Leon Askin

Leon Askin

Born: September 18, 1907
Died: June 3, 2005
in Vienna, Austria
Leon Askin (Born: September 18, 1907, Vienna, Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Height 6ft [1.83m]) was an Austrian-American actor who enjoyed a successful career in both theater and television. He is best known for his portrayal of General Albert Burkhalter in the hit sitcom "Hogan's Heroes," a role he played for six seasons from 1965 to 1971. Born Leo Aschkenasy in Vienna, Austria, in 1907, Askin developed an interest in acting at a young age. He studied at the Max Reinhardt Seminar, a prestigious acting school in Vienna, and began his career on the stage in the early 1930s. With the rise of the Nazi regime in Germany, Askin, a Jew, was forced to flee Austria in 1938. He emigrated to the United States, where he continued to work in theater. He also began appearing in films and television shows, often playing villainous roles due to his imposing stature and commanding presence. Askin's most famous role came in 1965 when he was cast as General Burkhalter in "Hogan's Heroes." The show, which chronicled the exploits of a group of American prisoners of war running a secret operation from a German POW camp, was a huge success, and Askin became a household name. After "Hogan's Heroes" ended in 1971, Askin continued to work steadily in television and film. He appeared in numerous guest roles on popular shows such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," "The Rockford Files," and "Murder, She Wrote." He also had recurring roles on the soap operas "General Hospital" and "Santa Barbara."

Askin's film credits include such movies as "The Dirty Dozen," "The Night of the Generals," and "The Boys from Brazil." He also continued to work in theater throughout his career, appearing in both Broadway and off-Broadway productions. Askin remained active in acting well into his later years. He published an autobiography, "Quietude and Quest: Protagonists and Antagonists in the Theatre, on and Off Stage as Seen Through the Eyes of Leon Askin," in 1997. He also received numerous awards for his work, including the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art in 1988 and the Silver Cross of Honor in 1994.

Askin died in Vienna in 2005 at the age of 97. He is remembered as one of the most versatile and talented actors of his generation.

Movies for Leon Askin...

Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
Title: Ene mene muh – und tot bist du
Released: August 10, 2001
Type: Movie
A small retirement home on the edge of Vienna where the city's oldest residents live. Patients over the age of 100 begin to die under mysterious circumstances. The police's secret investigation concentrates on the nursing staff at first. But the new medical director, Dr. Klein, discovers that one of the patients is the culprit.
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Kubanisch rauchen
Title: Kubanisch rauchen
Character: Waranovsky
Released: August 19, 1999
Type: Movie
Paul and Bernd take over a small upscale antique store together. On one nightly excursion, Bernd introduces Paul and Lisa with each other. What was intended as a little variety to marriage-like everyday life develops into a great romance accompanied by a threat: If Eva hears about the affair, the financing for the shop will be in danger. Slowly but surely, Paul is ready to give up everything for Lisa: the shop, Eva and especially the loan. Bernd knows that Dragan is his only hope.
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Die Bräute
Title: Die Bräute
Character: Rutte
Released: July 29, 1998
Type: Movie
Adele and Sibylle, the two brides of narrow-gauge crooks Heinz and Hermann , are fed up with being just appendages . Together with fellow sufferers , they decide to pull off their own coups - and they do it much better , more cleverly and more successfully than their unsuspecting men... underworldand the police are at a loss.
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Black Flamingos - Sie lieben euch zu Tode
Title: Black Flamingos - Sie lieben euch zu Tode
Released: July 1, 1998
Type: Movie
An unhappy young photographer is about to make his debut as a journalist. He is to write an obituary about the weapons-crazy mayor of a Lower Austrian village who, it is said, had a tank from WWII. In the course of his research he unearths a conspiracy of wifes murdering their husbands to get an early widowers pension.
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Title: Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt
Character: Francesco Del la Ribiola
Released: January 11, 1998
Type: TV
Medicopter 117 – Jedes Leben zählt is a German television series.
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Leon Askin - (Über)Leben und Schauspiel. Private Anmerkungen
Title: Leon Askin - (Über)Leben und Schauspiel. Private Anmerkungen
Character: Himself
Released: January 1, 1997
Type: Movie
"The art of the stage actor and even of a stage director is evanescent. Nothing remains of it but a 'still' photograph or two (...) Not everyone can be a genius. Somebody has to be a Leon Askin - and that's me." Leon Askin, born in Vienna in 1907 , fled from the Nazis to the USA in 1940. The private Leon Askin is portrayed: his daily routine, his contact with those around him, at work. During quiet moments, he discusses his thoughts about persecution, emigration, work, discipline, success, the image one projects to the world, his identity as a Jew, loneliness, the struggle for recognition and health, life acting - and also about death.
