---
name: "Frederick Jaeger"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frederick-jaeger"
fi1m_id: "frederick-jaeger"
imdb_id: "nm0415355"
tmdb_id: 184862
wikidata_id: "Q5498128"
roles: []
born: "29 May 1928"
died: "18 June 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-07T04:29:10.181808+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Frederick Jaeger

## Identity

Frederick Jaeger

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/frederick-jaeger
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** frederick-jaeger
- **IMDb ID:** nm0415355
- **TMDB ID:** 184862
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5498128
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jaeger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5498128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/184862

Actor. Born 29 May 1928 in Berlin, Germany. Died 18 June 2004.

## Details

- **Born:** 29 May 1928, Berlin, Germany
- **Died:** 18 June 2004
- **Active:** 1975–1989
- **Also known as:** Frederick Jaegar	, Manfred Frederick Jaeger, Фредерик Джегер, Фредерик Джагер
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 84 (1), 1980s 86 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Action 1, Action & Adventure 1, Adventure 1, Comedy 1, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $474m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Jaeger, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5498128, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0415355/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/184862

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Yes Minister*](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md) (89)

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## Biography

Frederick Jaeger was a German-born British character actor. Born Manfred Frederick Jaeger in Berlin in 1928, he moved to England as a child and became a British subject in 1950. He trained at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, graduating in 1948, and made his stage debut the following year.

Jaeger appeared in numerous stage productions, films and television series from the 1950s until his retirement in 1996. His credits include roles in *Yes Minister* (1980) as Godfrey Finch, multiple appearances in *Doctor Who*, *The Avengers*, *Keeping Up Appearances* (1993) and *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989). He died in Mallorca in 2004.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theguardian.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), Fi1m 83, as World War One Ace — [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *Yes Minister* (1980), Fi1m 89, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *The Sweeney* (1975), Fi1m 84, as Goldman — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)

## Complete filmography (94)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Doctor Who: The Savages* (2025), as Jano (voice)
- *Cold Comfort Farm* (1995), as Doctor Adolph Müdel
- *Selling Hitler* (1993), as Fritz Stiefel
- *Selling Hitler* (1991), series, as Fritz Stiefel
- *Keeping Up Appearances* (1990), series, as Millburn
- *The Chief* (1990), series, as Major Selwyn Davis
- *Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade* (1989), as World War One Ace — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/indiana-jones-and-the-last-crusade.md)
- *I Woke Up One Morning* (1985), series, Actor
- *Miss Marple: The Body in the Library* (1984), series, as Colonel Melchett
- *Miss Marple* (1984), series, as Colonel Melchett
- *St. Ursula's in Danger* (1983), as Mr. Forson
- *Remington Steele* (1982), series, as Edvard Jensen
- *The Agatha Christie Hour* (1982), series, as The Count
- *Q.E.D.* (1982), series, as Kaiser Wilhelm II
- *The Kenny Everett Television Show* (1982), series, as Various
- *The Potsdam Quartet* (1981), as Douglas Smedley
- *Nijinsky* (1980), as Gabriel Astruc
- *Yes Minister* (1980), series, Actor — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/tv/yes-minister.md)
- *At the Fountainhead (Of German Strength)* (1980), as Kurt Langsdorf
- *Home-Movies* (1979), as Keith Sayle
- *Minder* (1979), series, as Inspector Klingmann — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/minder.md)
- *Shoestring* (1979), series, as Dr Neil Stirling
- *The Passage* (1979), as German Major (uncredited)
- *Der Abschlußtag* (1979), as Harry Day
- *Return of the Saint* (1978), series, as Inspector Grant
- *The Doombolt Chase* (1978), series, Actor
- *Winterspelt 1944* (1978), as Major Robert Wheeler
- *The Professionals* (1977), series, as Schuman
- *Doctor Who: The Invisible Enemy* (1977), as Professor Marius
- *Voyage of the Damned* (1976), as Werner Mannheim
- *The Seven-Per-Cent Solution* (1976), as Marker
- *The New Avengers* (1976), series, as Jones
- *N.U.T.S.* (1976), series, Actor
- *One-Upmanship* (1976), series, as Cogg-Willoughby
- *Doctor Who: Planet of Evil* (1975), as Sorenson
- *Angels* (1975), series, Actor
- *The Hanged Man* (1975), series, as Hans Deiter
- *The Sweeney* (1975), series, as Goldman — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sweeney.md)
- *Churchill's People* (1974), series, as Caradoc
- *Skiboy* (1974), series, as Jacques Noêl
- *Fall of Eagles* (1974), series, as Holstein
- *Playhouse* (1974), series, as Keith Sayle, Douglas Smedley
- *Warship* (1973), series, Actor
- *Scorpio* (1973), as Novins
- *The Protectors* (1972), series, as Bergen
- *Pretenders* (1972), series, as Joachim
- *Slaughter Day* (1972), as Klaus
- *Justice* (1971), series, as Wilkinson
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Luther
- *Jason King* (1971), series, Actor
- *One of Those Things* (1971), as Melchior
- *Song of Norway* (1970), as Henrik Ibsen
- *Little Women* (1970), series, as Professor Friedrich Bhaer
- *Pakbo* (1970), as Jim
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Richard Massingham
- *The Looking Glass War* (1970), as Pilot
- *Department S* (1969), series, as Major Harwood
- *The Main Chance* (1969), series, as Peter Jarratt
- *The Limbo Line* (1969), Actor
- *The Naked Sun* (1969), as Leebig
- *The Inside Man* (1969), series, as Doctor James Austen
- *The Jazz Age* (1968), series, as Alan Cooper
- *Graf Yoster gibt sich die Ehre* (1967), series, as Sir Adam
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Towner
- *Callan* (1967), series, Actor — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Girl in a Black Bikini* (1967), series, as Leo Pettit
- *Doctor Who: The Savages* (1966), as Jano
- *The Man in the Mirror* (1966), series, as Gregor Sanders
- *The Spies* (1966), series, as Cooper
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as Denis, Brian Trodd
- *Out of the Unknown* (1965), series, as Leebig
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Ober-Leutnant von Chemnitz
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Tostig, Walter
- *Detective* (1964), series, Actor
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Sorenson, Professor Marius — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Farewell Performance* (1963), as Paul Warner
- *Festival* (1963), series, as Kinesias
- *Play It Cool* (1962), as Male Receptionist
- *Suspense* (1962), series, as Forsch
- *Z-Cars* (1962), series, Actor
- *Sir Francis Drake* (1961), series, as Vicary
- *Amelia* (1961), series, Actor
- *The Avengers* (1961), series, as Benson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-avengers-1961.md)
- *The Small House at Allington* (1960), series, as Adolphus Crosbie
- *Interpol Calling* (1959), series, as Bernarde
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Johann
- *I Was Monty's Double* (1958), as Junior German Officer
- *Ice Cold in Alex* (1958), as 2nd German Officer
- *The One That Got Away* (1957), as German Prisoner
- *The Adventures of Sir Lancelot* (1956), series, as Sir Christopher
- *The Black Tent* (1956), as Koch
- *ITV Play of the Week* (1955), series, as Bequeville
- *Dixon of Dock Green* (1955), series, as John Charles Walton
- *Probation Officer* (1950), as Norman Warren

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