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Anton Walbrook
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attore austriaco (1896-1967)
Film & TV
Wien, Austria
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…
Known for
- Robert und Elisabeth1966
- Der Arzt am Scheideweg — Sir Colenso Ridgeon1963
- Laura — Waldo Lydecker1962
- Venus im Licht — Herzog von Altair1960
- I Accuse! — Maj. Esterhazy1958
- Saint Joan — Cauchon - Bishop of Beauvais1957
- Oh... Rosalinda!! — Dr. Falke1955
- Lola Montès — Ludwig I, King of Bavaria1955
- On Trial — Grégoire Waremme1954
- Le Plaisir — Narrator, German version1952
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adolf
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Occupation
- film actor
- Educated at
- Ernst Busch Academy of Dramatic Arts
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Religion
- Judaism
- Award
- German Film Award
- Student of
- Max Reinhardt
- Image
- Anton Walbrook cleaned.jpg
- Work location
- Munich
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- subject named as
- Adolf Wohlbrück
- date of birth
- 1896-11-19
- date of death
- 1967-08-09
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- birth name
- Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück
- pseudonym
- Anton Walbrook
- Commons category
- Anton Walbrook
- start of work period
- 1915-00-00
- name in native language
- Anton Walbrook
- P8168
- Sic
- sexual orientation
- homosexuality
- notable role
- Ludwig I of Bavaria
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Article · Italiano
Anton Walbrook, nato Adolf Wilhelm Anton Wohlbrück (Vienna, 19 novembre 1896 – Garatshausen, 9 agosto 1967), è stato un attore austriaco che svolse la propria attività principalmente nel Regno Unito, dove prese la cittadinanza nel 1947. Noto attore di area tedesca, cambiò il nome con cui era conosciuto in Germania, Adolf Wohlbrück, in quello anglicizzato di Anton Walbrook, quando, durante il nazismo, fuggì in Gran Bretagna dove divenne uno degli attori più popolari del cinema inglese e uno degli attori preferiti di Michael Powell.
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