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Glück auf Raten
Title: Glück auf Raten
Released: February 13, 1996
Type: Movie
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Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Title: Die Fernsehsaga – Eine steirische Fernsehgeschichte
Character: alter Adler
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
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Deadly Love
Title: Deadly Love
Released: January 1, 1995
Type: Movie
Following the failure of the marriage of the influential publisher Helmreich and his wife, Helmreich wins the suit for the custody of their 6-year old son. His former wife, Uschi, robbed of the meaning of her life, commits an act of desperation.
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OcchioPinocchio
Title: OcchioPinocchio
Character: Lo psichiatra
Released: December 25, 1994
Type: Movie
A man with cognitive problems lives and works in a hospice. One day an American banker discovers that the man is his son.
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Title: Inspector Rex
Character: Nachbar
Released: November 10, 1994
Type: TV
After his handler is killed, police dog Rex teams up with recently-divorced inspector Richard Moser to investigate crimes and solve mysteries on the streets of Vienna. And they sometimes get help from their two-legged friend, Inspector Stockinger.
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Fear of Heights
Title: Fear of Heights
Character: Vater Gusenleitner
Released: October 15, 1994
Type: Movie
An unusual love story between a farmer from a small village and a 25-year-old recently released prisoner from Vienna. First he wins the acceptance and sympathy of the villagers before his past catches up with him.
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Hitler Stole My Ideas
Title: Hitler Stole My Ideas
Released: January 1, 1994
Type: Movie
Using archive film material never seen before, Hollywood veteran Leon Askin portrays Adolf Lanz (1874-1954), the man who gave Hitler his ideas.
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Odd Jobs
Title: Odd Jobs
Character: Don Carlucci
Released: March 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Four students who work on different jobs during their vacations in summer are tired of doing the same thing every year. Therefore they decide to open up a moving company together and confront themselves with the former boss of one of them.
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Savage Island
Title: Savage Island
Character: Luker
Released: September 1, 1985
Type: Movie
Women who have been captured and sold as slave labor to a South American emerald mine hatch a plan for revolution and revenge.
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First Strike
Title: First Strike
Released: May 10, 1985
Type: Movie
A U.S. Navy submarine captain tries to prevent the Soviets from trying to launch World War III.
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Frightmare
Title: Frightmare
Character: Wolfgang
Released: September 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Drama students decide to pay tribute to their favorite horror star by stealing his body from his crypt for a farewell party. They fail to realize their violation of the tomb has triggered powerful black magic, and Conrad hasn't taken his final bows yet.
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Going Ape!
Title: Going Ape!
Character: Zebrewski
Released: April 10, 1981
Type: Movie
When his father - who owned a circus - dies, Oscar inherits 5 million dollars - and 3 orangutans. However there's a condition connected to the money: if he gives away the apes or just one gets sick or dies during the next 3 years, the zoologic society will get all the money. So he not only has to deal with 3 apes and an annoyed girlfriend, but also with a greedy zoologic society's president.
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Title: Three's Company
Released: March 15, 1977
Type: TV
The three single roommates Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack Tripper all platonically share Apartment 201 in a Santa Monica, California apartment building owned by Mr. and Mrs. Roper.
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Title: Karl May
Character: Klotz-Sello
Released: January 10, 1977
Type: TV
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Title: Meeting of Minds
Released: January 10, 1977
Type: TV
Meeting of Minds is a television series, created by Steve Allen, which aired on PBS from 1977 to 1981. The show featured guests who played significant roles in world history. Guests would interact with each other and host Steve Allen, discussing philosophy, religion, history, science, and many other topics. It was conceptually quite similar to the Canadian television series Witness to Yesterday, created by Arthur Voronka, which preceded Meeting Of Minds to the air by three years. Steve Allen actually appeared on a 1976 episode of Witness to Yesterday as George Gershwin, one year before Meeting Of Minds premiered. As nearly as was possible, the actual words of the historical figures were used. The show was fully scripted, yet the scripts were carefully crafted to give the appearance of spontaneous discussion among historic figures. Guests included: Plato, Socrates, Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Florence Nightingale, Thomas Paine, Francis Bacon, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, Karl Marx, Charles Darwin, Daniel O'Connell, Catherine II, and Oliver Cromwell. Typically, each episode would be split into two parts, broadcast separately, with most or all of the guests introduced over the course of the first part, and the discussions continuing into the second part. A total of 24 episodes were produced.
