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Gert Fröbe(1913-1988)

  • Actor
  • Writer
  • Soundtrack
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Gert Fröbe in Goldfinger (1964)
A bank security expert plots with a call girl to rob three safety deposit boxes containing $1.5 million in cash belonging to three very different criminals from a high-tech security bank in Hamburg, Germany.
Play trailer2:39
$ (1971)
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Tall, portly built German born actor (and talented violinist) who notched up over 100 film appearances, predominantly in German-language productions. He will forever be remembered by Western audiences as the bombastic megalomaniac "Auric Goldfinger" trying to kill Sean Connery and irradiate the vast US gold reserves within Fort Knox in the spectacular "James Bond" film Goldfinger (1964). However, due to Fröbe's thick German accent, his voice was actually dubbed by English actor, Michael Collins.

Whilst commonly perceived as cold hearted & humourless from his Goldfinger (1964) portrayal, quite to the contrary, Fröbe was a jovial man and a wonderful comedic performer. His light hearted talents can be best viewed in The Ballad of Berlin (1948), Der Tag vor der Hochzeit (1952), Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968), and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes (1965). Fröbe also portrayed dogged detective Kriminalkommissar Kras/Lohmann pursuing the evil Dr. Mabuse in The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960), The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961) and The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962).
BornFebruary 25, 1913
DiedSeptember 5, 1988(75)
BornFebruary 25, 1913
DiedSeptember 5, 1988(75)
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  • Awards
    • 5 wins & 5 nominations

Photos56

Gert Fröbe and John Moulder-Brown in Ludwig (1973)
Helmut Berger and Gert Fröbe in Ludwig (1973)
Gert Fröbe and Izabella Telezynska in Ludwig (1973)
Gert Fröbe and Izabella Telezynska in Ludwig (1973)
Gert Fröbe in Ludwig (1973)
Gert Fröbe and Lino Ventura in Greed in the Sun (1964)
Gert Fröbe in Greed in the Sun (1964)
Gert Fröbe and Reginald Kernan in Greed in the Sun (1964)
Gert Fröbe, Paul Bonifas, and Reginald Kernan in Greed in the Sun (1964)
Sean Connery, Gert Fröbe, and Burt Kwouk in Goldfinger (1964)
Gert Fröbe in The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)
Gert Fröbe in The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961)

Known for

Sean Connery, Honor Blackman, and Shirley Eaton in Goldfinger (1964)
Goldfinger
7.7
  • Auric Goldfinger(as Gert Frobe)
  • 1964
Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall, Sally Ann Howes, and Heather Ripley in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
6.9
  • Baron Bomburst(as Gert Frobe)
  • 1968
Gert Fröbe, Heinz Rühmann, Siegfried Lowitz, Michel Simon, Sigfrit Steiner, and Ladislao Vajda in It Happened in Broad Daylight (1958)
It Happened in Broad Daylight
7.8
  • Schrott
  • 1958
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
Is Paris Burning?
6.8
  • General Dietrich von Choltitz(as Gert Froebe)
  • 1966

Credits

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Actor

  • Eva Maria Bauer, Jochen Schroeder, and Barbara Wussow in The Black Forest Hospital (1985)
    The Black Forest Hospital
    • Theodor Katz
    • TV Series
    • 1989
  • Michael Gough, Gert Fröbe, Joel Dacks, Marsha Moreau, Lynn Seymour, and Christopher Stanton in The Little Vampire (1986)
    The Little Vampire
    • Detective Gurrmeyer
    • TV Series
    • 1986–1987
  • Alte Sünden rosten nicht
    • Konsul Heimann
    • TV Movie
    • 1985
  • August der Starke
    • August der Starke
    • TV Movie
    • 1984
  • Der Raub der Sabinerinnen
    • Emanuel Striese
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Der Garten
    • Mr. Hayward
    • TV Movie
    • 1983
  • Banovic Strahinja (1981)
    Banovic Strahinja
    • Jug Bogdan
    • 1981
  • Ein sturer Bock
    • TV Movie
    • 1981
  • The Umbrella Coup (1980)
    The Umbrella Coup
    • Otto Krampe, dit La Baleine (as Gert Froebe)
    • 1980
  • Bloodline (1979)
    Bloodline
    • Inspector Max Hornung
    • 1979
  • Vicco von Bülow in Noch 'ne Oper (1979)
    Noch 'ne Oper
    • Mann auf der Straße
    • TV Movie
    • 1979
  • Der Tiefstapler (1978)
    Der Tiefstapler
    • Felix von Korn
    • 1978
  • Der Schimmelreiter (1978)
    Der Schimmelreiter
    • Tede Volkerts (Deichgraf)
    • 1978
  • Tod oder Freiheit (1977)
    Tod oder Freiheit
    • Graf von Buttlar
    • 1977
  • The Serpent's Egg (1977)
    The Serpent's Egg
    • Inspector Bauer (as Gert Froebe)
    • 1977

