Anton Walbrook as Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff, in the duel scene from The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp.

Anton Walbrook (November 19, 1896 - August 9, 1967) was an Austrian actor who settled in the United Kingdom. Anton Walbrook in the duel scene from The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. ... Anton Walbrook in the duel scene from The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp. ... Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) and Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) reunited after WWI. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) is a film by the British filmmakers Powell & Pressburger, starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... August 9 is the 221st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (222nd in leap years), with 144 days remaining. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ...

Life

He was born Adolf Wohlbrück in Vienna, Austria, descended from ten generations of actors. His father broke with tradition and was a circus clown. Walbrook studied with the director Max Reinhardt, built up a career in Austrian theatre and cinema. Vienna (German: Wien [viːn]; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... A clown today is one of various types of comedic performers, on stage, television, in the circus and rodeo. ... Max Reinhardt Max Reinhardt (born September 9, 1873 in Baden bei Wien; died October 31, 1943 in New York City) was an influential Austrian director and actor. ...

In 1936 he went to Hollywood to reshoot dialogue for the multinational The Soldier and the Lady (1937), in the process changing his name from Adolf to Anton. As a homosexual, his life in Austria was becoming intolerable under Nazi rule. Instead of returning he settled in England, and continued as working as a cinema actor. High points include the dashing, intense German officer Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff in The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), the tyrannical impresario in The Red Shoes (1948) and the ringmaster in La Ronde (1950). One of his most unusual films is the 1948 Queen of Spades, an odd, gothic chiller in which he co-starred with Edith Evans. 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 and Führer (Leader) of Germany from 1934 until his death. ... Since its coinage, the word homosexuality has acquired multiple meanings. ... The term National Socialism has been used in self-description by a number of different political groups and ideologies, some of which have no connection with the Nazis; see National socialism (disambiguation). ... Clive Candy (Roger Livesey) and Theo Kretschmar-Schuldorff (Anton Walbrook) reunited after WWI. The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) is a film by the British filmmakers Powell & Pressburger, starring Roger Livesey, Deborah Kerr and Anton Walbrook. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... Helpmann, Shearer and Massine in The Red Shoes. ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... La Ronde is a 1950 movie, directed by Max Ophüls based on Schnitzlers play. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... Dame Edith Mary Evans (February 8, 1888 - October 14, 1976) was a highly regarded British actress. ...

Co-star Moira Shearer said Walbrook was a loner on set, often wearing dark glasses and eating alone. He retired from films at the end of the 1950s, and in later years appeared on the European stage and television. He died of a heart attack in Garatshausen, Germany in 1967. The 1950s were a decade that spanned the years 1950 through 1959. ... A myocardial infarction occurs when an atherosclerotic plaque slowly builds up in the inner lining of a coronary artery and then suddenly ruptures, totally occluding the artery and preventing blood flow downstream. ... 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar (the link is to a full 1967 calendar). ...

Selected films

In Austria

• Viktor und Viktoria, aka Viktor and Viktoria (1933)
• Walzerkrieg (1933), aka Waltz Time in Vienna (1935)... as Johann Strauss.
• Maskerade, aka Masquerade in Vienna (1934)
• Der Student von Prag, aka The Student of Prague (1935)

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After leaving Austria

• The Soldier and the Lady (1937)
• Victoria the Great (1937)...as Prince Albert
• Sixty Glorious Years (1938)...as Prince Albert
• Gaslight (1940)
• Dangerous Moonlight (1941)
• Forty-Ninth Parallel (1941)
• The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
• The Red Shoes (1948)
• The Queen of Spades (1949)
• La Ronde (1950)
• Lola Montès (1955)...as King Ludwig I of Bavaria
• Saint Joan (1957)
• I Accuse! (1958)...as Count Esterhazy

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References

• Moor, Andrew. 2001. Dangerous Limelight: Anton Walbrook and the Seduction of the English.

External links

• British Film Institute page
• Anton Walbrook at The Internet Movie Database
• Anton Walbrook fan site
• Anton Walbrook Discussion Board