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Title: Switch
Character: Prince Dimitri Marenka
Released: September 9, 1975
Type: TV
Switch is an American action-adventure, tongue-in-cheek detective series starring Eddie Albert and Robert Wagner, who work as private eyes, for a deceptive sting operation. It was broadcast on the CBS network for three seasons between September 9, 1975 and August 20, 1978, bumping the Hawaii Five-O detective series to Friday nights.
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Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Title: Parapsycho: Spectrum of Fear
Released: May 2, 1975
Type: Movie
Split into three episodes, this film examines extrasensory perception, reincarnation and telepathy.
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Die gelbe Nachtigall
Title: Die gelbe Nachtigall
Character: Jason
Released: March 31, 1975
Type: Movie
Fanny Hobichler, a young promising actress, moves to Vienna in the 1920s in order to pursue her big break. She draws inspiration and seeks help from the popular stage actor Albert Kortz who once started out from the same provincial town as she did and was a close friend of her late father. Kortz, however, dreams of retiring as he is tired of his fame and having to deal with the short-tempered theatre director Jason. Together, they try to outwit Jason.
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Karl May
Title: Karl May
Released: October 18, 1974
Type: Movie
This ethereal, three-hour biopic is the middle film in Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “German Trilogy” on the mythological foundations of the Third Reich. By fusing theater, music, and cinema, Syberberg conjures up Karl May (1842-1912), the immensely popular German author, who set many of his adventure novels in an idealized version of the American Wild West. His tales of the cowboy and the Ubermensch alike were beloved by many, including (Our) Hitler, who supposedly ordered his generals to read May works after defeats in the Russian campaign.
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Title: Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers
Released: September 14, 1974
Type: TV
Paul Sand in Friends and Lovers is a 1974-1975 United States comedic television series starring Paul Sand which centers around a musician in Boston, Massachusetts, and his personal relationships. It was Sand's only starring role in a television series. The show aired from September 14, 1974, to January 4, 1975.
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Verurteilt 1910
Title: Verurteilt 1910
Character: Regierungsrat Stukart
Released: September 7, 1974
Type: Movie
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Title: Happy Days
Released: January 15, 1974
Type: TV
In 1950s Milwaukee the Cunningham family must contend with Fonzie, a motorcycle riding Casanova.
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Perahim - die zweite Chance
Title: Perahim - die zweite Chance
Released: January 1, 1974
Type: Movie
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Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
Title: Doctor Death: Seeker of Souls
Character: Thor
Released: October 1, 1973
Type: Movie
John Considine plays the flamboyant Dr. Death, a thousand-year-old magician who has mastered he art of transferring souls from one body to another and thereby manages to perpetuate himself by jumping from one body to the next. Apparently the Doc is a kindred spirit since his blood is a highly-corrosive acid that can strip flesh from bone
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Genesis II
Title: Genesis II
Character: Overseer
Released: March 23, 1973
Type: Movie
A scientist who has been preserved in suspended animation wakes up to find himself in a primitive society in the future.
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Hammersmith Is Out
Title: Hammersmith Is Out
Character: Dr. Krodt
Released: May 12, 1972
Type: Movie
The Faust legend retold (loosely) and applied to a mentally disturbed patient in a hospital run by a doctor of dubious sanity himself. The patient offers the innocent orderly vast riches if he'll help him escape.
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Title: Der schwarze Graf
Character: Amschel Talmeier
Released: November 30, 1970
Type: TV
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Death Knocks Twice
Title: Death Knocks Twice
Character: Peppe Mangano
Released: November 25, 1969
Type: Movie
When private detective Bob Martin looking for a stolen diamond necklace, he also has a clever serial killer on the trail ...
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The Maltese Bippy
Title: The Maltese Bippy
Character: Axel Kronstadt
Released: June 18, 1969
Type: Movie
A man buys a house and comes to believe that not only is the house haunted by werewolves, but a family of vampires lives next door.
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A Fine Pair
Title: A Fine Pair
Character: Chief Wellman
Released: September 27, 1968
Type: Movie
A detective gets involved with the beautiful daughter of an old friend. The daughter turns out to be a jewel thief, who in turn gets the detective involved in a caper in Austria.