Writer

  • Gert Fröbe in Auf ein Neues (1988)
    Auf ein Neues
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1988
  • Aus familiären Gründen
    • story
    • TV Movie
    • 1986
  • Als wär's heut' gewesen... Kleine Geschichten sind das Leben
    • Writer
    • TV Movie
    • 1978

Soundtrack

  • MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends (1997)
    MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends
    • performer: "Chu-Chi Face"
    • Music Video
    • 1997
  • Dick Van Dyke, Adrian Hall, Sally Ann Howes, and Heather Ripley in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)
    Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
    • performer: "Chu-Chi Face", "Happy Birthday" (uncredited)
    • 1968
  • Sammy Davis Jr., Gert Fröbe, Bertolt Brecht, Hilde Hildebrand, Curd Jürgens, Hildegard Knef, June Ritchie, Wolfgang Staudte, and Lino Ventura in Three Penny Opera (1963)
    Three Penny Opera
    • performer: "Der Morgenchoral des Peachum", "Siehst du den Mond über Soho?", "Von der Unsicherheit der menschlichen Verhältnisse", "Denn wovon lebt der Mensch", "Lied von der Unzulänglichkeit menschlichen Strebens" (uncredited)
    • 1963
  • Louis Armstrong, Gert Fröbe, Peter Capell, Margot Eskens, Joachim Fuchsberger, Stanislav Ledinek, Werner Peters, Günter Pfitzmann, Harald Philipp, Kurd Pieritz, Elke Sommer, Fritz Tillmann, and Heinz Weiss in Auf Wiedersehen (1961)
    Auf Wiedersehen
    • performer: "Sagt, wie darf ich Euch nennen" (uncredited)
    • 1961
  • Gert Fröbe, Hans Deppe, O.E. Hasse, Erik Ode, Werner Oehlschlaeger, Tatjana Sais, Karl Schönböck, Ute Sielisch, Robert A. Stemmle, and Aribert Wäscher in The Ballad of Berlin (1948)
    The Ballad of Berlin
    • performer: "Kopf hoch, die Sache wird schon schiefgeh'n"
    • 1948

Videos8

Trailer
Trailer 2:39
Trailer
Official Trailer
Trailer 2:37
Official Trailer
Goldfinger
Trailer 1:01
Goldfinger
A High Wind in Jamaica
Trailer 2:24
A High Wind in Jamaica
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
Trailer 0:38
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (aka. The Phantom Fiend)
Trailer 1:35
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (aka. The Phantom Fiend)
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Trailer 2:03
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse
Trailer 2:41
The 1000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse

Personal details

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  • Alternative names
    • Gerte Frobe
  • Height
    • 6′ 1″ (1.85 m)
  • Born
    • February 25, 1913
    • Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany
  • Died
    • September 5, 1988
    • Munich, Bavaria, West Germany(heart attack)
  • Spouses
      Karin FröbeAugust 21, 1970 - September 5, 1988 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Provides his own dubbing in the French post-synchronized version of Guy Hamilton's Goldfinger (1964).
  • Publicity listings
    • 2 Print Biographies
    • 5 Articles

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    Received much criticism in 1965 when it was revealed he had been a member of the Nazi party in Germany from 1929 until 1937. It then transpired that he had helped two Jews in Germany during World War II.
  • Quotes
    I am a big man, and I have a laugh to match my size. The ridiculous thing is that since I played "Goldfinger" in the James Bond film (Goldfinger (1964)) there are some people who still insist on seeing me as a cold, ruthless villain - a man without laughs.
  • Trademarks
      His iconic role as Auric Goldfinger in the James Bond 007 film Goldfinger (1964).
  • Salaries
      Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
      (1965)
      200.000 USD

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