Gert Fröbe

Tall, portly built German born actor (and talented violinist) who notched up over 100 film appearances, predominantly in German-language productions. He will forever be remembered by Western audiences as the bombastic megalomaniac "Auric Goldfinger" trying to kill 'Sean Connery' (qv) and irradiate the vast US gold reserves within Fort Knox in the spectacular "James Bond" film _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv). However, due to Fröbe's thick German accent, his voice was actually dubbed by English actor, 'Michael Collins' (qv).Whilst commonly perceived as cold hearted & humourless from his _Goldfinger (1964)_ (qv) portrayal, quite to the contrary, Fröbe was a jovial man and a wonderful comedic performer. His light hearted talents can be best viewed in _The Berliner (1948)_ (qv), _Der Tag vor der Hochzeit (1952)_ (qv), _Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)_ (qv), and _Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 hours 11 minutes (1965)_ (qv). Fröbe also portrayed dogged detective Kriminalkommissar Kras/Lohmann pursuing the evil Dr. Mabuse in _The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960)_ (qv), _The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)_ (qv) and _The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962)_ (qv).::firehouse44@hotmail.com