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God's Police Patrol
Title: God's Police Patrol
Character: Felix
Released: September 14, 1968
Type: Movie
The Confiscation of Confession and 10 million Marks bring the young accident priest Wolf into an adventurous situation: A deadly injured gobber has entrusted him with the hiding-place of the millions of heavy prey, making him the key figure of dangerous gangster interests. The ice-cold cheeks, the fat Felix, and the sex bomb Roma are placed on him to reveal the secret. But Wolf remains ironic - even as Roma tried to seduce him in a completely unchristian way. On the contrary, Wolf brings the beautiful blonde even to think - and so the hunt for the prey ends quite differently
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Lucrezia
Title: Lucrezia
Character: Alessandro VI
Released: July 7, 1968
Type: Movie
Fabrizio finds refuge from thugs in a convent, and passion in the arms of Lucrezia Borgia.
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Guns for San Sebastian
Title: Guns for San Sebastian
Character: Vicar General
Released: March 20, 1968
Type: Movie
Leon Alastray is an outlaw who has been given sanctuary by Father John, whom he then escorts to the village of San Sebastian. The village is deserted, with its cowardly residents hiding in the hills from Indians, who regularly attack the village and steal all their supplies. When Father John is murdered, the villagers mistakenly think the outlaw is the priest. Alastray at first tells them he is not a priest, but they don't believe it, and an apparent miracle seems to prove they are correct. Eventually, he assists them in regaining their confidence and defending themselves.
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The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Title: The Wicked Dreams of Paula Schultz
Character: Oscar
Released: January 3, 1968
Type: Movie
A beautiful East German Olympic hopeful pole-vaults over the Berlin Wall to freedom.
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The Perils of Pauline
Title: The Perils of Pauline
Character: Commissar
Released: August 2, 1967
Type: Movie
Pauline becomes involved in a series of adventures around the world and is aided by her ever present friend, George.
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The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Title: The Caper of the Golden Bulls
Character: Morchek
Released: May 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Peter Churchman stopped robbing banks a long time ago and is now living as a wealthy and respected citizen in Pamplona, Spain. But then his former companion Angela appears and blackmails him to help her robbing the Spanish National Bank of Pamplona. He gives in and develops a brilliant plan... Will this be then end of his comfortable life?
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Double Trouble
Title: Double Trouble
Character: Inspector de Groote
Released: April 5, 1967
Type: Movie
When singer Guy Lambert goes on tour in Europe, he is pursued by two beautiful women, bumbling jewel thieves, and a mysterious killer.
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Title: Mission: Impossible
Released: September 17, 1966
Type: TV
Mission: Impossible is an American television series that was created and initially produced by Bruce Geller. It chronicles the missions of a team of secret government agents known as the Impossible Missions Force. In the first season, the team is led by Dan Briggs, played by Steven Hill; Jim Phelps, played by Peter Graves, takes charge for the remaining seasons. A hallmark of the series shows Briggs or Phelps receiving his instructions on a recording that then self-destructs, followed by the theme music composed by Lalo Schifrin. The series aired on the CBS network from September 1966 to March 1973, then returned to television for two seasons on ABC, from 1988 to 1990, retaining only Graves in the cast. It later inspired a popular series of theatrical motion pictures starring Tom Cruise, beginning in 1996.
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Title: The Monkees
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
Micky, Mike, Peter, and Davy are four young men in mid-1960s LA, members of a struggling country-folk-rock band looking for their big break amid madcap encounters with a variety of people straight out of TV and movie central casting, with full knowledge that their existence is part of a weekly television series
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Title: Felony Squad
Released: September 12, 1966
Type: TV
Twenty-year veteran Detective Sergeant Sam Stone is paired with rookie Briggs in a large Western metropolis.
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Title: It's About Time
Released: September 11, 1966
Type: TV
It's About Time is an American fantasy/science-fiction comedy TV series that aired on CBS for one season of 26 episodes in 1966–1967. The series was created by Sherwood Schwartz, and used sets, props and incidental music from Schwartz's other television series in production at the time, Gilligan's Island.
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What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Title: What Did You Do in the War, Daddy?
Character: Colonel Kastorp
Released: August 31, 1966
Type: Movie
A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.
