Autographed photo of German actor, Anton Diffring (1)

Anton Diffring

(1916–89)

German actor (died aged 72) | Albert, RN (1953), The Colditz Story (1955), Where Eagles Dare (1970)

German actor, in British films from 1951; often the villainous Nazi or the protagonist of a horror film

Latest Anton Diffring Pictures

Autographed photo of German actor, Anton Diffring (1)
  • 21st October, 2023
Anton Diffring
Anton Diffring, German actor, signed photograph (1)
Anton Diffring (as Dmitri Krassin) and Donald Houston (as Albert Pascoe) in a photograph from Doublecross (1956)
  • 17th January, 2016
Anton Diffring, Donald Houston
Doublecross (1956) photograph | Anton Diffring, Donald Houston

Select Anton Diffring Filmography

Highly Dangerous (1950) opening credits
Highly Dangerous (1950)
Officer At Station Check Point
State Secret (1950) opening credits (4)
State Secret (1950)
State Police Officer at Theater
State Secret (1950) opening credits (4)
Song of Paris (1952)
Renoir
Albert R.N. (1953) opening credits
Albert, RN (1953)
Capt Schultz
The Red Beret (1953) opening credits
The Red Beret (1953)
The Pole
The Colditz Story (1955) opening credits (3)
The Colditz Story (1955)
Fischer
Doublecross (1956) opening credits (3)
Doublecross (1956)
Dmitri Krassin
The Black Tent (1956) opening credits (3)
The Black Tent (1956)
Senior Nazi Officer
Seven Thunders (1957) opening credits (6)
Seven Thunders (1957)
Colonel Trautman
The Traitor (1957) opening credits (3)
The Traitor (1957)
Joseph Brezina
The Traitor (1957) opening credits (3)
A Question of Adultery (1958)
Carl Dieter
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) opening credits (4)
The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959)
Dr Georges Bonnet
The Heroes of Telemark (1965) opening credits (3)
The Heroes of Telemark (1965)
Major Frick
The Blue Max (1966) opening credits (8)
The Blue Max (1966)
Holbach
Where Eagles Dare (1968) opening credits
Where Eagles Dare (1970)
Col Kramer
Zeppelin (1971) opening credits (3)
Zeppelin (1971)
Colonel Hirsch
Shatter (1974) opening credits (1)
Shatter (1974)
Hans Leber
Shatter (1974) opening credits (1)
Operation: Daybreak (1976)
Reinhard Heydrich
Shatter (1974) opening credits (1)
The Swiss Conspiracy (1976)
Franz Benninger
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