--- name: "Gert Fröbe" canonical: "https://film.one/person/gert-frobe" roles: ["Actor"] born: "25 February 1913" died: "5 September 1988" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-18T11:09:17.544466+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." --- # Gert Fröbe Actor. Born 25 February 1913 in Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany. Died 5 September 1988. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 25 February 1913, Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany - **Died:** 5 September 1988 - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gert_Fr%C3%B6be, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76943, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0002085/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/9908 ## Biography Gert Fröbe was a German actor. Born Karl Gerhart Fröbe on 25 February 1913 in Oberplanitz (now part of Zwickau), Saxony, he trained as a stage painter at the Dresden State Theater and later studied acting. He worked in theatre before and after the Second World War and made his film debut in *Berliner Ballade* (1948). Fröbe appeared in more than 100 films, predominantly in German productions. He gained international recognition for his role as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond film *Goldfinger* (1964). Other notable credits include *The Longest Day* (1962), *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines* (1965), *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968) and *Ludwig* (1973). His English-language performances were often dubbed owing to his accent. He died on 5 September 1988 in Munich. *Sources: britannica.com, imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Goldfinger* (1964), Fi1m 82, as Auric Goldfinger — [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md) ## Complete filmography (112) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Die 1000 Glotzböbbel vom Dr. Mabuse* (2018), as Jürgen Krass (archive footage) - *The Exotic Locations of 'Goldfinger'* (2006), as Goldfinger (archive footage) - *Otto – The Series* (1995), series, as Verschiedene - *The Little Vampire* (1986), series, as Geiermeier - *Aus familiären Gründen* (1986), Writer - *Die Schwarzwaldklinik* (1985), series, as 100-jähriger Patient Theodor Katz - *Alte Sünden rosten nicht* (1985), as Konsul Heimann - *August der Starke* (1984), as König August der Starke - *The Falcon* (1983), as Jug Bogdan - *Der Garten* (1983), as Mr. Hayward - *Ludwig* (1981), series, as Father Hoffman - *Umbrella Coup* (1980), as Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine - *Bloodline* (1979), as Inspector Max Hornung - *Another Opera* (1979), as Man on the street - *Der Tiefstapler* (1978), as Felix von Korn - *Der Schimmelreiter* (1978), as Tede Volkerts, der alte Deichgraf - *Als wär’s heut’ gewesen* (1978), Writer - *Tod oder Freiheit* (1977), as Graf von Buttlar - *The Serpent's Egg* (1977), as Inspector Bauer - *Das Gesetz des Clans* (1977), as Philip Brown - *Sonntagsgeschichten* (1976), as Innkeeper - *Doctor Justice* (1975), as Max Orwall / Georges Orwall - *Mein Onkel Theodor oder Wie man viel Geld im Schlaf verdient* (1975), as Traugott Wurster / Theodor Wurster - *Death Rite* (1975), as Vestar - *Shadowman* (1974), as Sorbier - *And Then There Were None* (1974), as Wilhelm Blore - *Der Räuber Hotzenplotz* (1974), as Hotzenplotz - *Ludwig* (1973), as Father Hoffmann - *$* (1971), as Mr. Kessel - *Monte Carlo or Bust!* (1969), as Willi Schickel & Horst Muller - *Chitty Chitty Bang Bang* (1968), as Baron Bomburst - *Dear Caroline* (1968), as Le docteur Belhomme - *Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon* (1967), as Professor Siegfried von Bulow - *I Killed Rasputin* (1967), as Rasputin - *Triple Cross* (1966), as Colonel Steinhager - *Is Paris Burning?* (1966), as Von Choltitz - *Ganovenehre* (1966), as Importen-Paul - *The Upper Hand* (1966), as Walter - *Das Liebeskarussell* (1965), as Emil Claasen - *Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes* (1965), as Colonel Manfred von Holstein - *A High Wind in Jamaica* (1965), as Dutch Captain - *Goldfinger* (1964), as Auric Goldfinger — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goldfinger.md) - *Backfire* (1964), as Karl Fehrman - *Tonio Kröger* (1964), as Polizist Petersen - *Greed in the Sun* (1964), as Castigliano, aka 'La betterave' - *The Threepenny Opera* (1963), as Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum - *Heute kündigt mir mein Mann* (1963), as Alfred Paulsen - *Banana Peel* (1963), as Raymond Lachard - *Enough Rope* (1963), as Melchior Kimmel - *The Longest Day* (1962), as Sgt. Kaffekanne - *The Testament of Dr. Mabuse* (1962), as Kriminalkommissar Lohmann - *Redhead* (1962), as Kramer - *Auf Wiedersehen* (1961), as Angelo Pirrone - *The Return of Dr. Mabuse* (1961), as