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Do Not Disturb
Title: Do Not Disturb
Character: Langsdorf
Released: December 22, 1965
Type: Movie
American Mike Harper, sent to do business in England, moves there with his wife, Janet. But she soon becomes convinced that Mike is carrying on with his attractive new assistant, Claire. Mike also has been spending a considerable amount of time with his British bachelor buddies. Vexed and lonely, Claire hires charming antiques expert Paul to decorate the Harper home and maybe make Mike jealous in the process.
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Title: The F.B.I.
Character: Arnold Bebenek
Released: September 19, 1965
Type: TV
The F.B.I. is an American television series that was broadcast on ABC from 1965 to 1974. It was sponsored by the Ford Motor Company, and the characters almost always drove Ford vehicles in the series. Alcoa was co-sponsor of Season One only.
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Title: Honey West
Character: The Count
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.
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Title: Hogan's Heroes
Character: General Burkhalter
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: TV
Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to July 4, 1971, on the CBS network. The show was set in a German prisoner of war camp during World War II. Bob Crane starred as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, coordinating an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations group from the camp. Werner Klemperer played Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner was the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Hans Schultz. The series was popular during its six-season run. In 2013, creators Bernard Fein through his estate and Albert S. Ruddy acquired the sequel and other separate rights to Hogan's Heroes from Mark Cuban through arbitration and a movie based on the show has been planned.
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John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Title: John Goldfarb, Please Come Home!
Character: Samir
Released: March 24, 1965
Type: Movie
During the Cold War, John Goldfarb crashes his spy plane in the Middle East and is taken prisoner by the local government. His captor, King Fawz, soon discovers that Goldfarb used to be a college football star. So he issues him an ultimatum: coach his country's football team, or Fawz will surrender him to the Russians. Goldfarb teams up with undercover reporter Jenny Ericson, and together they plot to escape their dangerous situation.
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Title: Daniel Boone
Character: Roquelin
Released: September 24, 1964
Type: TV
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox Television. Ed Ames co-starred as Mingo, Boone's Cherokee friend, for the first four seasons of the series. Albert Salmi portrayed Boone's companion Yadkin in season one only. Dallas McKennon portrayed innkeeper Cincinnatus. Country Western singer-actor Jimmy Dean was a featured actor as Josh Clements during the 1968–1970 seasons. Actor and former NFL football player Rosey Grier made regular appearances as Gabe Cooper in the 1969 to 1970 season. The show was broadcast "in living color" beginning in fall 1965, the second season, and was shot entirely in California and Kanab, Utah.
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Title: Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Released: October 4, 1963
Type: TV
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre is an American anthology series, sponsored by Chrysler Corporation, which ran on NBC from 1963 through 1967. The show was hosted by Bob Hope, but it had a variety of formats, including musical, dramatic, and comedy.
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Title: The Outer Limits
Character: Shop Superintendent
Released: September 16, 1963
Type: TV
The Outer Limits is an anthology tv series of self-contained sci-fi-horror stories, sometimes with a plot twist at the end.
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Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Title: Sherlock Holmes and the Deadly Necklace
Character: Charles
Released: November 30, 1962
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson embark on a search for Cleopatra's ancient necklace, which has been stolen.
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Title: General Electric True
Released: September 30, 1962
Type: TV
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Title: Saints and Sinners
Character: Baron
Released: September 17, 1962
Type: TV
Saints and Sinners is an American drama series that aired on NBC during the 1962-63 television season. The program stars Nick Adams as newspaper reporter Nick Alexander. Saints and Sinners was created by Adrian Spies, who worked as a journalist before becoming a screenwriter.
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The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Title: The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Character: Flocke
Released: September 6, 1962
Type: Movie
Dr. Mabuse has been locked away for years in an insane asylum. Suddenly crimes start occurring and no one knows the culprit. A detective goes to visit the Doctor to find some sort of clues to the robberies.
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Lulu
Title: Lulu
Character: Medizinalrat Dr. Goll
Released: June 7, 1962
Type: Movie
A 14-year-old girl is caught while trying to pick a doctor's pocket. The doctor ends up taking her in and turning her into a sophisticated lady, whom he marries off to a wealthy man.
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One, Two, Three
Title: One, Two, Three
Character: Peripetchikoff
Released: December 15, 1961
Type: Movie
C.R. MacNamara is a managing director for Coca Cola in West Berlin during the Cold War, just before the Wall is put up. When Scarlett, the rebellious daughter of his boss, comes to West Berlin, MacNamara has to look after her, but this turns out to be a difficult task when she reveals to be married to a communist.
