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Anton Diffring

1916 - 1989

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Anton Diffring (born Alfred Pollack; 20 October 1916 – 19 May 1989) was a German actor. He had an extensive film and television career in the United Kingdom from the 1940s to the 1980s, latterly appearing in international films. Primarily a character actor, he often played Nazi officers in World War II films and villains in horror films, and other antagonistic authority figures. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Anton Diffring is the 2,919th most popular actor (up from 3,190th in 2019), the 3,576th most popular biography from Germany (up from 3,795th in 2019) and the 82nd most popular German Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anton Diffring ranks 2,919 out of 13,578. Before him are Takuya Kimura, Adela Noriega, Ghita Nørby, Tina Ambani, Timothy Olyphant, and Bob Peck. After him are Melissa Sue Anderson, Kyle Chandler, Timothée Chalamet, Behrouz Vossoughi, Dan O'Herlihy, and Francesca Neri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Anton Diffring ranks 141. Before him are Movita Castaneda, Halil İnalcık, Alexey Maresyev, Bismillah Khan, Wan Li, and Benjamin Libet. After him are Svend Asmussen, Bill Melendez, Françoise Giroud, Charlie Christian, Rong Yiren, and Robert H. Dicke. Among people deceased in 1989, Anton Diffring ranks 148. Before him are Juan Hilario Marrero, Abbie Hoffman, Zinka Milanov, John J. McCloy, Mark Krein, and Mouloud Mammeri. After him are Alex Thépot, Harry Andrews, Ćamil Sijarić, Maurice Evans, Diana Vreeland, and Kaj Franck.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Anton Diffring ranks 3,578 out of 7,253. Before him are Paul von Rusdorf (1385), Duchess Sophia Charlotte of Oldenburg (1879), Fritz Szepan (1907), Albert Niemann (1834), Dieter Hoeneß (1953), and Hermann von Stein (1854). After him are H.P. Baxxter (1964), Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947), Sylvia Nasar (1947), Edzard I, Count of East Frisia (1462), August Immanuel Bekker (1785), and Gertrud Elisabeth Mara (1749).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Anton Diffring ranks 82. Before him are Franka Potente (1974), Karl Valentin (1882), Dieter Hallervorden (1935), Ingrid Caven (1938), Konrad Ernst Ackermann (1712), and Michael Ballhaus (1935). After him are Siegfried Rauch (1932), Hans Christian Blech (1915), Christian Oliver (1972), Sybille Schmitz (1909), Petra Schürmann (1933), and Cornelia Froboess (1943).

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