Lohmann - *Via Mala* (1961), as Jonas Lauretz - *The Green Archer* (1961), as Abel Bellamy - *Bis dass das Geld euch scheidet…* (1960), as Jupp Grapsch - *The Thousand Eyes of Dr. Mabuse* (1960), as Detective Inspector Kras - *Soldatensender Calais* (1960), as Der Chef - *Lovers Woods* (1960), as General - *The High Life* (1960), as Docteur Kölling - *Crook and the Cross* (1960), as Paul Wittkowski - *Old Heidelberg* (1959), as Doktor Jüttner - *Der Schatz vom Toplitzsee* (1959), as Johannes Grohmann / Dr. Brand - *The Day the Rains Came* (1959), as Dr. Albert Maurer - *Grand Hotel* (1959), as Preysing - *Duel with Death* (1959), as Dag sen. - *Twelve Hours by the Clock* (1959), as Monsieur Blanche - *Prisoner of the Volga* (1959), as Professor - *Jons und Erdme* (1959), as Smailus - *Nick Knattertons Abenteuer* (1959), as Hugo - *The Girl with the Cat Eyes* (1958), as Tessmann - Katjas Vater - *Der Pauker* (1958), as Freddy Blei - *Grabenplatz 17* (1958), as Titu Goritsch - *Rosemary* (1958), as Bruster - *It Happened in Broad Daylight* (1958), as Schrott - *Wet Asphalt* (1958), as Jupp - *Not Delivered* (1958), as Hans - *Das Herz von St. Pauli* (1957), as Jabowski - *Too Many Lovers* (1957), as Edmond Petersen - *Der tolle Bomberg* (1957), as Gustav-Eberhard Mühlberg - *He Who Must Die* (1957), as Patriarcheas - *The Girl and the Legend* (1957), as Mr.Gillis - *Typhoon Over Nagasaki* (1957), as Karl Ritter - *Waldwinter* (1956), as Gerstenberg - *Ein Herz schlägt für Erika* (1956), as Heubacher - *The Girl from Flanders* (1956), as Rittmeister Kupfer - *Dunja* (1955), Acting - *Das Forsthaus in Tirol* (1955), as Bäuerle, Kaufmann - *Heroes and Sinners* (1955), as Hermann - *Mr. Arkadin* (1955), as First Policeman - Munich - *Ich weiß, wofür ich lebe* (1955), as Pfeifer, Inspektor Jugendfürsorge - *Der dunkle Stern* (1955), as Deltorri - *Special Delivery* (1955), as Olaf - *Salto Mortale* (1954), as Jan - *Double Destiny* (1954), as Mittelmeier - *They Were So Young* (1954), as Lobos - *Das Kreuz am Jägersteig* (1954), as Kobbe - *Morgengrauen* (1954), Acting - *Ewiger Walzer* (1954), as Gawrinoff - *The Little Town will go to Sleep* (1954), as Oskar Blume - *Married En Route* (1953), as Herr Mengwasser - *Arlette Conquers Paris* (1953), as Edmond Duval - *Die vertagte Hochzeitsnacht* (1953), as Gondoliere - *Ein Herz spielt falsch* (1953), as Briefüberbringer - *Man on a Tightrope* (1953), Acting - *Kochen* (1953), as Mr. Groß - *Der Tag vor der Hochzeit* (1952), as Rundfunkreporter - *Decision Before Dawn* (1951), as German Corporal - Nuremberg Control Point (uncredited) - *Die Kreuzlschreiber* (1950), as Lustiger Bauernbursche mit der Zither. - *Nach Regen scheint Sonne* (1949), as Konstantin - *The Berliner* (1948), as Otto Normalverbraucher ## Gallery - ![Gert Fröbe](https://film.one/media/person/1025777/gallery-9db4031192ab.jpg) Gert Fröbe — Barbara Niggl Radloff, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/FM-2019-1-2-1-23_Niggl-Radloff-B-Gerd-Froebe-ONLINE.jpg/1280px-FM-2019-1-2-1-23_Niggl-Radloff-B-Gerd-Froebe-ONLINE.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Geburtshaus des Schauspielers Gert Fröbe in Oberplanitz. Zwickau, Sachsen, Deutschland. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1025777/gallery-62a3220136c2.jpg) Geburtshaus des Schauspielers Gert Fröbe in Oberplanitz. Zwickau, Sachsen, Deutschland. (2013) — Markscheider, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Fr%C3%B6be_Geburtshaus.JPG/1280px-Fr%C3%B6be_Geburtshaus.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus des Schauspielers Gert Fröbe in Oberplanitz. Zwickau, Sachsen, Deutschland. (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1025777/gallery-2de981969478.jpg) Gedenktafel am Geburtshaus des Schauspielers Gert Fröbe in Oberplanitz. Zwickau, Sachsen, Deutschland. (2013) — Markscheider, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Fr%C3%B6be_Geburtshaus_Tafel.JPG/1280px-Fr%C3%B6be_Geburtshaus_Tafel.JPG?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Porträtzeichnung (2013)](https://film.one/media/person/1025777/gallery-1bf9c1bc246a.jpg) Porträtzeichnung (2013) — Dr.BenitaMartin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Gerd_Fr%C3%B6be.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Gert Fröbe](https://film.one/media/person/1025777/gallery-dee7c4e25290.jpg) Gert Fröbe — Image via TMDB ## Awards ### Other awards — 4 won - Bavarian Order of Merit 1982: Bavarian Order of Merit (won) - Order of Karl Valentin 1976: Order of Karl Valentin (won) - Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany 1973: Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (won) - Silver Shell for Best Actor 1961: Silver Shell for Best Actor (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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