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Blind Justice
Title: Blind Justice
Character: Dr. Leupold
Released: October 5, 1961
Type: Movie
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Always Trouble with the Bed
Title: Always Trouble with the Bed
Character: Luigi Papagallo
Released: August 11, 1961
Type: Movie
A German police man thinks his wife is a call girl.
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Towarisch
Title: Towarisch
Character: Dimitri Gorotschenko
Released: May 4, 1961
Type: Movie
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Weit ist der Weg
Title: Weit ist der Weg
Character: Luiz
Released: November 3, 1960
Type: Movie
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Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet
Title: Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet
Character: Anwalt Dr. Plauert
Released: September 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Germany at the time of the economic miracle: the boorish and equally rude Jupp Grapsch has made a small fortune through his bustling activities. His wife Lisbeth, on the other hand, does not feel comfortable with this, but silently accepts the circumstances. Even when Jupp gets involved with the somewhat disreputable Nina Sonntag, an extravagant young woman, she accepts this at first. At some point, however, the situation escalates and Lisbeth slips a slap in the face, which Jupp cleverly wants to use to finally get rid of his wife by divorcing her. But Lisbeth refuses and so Jupp hires an unscrupulous man to create a reason for the separation in exchange for money...
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Pension Schöller
Title: Pension Schöller
Character: Fritz Bernhardi
Released: July 14, 1960
Type: Movie
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Der Traum des Mr. Borton
Title: Der Traum des Mr. Borton
Character: Martin Borton
Released: July 6, 1960
Type: Movie
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Mistress of the World - Part II
Title: Mistress of the World - Part II
Character: Fernando
Released: April 26, 1960
Type: Movie
Karin is now continuing her father's research and is also caught in the cross hairs of the mysterious opponents. Johanson himself retreats to a Cambodian monastery in order to escape the gangsters' shots and recover. Meanwhile, the international criminals manage to steal Johanson's energy formula. Karin then goes after the thieves, supported by Lundstrom. But he also has his own goals. The hunt takes them around the world. It soon turns out that a certain Madame Latour is behind the sinister machinations. Eventually old Johanson falls into her hands. In Southeast Asia, a showdown ensues between the kidnappers and Lundstrom and Karin.
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Mistress of the World - Part I
Title: Mistress of the World - Part I
Character: Fernando
Released: April 14, 1960
Type: Movie
Professor Johansson has made a huge scientific breakthrough; a device that will create a huge magnetic pulse that knocks out all electricity over a continent-wide area. The military applications are already being thought of when Dr. Johansson is kidnapped by a group of profit-seeking mercenaries. Meanwhile, his daughter, Karin, finds herself having to consort with all manner of shady characters as she searches for her father.
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Die Irre von Chaillot
Title: Die Irre von Chaillot
Character: Präsident
Released: December 17, 1959
Type: Movie
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Entscheidung
Title: Entscheidung
Character: Lajos Morva
Released: November 15, 1959
Type: Movie
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Der Mann im Manne
Title: Der Mann im Manne
Character: Ed Keller
Released: September 5, 1959
Type: Movie
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The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Title: The Peter Tchaikovsky Story
Character: Anton Rubinstein
Released: June 29, 1959
Type: Movie
The story of young Tchaikovsky through the premiere of his "Sleeping Beauty" ballet.
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The Last Blitzkrieg
Title: The Last Blitzkrieg
Character: Sergeant Steiner
Released: January 30, 1959
Type: Movie
The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American Troops, behind the lines in order to sabotage the Allied Forces.
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Rebel Flight to Cuba
Title: Rebel Flight to Cuba
Character: General Cordobas
Released: January 1, 1959
Type: Movie
A group of criminals hijacks a plane, intending to fly it to Cuba.
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Der Schinderhannes
Title: Der Schinderhannes
Released: December 17, 1958
Type: Movie
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Title: Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers
Released: October 21, 1956
Type: TV
Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers is a television series broadcast in the United States by NBC during its 1956-57 season. In a period in which much of the programming on U.S. television consisted of Westerns, Tales of the 77th Bengal Lancers could best be described as an "Eastern". It consisted of the adventures of a fictional regiment of the famed real-life cavalry of the British Indian Army. The leading characters were the 77th's officers: the commander, Colonel Standish and two of his lieutenants, William Storm and Michael Rhodes. Rhodes was portrayed as a Canadian, purportedly because the actor portraying him, a native of New Jersey, could not be coached to produce a credible British accent.
