Victor Beaumont

Victor Beaumont
Born	Peter Wolff 7 November 1912 Berlin, Germany
Died	21 March 1977 (aged 64)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930s–1977

Victor Beaumont (born Peter Wolff; 7 November 1912 – 21 March 1977) was a German-born British film and television actor.^[1][2]

As Peter Wolff, he appeared in a number of German films (Revolt in the Reform School, Der brave Suender etc.) and at least one play (Die erste Mrs Selby).^[3] After emigrating to the United Kingdom in the 1930s, he appeared in British films and television dramas from the 1940s and Hollywood films from the 1960s. He is perhaps best known for his portrayals of Nazi German characters in films such as Where Eagles Dare (1968) in which he played Colonel Weissner, Carve Her Name with Pride (1958), The Guns of Navarone (1961) and The Heroes of Telemark (1965).

His television appearances included two episodes of The Saint.

Selected filmography

• The First of the Few (1942)
• Thunder Rock (1942)
• Tomorrow We Live (1943)
• We Dive at Dawn (1943)
• Reach for the Sky (1956)
• Man from Tangier (1957)
• Carve Her Name with Pride (1958)
• I Was Monty's Double (1958)
• Mark of the Phoenix (1958)
• The Square Peg (1958)
• Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
• The Guns of Navarone (1961)
• Freud: The Secret Passion (1962)
• The Password Is Courage (1962)
• The Bay of St. Michel (1963)
• A Shot in the Dark (1964)
• Master Spy (1964)
• The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
• The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
• Where Eagles Dare (1968)
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)

References

1. http://www.whereeaglesdare.com/movie/index.php?page=actors&id=17.Retrieved 10 February 2011
2. Deutsches Theater Lexikon, vol. 36/37
3. Deutsches Theater Lexikon, vol. 36/37

External links

• Victor Beaumont at the Internet Movie Database