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name: "Otto Waldis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/otto-waldis"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 May 1901"
died: "25 March 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
updated: "2026-09-16T21:20:38.502405+00:00"
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# Otto Waldis

Actor. Born 20 May 1901 in Vienna, Austria. Died 25 March 1974.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 May 1901, Vienna, Austria
- **Died:** 25 March 1974
- **Active:** 1948–1961
- **Also known as:** Otto Glucksmann-Blum, Otto Blum

## Biography

Otto Waldis (born Otto Glucksmann-Blum, also credited as Otto Blum) was an Austrian-American character actor. Born in Vienna in 1901, he began his stage career in the 1920s after studying naval engineering and made his film debut in Fritz Lang's *M* (1931). He emigrated to the United States in 1940 to escape Nazi persecution.

In Hollywood he appeared in numerous films and television series from the late 1940s to the 1960s, often in roles with a German or European background. His credits include the Concierge in *Letter from an Unknown Woman* (1948), Pohl in *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), a doctor in *Hogan's Heroes* (1965) and Dr Heinrich Von Loeb in *Attack of the 50 Foot Woman* (1958). He died in Hollywood in 1974.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Judgment at Nuremberg* (1961), Fi1m 82, as Pohl — [page](https://film.one/film/judgment-at-nuremberg.md)
- *Letter from an Unknown Woman* (1948), Fi1m 86, as Concierge — [page](https://film.one/film/letter-from-an-unknown-woman.md)

## Also known for

- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Sam
- *Hogan's Heroes* (1965), Doctor
- *Call Northside 777* (1948), Boris Siskovich (uncredited)
- *Attack of the 50 Foot Woman* (1958), Dr. Heinrich Von Loeb
- *A Foreign Affair* (1948), Inspector (uncredited)
- *Artists and Models* (1955), Kurt
- *5 Fingers* (1952)
- *Berlin Express* (1948), Kessler

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