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Title: Telephone Time
Released: April 8, 1956
Type: TV
Telephone Time is an American anthology drama series that aired on CBS in 1956, and on ABC from 1957 to 1958. The series features plays by John Nesbitt who hosted the first season. Frank C. Baxter hosted the 1957 and 1958 seasons. The program was directed by Arthur Hiller.
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Title: Matinee Theater
Character: General Rabat
Released: October 31, 1955
Type: TV
Matinee Theater is an American anthology series that aired on NBC during the Golden Age of Television, from 1955 to 1958. The series, which ran daily in the afternoon, was frequently live. It was produced by Albert McCleery, Darrell Ross, George Cahan and Frank Price with executive producer George Lowther. McCleery had previously produced the live series Cameo Theatre which introduced to television the concept of theater-in-the-round, TV plays staged with minimal sets. Jim Buckley of the Pewter Plough Playhouse recalled: When Al McCleery got back to the States, he originated a most ambitious theatrical TV series for NBC called Matinee Theater: to televise five different stage plays per week live, airing around noon in order to promote color TV to the American housewife as she labored over her ironing. Al was the producer. He hired five directors and five art directors. Richard Bennett, one of our first early presidents of the Pewter Plough Corporation, was one of the directors and I was one of the art directors and, as soon as we were through televising one play, we had lunch and then met to plan next week’s show. That was over 50 years ago, and I’m trying to think; I believe the TV art director is his own set decorator —yes, of course! It had to be, since one of McCleery’s chief claims to favor with the producers was his elimination of the setting per se and simply decorating the scene with a minimum of props. It took a bit of ingenuity.
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Title: The 20th Century Fox Hour
Released: October 5, 1955
Type: TV
The 20th Century Fox Hour is an American drama anthology series televised in the United States on CBS from 1955 to 1957. Some of the shows in this series were restored, remastered and shown on the Fox Movie Channel in 2002 under the title Hour of Stars. The season one episode Overnight Haul, starring Richard Conte and Lizabeth Scott, was released in Australia as a feature film.
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Spy Chasers
Title: Spy Chasers
Character: Alex Baxis
Released: July 31, 1955
Type: Movie
Slip and the gang (Bowery Boys) foil foes of the exiled, incognito king of Truania (Sig Ruman).
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Carolina Cannonball
Title: Carolina Cannonball
Character: Otto
Released: January 28, 1955
Type: Movie
Judy and her grandpa run a trolley between a train depot and a ghost town in Nevada, near the California border. Three spies intent of tracking down an atomic missile gone astray arrive. When the trolley breaks down, Judy and Grandpa unwittingly install the engine from the nearby crashed missile.
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Title: Studio 57
Released: September 21, 1954
Type: TV
Studio 57 is an American anthology series that was broadcast on the now-defunct DuMont Television Network from September 1954 to September 1955, and in syndication from 1955 to 1956.
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Valley of the Kings
Title: Valley of the Kings
Character: Valentine Arko, Antique Dealer
Released: July 21, 1954
Type: Movie
Hard-boiled archeologist Mark Brandon is searching for ancient tombs in Egypt when he is approached by beautiful Ann Mercedes, who convinces him to help her fulfill her deceased father's life's ambition - to provide solid proof of the biblical Joseph's travels in ancient Egypt. As an ex-pupil of Ann's father, Mark accepts and the two embark on a search for the tomb of the Pharoah Ra Hotep, said to have had some connection with Joseph. The trail to the tomb is fraught with intrigue, betrayal, murder, and the possibility that the tomb itself has been emptied of all its artifacts by ancient looters.
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Secret of the Incas
Title: Secret of the Incas
Character: Anton Marcu
Released: June 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Harry Steele (Charlton Heston) is a tourist guide determined to make his fortune by finding the Sunburst, an Inca treasure.
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Knock on Wood
Title: Knock on Wood
Character: Laslo Gromeck
Released: April 6, 1954
Type: Movie
Ventriloquist Jerry Morgan has failed with another love affair. The reason: when the relationship reaches the point when it is time to discuss marriage, his two dolls become mean and jealous. Morgan's dollmaker Papinek is a member of a spy ring who has stolen the secret plans for the top-secret Lafayette airplane. Since Morgan is leaving for Zurich the same night, he decides to hide the secret plan in the heads of the dolls.
