ACTOR

Gert Fröbe

1913 - 1988

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Karl Gerhart "Gert" Fröbe (German: [ˈɡɛɐ̯t ˈfʁøːbə] ; 25 February 1913 – 5 September 1988) was a German actor. He was known in English-speaking countries for his work as the title character in the James Bond film Goldfinger, as Peachum in The Threepenny Opera, as Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, as Hotzenplotz in The Robber Hotzenplotz, General Dietrich von Choltitz in Is Paris Burning?, as Colonel Manfred von Holstein in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, and as Inspector Bauer in Ingmar Bergman's The Serpent's Egg. Fröbe was a three-time German Film Award nominee, twice for Best Leading Actor and once for Best Supporting Actor. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Gert Fröbe is the 912th most popular actor (down from 645th in 2019), the 1,325th most popular biography from Germany (down from 1,018th in 2019) and the 19th most popular German Actor.

Gert Fröbe is most famous for his role as James Bond's nemesis Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond films "You Only Live Twice" and "On Her Majesty's Secret Service."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Gert Fröbe ranks 912 out of 13,578. Before him are Teri Hatcher, Anne Parillaud, Mario Adorf, Joan Plowright, Nick Adams, and Terence Stamp. After him are Ann-Margret, Richard Lynch, Florinda Bolkan, Erik Bruhn, Bubba Smith, and Elisabeth Shue.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Gert Fröbe ranks 69. Before him are Tito Gobbi, Luz Long, Stewart Granger, Stanley Kramer, Mark Robson, and Vinicius de Moraes. After him are Joe Simon, Gerda Christian, Lloyd Bridges, Benjamin Bloom, Edward Gierek, and Robert Adler. Among people deceased in 1988, Gert Fröbe ranks 39. Before him are Franz Josef Strauss, Christina Onassis, Farida of Egypt, Henryk Szeryng, Jean-Michel Basquiat, and Valerie Solanas. After him are Heo Jeong, Willem Drees, Hermann Graf, Branko Zebec, Yevgeny Mravinsky, and Hans Urs von Balthasar.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Gert Fröbe ranks 1,325 out of 7,253. Before him are Joseph Süß Oppenheimer (1698), Sophia Eleonore of Saxony (1609), Fidelis of Sigmaringen (1577), Theodor Storm (1817), Theobald Boehm (1794), and Barbara Blomberg (1527). After him are Hermann Heinrich Gossen (1810), Hermann Lotze (1817), Princess Mary Adelaide of Cambridge (1833), Nena (1960), Margravine Johanna of Baden-Baden (1704), and Wilhelm Busch (1832).

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Among ACTORS In Germany

Among actors born in Germany, Gert Fröbe ranks 19. Before him are Horst Buchholz (1933), Max Schreck (1879), Karin Schubert (1944), Lale Andersen (1905), Horst Tappert (1923), and Christiane F. (1962). After him are Til Schweiger (1963), Erika Mann (1905), Hildegard Knef (1925), Thomas Kretschmann (1962), Brigitte Helm (1906), and Maria Riva (1924).

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