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- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- June 24, 1913
- Place of Birth
- Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
- Died
- October 28, 2005
Harold Dyrenforth
Harald Dyrenforth started his career as an actor in the late thirties in the Swiss theatre and radio, came to America in 1938, appeared in a number of Broadway plays and New York radio shows, served a hitch in the U.S. Army Ski Troops and another one as a foreign language broadcaster for the Office of War Information and "voice of America" of the U.S. State Department. In 1946 he made his movie debut in a featured part, that of Walter Damrosch in the film "Carnegie Hall." He appeared in over 40 pictures and 500 TV shows. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater Arts at U.C.L.A. and taught at Chapman College in Orange, CA while working as an actor and director. In 1961 he directed "the Madwoman of Chaillot" at Long Beach State College.
Filmography
movieThe Andromeda Strain
1971 · (uncredited)
movieMorituri
1965 · Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)
movieThe Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964 · U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
movieIn the Presence of Mine Enemies
1960 · The General
movieWatusi
1959 · Wilhelm von Kentner
tvThe Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958
tvThe Thin Man
1957 · Hans - the Dutchman
movieThe Fabulous Irishman
1957 · Wirz
movieCongo Crossing
1956 · Steiner
tvThe Man Called X
1956
tvAlfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Frederic Blauer
movieJump Into Hell
1955 · Maj. Flandrin
movieThe Desert Rats
1953 · Observer (uncredited)
tvTerry and the Pirates
1952
tvFour Star Playhouse
1952 · Guard
movieStorm Over Tibet
1952 · Professor Faber
movieThe Red Ball Express
1952 · German Sergeant (uncredited)
movieTarget Unknown
1951 · Sergeant Weltzer (uncredited)
movieDemon of the Himalayas
1935 · Idea