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name: "Joseph Fürst"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joseph-furst"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 February 1916"
died: "29 November 2005"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-18T11:19:38.289888+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."
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# Joseph Fürst

Actor. Born 13 February 1916 in Vienna. Died 29 November 2005.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 February 1916, Vienna
- **Died:** 29 November 2005
- **Active:** 1967–1971
- **Also known as:** Joseph Furst 
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1960s 86 (1), 1970s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_F%C3%BCrst, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q89092, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0299822/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/10196

## Biography

Joseph Fürst (also credited as Joseph Furst) was an Austrian-born actor. He was born in Vienna on 13 February 1916 and died in Bateau Bay, New South Wales, Australia, on 29 November 2005.

In the 1950s he acted and directed on the Canadian stage. He later moved to England and appeared in numerous British films and television series during the 1960s and early 1970s. His film roles included Avidan in *Exodus* (1960), Capt. Hanselman in *55 Days at Peking* (1963), Otto Lentz in *The Brides of Fu Manchu* (1966) and Professor Dr Metz in *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971). On television he played Zaroff in the *Doctor Who* serial *The Underwater Menace* (1967) and appeared in series such as *The Saint* and *The Persuaders!*. He also returned occasionally to Austria for stage work in Vienna and Salzburg.

Fürst emigrated to Australia in the mid-1970s and took guest roles in Australian television drama series.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), Fi1m 58, as Professeur Docteur Metz — [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *Callan* (1967), Fi1m 86, Actor — [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)

## Complete filmography (56)

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

- *Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace* (2023), as Zaroff (voice)
- *The Dunera Boys* (1985), as The Baron
- *Legend of the Champions* (1983), as Chislenkan
- *The Young Doctors* (1976), series, as Heinrick Smeaton
- *The Switch* (1976), as Yelker
- *Luke's Kingdom* (1976), series, as Storekeeper
- *Inn of the Damned* (1975), as Lazar Straulle
- *Plugg* (1975), as Judge, Fraudenheist
- *The Evil Touch* (1973), series, as Dr. Gornak
- *...and millions will die!* (1973), as Franz Kessler
- *Number 96* (1972), series, as Carlo Lenzi
- *Diamonds Are Forever* (1971), as Professeur Docteur Metz — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/diamonds-are-forever.md)
- *The Persuaders!* (1971), series, as Yelker
- *Goodbye Gemini* (1970), as Georgiu
- *Eyewitness* (1970), as Local Police Sergeant
- *Doomwatch* (1970), series, as Dr. Charles Goldsworthy
- *Paul Temple* (1969), series, as Jozef Walczack
- *The Champions* (1968), series, as Chislenkan, Dr. Rudolf Mueller
- *The Flag* (1968), as President Obotnik
- *Boy Meets Girl* (1967), series, as Mr Swyvoski
- *Theatre of Death* (1967), as Karl Schiller
- *Callan* (1967), series, Acting — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/callan.md)
- *Doctor Who: The Underwater Menace* (1967), as Zaroff
- *A Magnum for Schneider* (1967), as Schneider
- *Arrivederci, Baby!* (1966), as German Brasshat
- *The Brides of Fu Manchu* (1966), as Otto Lentz
- *Out of Town Theatre* (1966), series, as Koplaski
- *BBC Play of the Month* (1965), series, as Prof. Brodzinski
- *Thirty-Minute Theatre* (1965), series, as President Obotnik (uncredited)
- *The Troubleshooters* (1965), series, as Zaluchin
- *The July Plot* (1964), as General Fitz Fromm
- *The High Bright Sun* (1964), as Doctor Andros
- *The Wednesday Play* (1964), series, as Gen. Fritz Fromm
- *Doctor Who* (1963), series, as Zaroff — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/doctor-who.md)
- *Espionage* (1963), series, as Von Elm
- *Sergeant Cork* (1963), series, as Ernst Lukas
- *55 Days at Peking* (1963), as Capt. Hanselman
- *Freud: The Secret Passion* (1962), as Herr Jacob Koertner
- *The Saint* (1962), series, as Karel Jorovitch, Kane Luker
- *Zero One* (1962), series, Acting
- *Man of the World* (1962), series, as Wilhelm
- *Studio 4* (1962), series, as Janusz Korczak
- *Very Important Person* (1961), as Luftwaffe Interrogator
- *Offbeat* (1961), as Paul Varna
- *Exodus* (1960), as Avidan
- *Maigret* (1960), series, as Gastin
- *Sunday-Night Play* (1960), series, as Dr. Görtler, Hauptmann Denker, Colonel von Kohl
- *Counter-Attack* (1960), series, as Major Heinrich Wolf
- *R.C.M.P.* (1959), series, as Vasyl
- *One Step Beyond* (1959), series, as Judge
- *The Telltale Heart* (1958), as Policeman
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Ex-King Gustavus III, Ekhart, Schneider
- *First Performance* (1955), series, Acting
- *Folio* (1955), series, as Doc Schwartz
- *On Camera* (1954), series, as Mr. Klotsy, Henry Barron
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Doctor

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