Anton Walbrook

1896-1967

Biography: life and films

Anton Walbrook was an Austrian actor whose birth name was Adolf Anton Wilhelm Wohlbrück. He was born in Vienna, Austria on 19th November 1896 and died in Garatshausen, Bavaria, Germany on 9th August 1967, aged 70.

His best films as an actor include Herbert Wilcox's Sixty Glorious Years (1938), Thorold Dickinson's thriller Gaslight (1940), Michael Powell's The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Max Ophüls's La Ronde (1950) and Lola Montès (1955).

Anton Walbrook appeared in 43 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Michael Powell (4 films), Thorold Dickinson (2), Reinhold Schünzel (2), Max Ophüls (2), Julien Duvivier (2) and Herbert Wilcox (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (32 films), romance (5), history (5), comedy (5), War (5), Thriller (2) and Biography (2).

Our average rating for Anton Walbrook over all films is: 2.9

Filmography

Key: a = actor

Marionetten (1915) [a]

Martin Luther (1923) [a]

Mater dolorosa (1924) [a]

Das Geheimnis von Schloß Elmshöh (1925) [a]

Die fünf verfluchten Gentlemen (1931) [a]

Salto Mortale (1931) [a]

Der Stolz der 3. Kompanie (1932) [a]

Drei von der Stempelstelle (1932) [a]

Melodie der Liebe (1932) [a]

Georges et Georgette (1933) [a]

Keine Angst vor Liebe (1933) [a]

Viktor und Viktoria (1933) [a]

Walzerkrieg (1933) [a]

Die englische Heirat (1934) [a]

Die vertauschte Braut (1934) [a]

Eine Frau, die weiß, was sie will (1934) [a]

Der Student von Prag (1935) [a]

Ich war Jack Mortimer (1935) [a]

Le Baron tzigane (1935) [a]

Michel Strogoff (1935) [a]

Regine (1935) [a]

Zigeunerbaron (1935) [a]

Allotria (1936) [a]

Der Kurier des Zaren (1936) [a]

Port-Arthur (1936) [a]

The Rat (1937) [a]

The Soldier and the Lady (1937) [a]

Victoria the Great (1937) [a]

Sixty Glorious Years (1938) [a]

Gaslight (1940) [a]

49th Parallel (1941) [a]

Dangerous Moonlight (1941) [a]

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) [a]

The Man from Morocco (1945) [a]

The Red Shoes (1948) [a]

The Queen of Spades (1949) [a]

König für eine Nacht (1950) [a]

La Ronde (1950) [a]

Wiener Walzer (1951) [a]

L'Affaire Maurizius (1954) [a]

Lola Montès (1955) [a]

Oh... Rosalinda!! (1955) [a]

Saint Joan (1957) [a]

I Accuse! (1958) [a]



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