Albert Lieven
| Albert Lieven | |
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| Born |
Albert Fritz Liévin 22 June 1906 Hohenstein, East Prussia, Germany |
| Died |
22 December 1971 (aged 65) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
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Albert Lieven (22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was a German actor. He was born Albert Fritz Liévin in Hohenstein, East Prussia. He died in London, England. He was married four times, including to the actresses Susan Shaw and Valerie White.
Career
He started his screen career in the German film Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie (Bride of the Company) in 1932. During the next four years he appeared in another sixteen films, including the German film adaptation of Charley's Aunt. Owing to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and his wife Tatjana being Jewish, he moved to Britain in 1937. He spent the years of the Second World War (1939 to 1945) though mainly in roles depicting Nazis in British films, not finding them overly challenging as an actor.
He appeared on the London stage in 1939 in the comedy Rake's Progress (Not the later Rex Harrison film of the same title), but was largely acting in films (among them The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, 1943). He appeared in many cinema productions, and in the year 1940, he was credited in seven, in all of which he played the role of a German.
He returned to Germany in 1951, and appeared in many films made there. He also was in films both in Britain and Hollywood.
He is the grandfather of the England Rugby Union player Toby Flood.
Selected filmography
- I by Day, You by Night (1932)
- Charley's Aunt (1934)
- Trouble with Jolanthe (1934)
- Make Me Happy (1935)
- Victoria the Great (1937)
- The Deacon and the Jewess as Simon (1939)
- Spy for a Day as Capt. Hausemann (1940)
- For Freedom as Fritz (1940)
- Let George Do It! as German Radio operator (1940)
- Night Train to Munich as Camp Guard (1940)
- Convoy as U-Boat Commander (1940)
- Neutral Port as Capt. GrossKraut (1940)
- Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light as a German (1941)
- Jeannie as Count von Wittgestein (1941)
- The Big Blockade (1942)
- The Young Mr Pitt as Tallerand (1942)
- The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp as von Ritter (1943)
- The Yellow Canary as Jan Orlock (1943)
- English Without Tears as Felix Dembrowski (1944)
- The Seventh Veil as Maxwell Leydon (1945)
- Beware of Pity as Lt Marek (1946)
- Frieda as Richard (1947)
- Sleeping Car to Trieste as Zurta (1948)
- The Dark Lady as Mark (1951)
- Hotel Sahara as Lt von Heillicke (1951)
- Klettermaxe as Max Malien (1952)
- The Rose of Stamboul (1953)
- Desperate Moment as Paul Ravitch (1953)
- The Confession of Ina Kahr (1954)
- Loser Takes All as Hotel Manager (1956)
- Londra chiama Polo Nord (1956)
- The Battalion in the Shadows (1957)
- Subway in the Sky as Carl (1959)
- Conspiracy of Hearts as Col Horstein (1960)
- Foxhole in Cairo as Gen Rommel (1960)
- The Guns of Navarone as the Commandant (1961)
- The Devil's Agent (1962)
- Mystery Submarine (1963) as Captain Neymarck
- Death Drums Along the River as Dr Weiss (1963)
- Traitor's Gate (1964)
References
- Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies, 14th edition, Harper Collins, 2001, ISBN 0-06-093507-3
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