
1976		The Swiss Conspiracy as Franz Benninger

1975		Operation: Daybreak as Reinhard Heydrich
1975		Kommissariat 9
1975		Lehmanns Erzählungen as Allan
1975		H.P. Lovecraft: Schatten aus der Zeit as Professor Peterson

1974		Shatter as Hans Leber
1974		Only the Wind Knows the Answer as John Keelwood
1974		Borsalino and Co. as German
1974		Derrick as Herr de Mohl
1974		Derrick as Alfred Bandera
1974		Derrick as Herr Scherer
1974		The Beast Must Die as Pavel
1974		Kiss Me and Die as Jonathan Lanceford

1973		Tony Arzenta as Hans Grunwald (uncredited)
1973		The Battle of Sutjeska as Generaloberst Alexander Lohr
1973		Thriller as Jonathan Lanceford
1973		Seven Deaths in the Cat's Eyes as Dr. Franz
1973		Mark of the Devil Part II as Balthasar von Ross
1973		Little Mother as The Cardinal

1972		Dead Pigeon on Beethoven Street as Mensur
1972		Assignment: Vienna as Insp. Hoffman

1971		The Iguana with the Tongue of Fire as Ambassador Sobieski
1971		Zeppelin as Colonel Hirsch

1970		Scene of the Crime as Mensur
1970		Piggies as Toto

1969		Kill Rommel! as Captain Richard Howell
1969		Michael Kohlhaas - The Rebel as Kurfürst
1969		Der Kommissar as Roland Sauter

1968

Where Eagles Dare as Col. Kramer

1967		Counterpoint as Col. Arndt
1967		The Double Man as Col. Berthold

1966		Fahrenheit 451 as Fabian / Headmistress
1966		The Blue Max as Holbach

1965		The Heroes of Telemark as Major Frick
1965		BBC Play of the Month as Adolf Eichmann
1965		Geld, Geld, Geld - 2 Milliarden gegen die Bank von England as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
1965		Shots in 3/4 Time as Burger
1965		Operation Crossbow as SS Sturmbannfuhrer

1964		Lana: Queen of the Amazons as Prof. van Vries
1964		Vorsicht Mister Dodd as Howard

1963		Doctor Who as De Flores
1963		Interpol as SS-Obergruppenführer Reinhard Heydrich
1963		Incident at Midnight as Dr. Erik Leichner

1962

Studio Four

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
1959		One Step Beyond as Wilhelm Hessler

1958		Mark of the Phoenix as Inspector Schell
1958		A Question of Adultery as Carl Dieter
1958		Tales of Frankenstein as Baron Frankenstein

1957		Seven Thunders as Col. Trautman
1957		Lady of Vengeance as Karmak
1957		The Crooked Sky as Fraser
1957		The Traitor as Joseph Brezina

1956		House of Secrets as Anton Lauderbach
1956		Wire Service as Joseph Tezlik
1956		Hancock's Half Hour
1956		Reach for the Sky as German Stabsfeldwebel
1956		Seven Years in Tibet as Narrator (voice)
1956		The Black Tent as Senior German Officer
1956		Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Francois
1956		Colonel March of Scotland Yard as Davos
1956		Doublecross as Dmitri Krassin

1955		I Am a Camera as Fritz Wendel
1955		Dixon of Dock Green as Charles Mason
1955		The Colditz Story as Hauptmann Fischer

1954

The Sea Shall Not Have Them as German Pilot

1953		Operation Diplomat as Edward Shroder
1953		Albert R.N. as Capt Schultz
1953		Park Plaza 605 as Gregor
1953		The Red Beret as The Pole
1953		Never Let Me Go as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)

1952		Top Secret as Border Police GDR (uncredited)
1952		The Woman's Angle as Peasant
1952		Song of Paris as Renoir

1951		Appointment with Venus as 2nd German Soldier
1951		Hotel Sahara as German Soldier

1950		Highly Dangerous as Officer at Station (uncredited)
1950		State Secret as State Police Officer at Theater

1940		Neutral Port as Sailor
1940		Convoy as U-Boat Officer