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Title: The Man Behind the Badge
Released: October 11, 1953
Type: TV
The Man Behind the Badge is the title of a half-hour American television police drama series which aired on the CBS from 1953-1955 starring and hosted by character actor Charles Bickford. Years later, Bickford appeared as one of the owners of Shiloh Ranch in the NBC western series, The Vrginian. In its first season, The Man Behind the Badge aired on Sundays at 9:30 p.m. EST opposite ABC's Jukebox Jury.
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The Veils of Bagdad
Title: The Veils of Bagdad
Character: Pasha Hammam
Released: October 6, 1953
Type: Movie
Antar is sent by Suleiman, head of the Ottoman Empire, to Bagdad to prevent Hammam, Pasha of Bagdad, from purchasing the services of local leader Mustapha to unite the hill tribes and overthrow the emperor. The intrigue mounts as Antar falls in love with dancer Selima, who tries to avenge her father's death against Hammam's right-hand-man Kasseim, whose wife Rosanna has fallen in love with Antar!
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Three Lives
Title: Three Lives
Character: Dr. Stein
Released: September 17, 1953
Type: Movie
A short film made for the United Jewish Appeal, reuniting the main players behind The Sniper, writers Edna and Edward Anhalt, director Edward Dmytryk, and star Arthur Franz.
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The Robe
Title: The Robe
Character: Abidor
Released: September 16, 1953
Type: Movie
Marcellus is a tribune in the time of Christ. He is in charge of the group that is assigned to crucify Jesus. Drunk, he wins Jesus' homespun robe after the crucifixion. He is tormented by nightmares and delusions after the event. Hoping to find a way to live with what he has done, and still not believing in Jesus, he returns to Palestine to try and learn what he can of the man he killed.
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China Venture
Title: China Venture
Character: Wu King
Released: September 7, 1953
Type: Movie
American soldiers undertake a mission to capture a Japanese admiral who has survived an air crash in China during WWII.
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South Sea Woman
Title: South Sea Woman
Character: Pierre Marchand
Released: June 27, 1953
Type: Movie
Marine Sergeant James O'Hearn is being tried at the San Diego Marine base for desertion, theft, scandalous conduct and destruction of property in time of war. He refuses to testify or plead guilty or not guilty to the charges. Showgirl Ginger Martin takes the stand against his protest. She testifies O'Hearn won't talk because he is protecting the name of his pal, Marine Private Davey White. Ginger tells how she, broke and stranded, met the two marines in Shanghai two weeks before Pearl Harbor.
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Desert Legion
Title: Desert Legion
Character: Major Vasil
Released: May 8, 1953
Type: Movie
A commander in the Foreign Legion romances a mysterious and exotic princess.
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Road to Bali
Title: Road to Bali
Character: King Ramayana
Released: January 29, 1953
Type: Movie
Having to leave Melbourne in a hurry to avoid various marriage proposals, two song-and-dance men sign on for work as divers. This takes them to an idyllic island on the way to Bali where they vie with each other for the favours of Princess Lala. The hazardous dive produces a chest of priceless jewels which arouses the less romantic interest of some shady locals.
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Title: Biff Baker U.S.A.
Character: Reicher
Released: November 6, 1952
Type: TV
Biff Baker, U.S.A. is an American crime drama television series that aired on CBS from November 6, 1952, to March 26, 1953 starring Alan Hale, Jr. as Cold War spy Biff Baker.
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Title: Adventures of Superman
Character: Joseph Ferdinand
Released: September 19, 1952
Type: TV
Announcer: "The Adventures of Superman. Faster than a speeding bullet! More powerful than a locomotive! Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound!" Voices: "Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!" Announcer: "Yes, it's Superman, strange visitor from another planet who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men. Superman, who can change the course of mighty rivers, bend steel in his bare hands; and who, disguised as Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper, fights a never ending battle for truth, justice, and the American way."
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Assignment: Paris
Title: Assignment: Paris
Character: Franz (uncredited)
Released: September 4, 1952
Type: Movie
Paris-based New York Herald Tribune reporter Jimmy Race (Andrews) is sent by his boss (Sanders) behind the Iron Curtain in Budapest to investigate a meeting involving the Hungarian ambassador.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Character: Drobash
Released: October 5, 1951
Type: TV
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Felix Bassenak
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Mike Czerny
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.
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Title: Lux Video Theatre
Character: Gustave
Released: October 2, 1950
Type: TV
Lux Video Theatre is an American anthology series that was produced from 1950 until 1959. The series presented both comedy and drama in original teleplays, as well as abridged adaptations of films and plays.