Biography

Karl Gerhart Fröbe, better known as Gert Fröbe (25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor who starred in many films, including the James Bond film Goldfinger as Auric Goldfinger, The Threepenny Opera as Peachum, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang as Baron Bomburst, and in Der Räuber Hotzenplotz as Hotzenplotz. Description above from the Wikipedia article Gert Fröbe, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Goldfinger

Auric Goldfinger

The Longest Day

Sgt. Kaffekanne

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

Baron Bomburst

Is Paris Burning?

Von Choltitz

And Then There Were None

Wilhelm Blore

Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes

Colonel Manfred von Holstein

The Incredible World of James Bond

Self (archive footage)

Der Tiefstapler

Felix von Korn