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Wolfgang Preiss
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Along with
Sean Connery
, he is one of only two actors to appear in both films based on books by
Cornelius Ryan
:
The Longest Day (1962)
and
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
.
German actor who typically played Nazi menacers in WWII films and starred as criminal mastermind Dr. Mabuse in a number of post-war films, appearing in over 100 pictures during his long career.
He played three World War II German Field Marshals:
Albert Kesselring
in
Anzio (1968)
,
Erwin Rommel
in
Raid on Rommel (1971)
,
Gerd von Rundstedt
in
A Bridge Too Far (1977)
and Walter von Brauchitsch in
The Winds of War (1983)
and
War and Remembrance (1988)
.
He was exempted from military service during World War II.
He appeared in two films which depicted the D-Day landings on June 6, 1944:
The Longest Day (1962)
and
Battle of the Commandos (1969)
.
Curd Jürgens
also appeared in both films.
Grandfather of
Laura Preiss
.
Born at 3:45am-CET
For majority of his long and distinguished film and television career he was billed as Curt Jurgens.
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