Gert Fröbe

About Gert Fröbe

Who is it?: Actor, Soundtrack, Writer
Birth Day: February 25, 1913
Birth Place:  Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany, Germany
Cause of death: Heart attack
Occupation: Actor
Years active: 1948–1988
Spouse(s): Karin Kuderer-Pistorius (1970–?) Beate Bach (1962–1968) Hannelore Görtz (1953–1959) Tatjana Iwanow (one child) Clara Peter (one child)

Gert Fröbe

Gert Fröbe was born on February 25, 1913 in  Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany, Germany, is Actor, Soundtrack, Writer. 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 Berliner Ballade (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 Die 1000 Augen des Dr. Mabuse (1960), Im Stahlnetz des Dr. Mabuse (1961) and Das Testament des Dr. Mabuse (1962).
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Does Gert Fröbe Dead or Alive?

As per our current Database, Gert Fröbe has been died on 5 September 1988(1988-09-05) (aged 75)\nMunich, Bavaria, West Germany.

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When Gert Fröbe die, Gert Fröbe was 75 years old.

Popular As Gert Fröbe
Occupation Actor
Age 75 years old
Zodiac Sign Pisces
Born February 25, 1913 ( Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany, Germany)
Birthday February 25
Town/City  Oberplanitz [now Zwickau], Saxony, Germany, Germany
Nationality Germany

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Gert Fröbe’s zodiac sign is Pisces. According to astrologers, Pisces are very friendly, so they often find themselves in a company of very different people. Pisces are selfless, they are always willing to help others, without hoping to get anything back. Pisces is a Water sign and as such this zodiac sign is characterized by empathy and expressed emotional capacity.

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Gert Fröbe was born in the Year of the Ox. Another of the powerful Chinese Zodiac signs, the Ox is steadfast, solid, a goal-oriented leader, detail-oriented, hard-working, stubborn, serious and introverted but can feel lonely and insecure. Takes comfort in friends and family and is a reliable, protective and strong companion. Compatible with Snake or Rooster.

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Biography/Timeline

1929

He joined the Nazi Party in 1929 at the age of 16 and left in 1937. During the Nazi regime, he aided two German Jews by hiding them from the Gestapo. In September 1944, the Nazis closed down theatres in Germany and he was drafted into the German Army, the Wehrmacht, where he served until the end of World War II.

1948

Fröbe gained fame in one of the first German films made after the Second World War, called Berliner Ballade (The Ballad of Berlin, 1948). His character's name, "Otto Normalverbraucher" (lit. Otto Average Consumer), became the German term equivalent to "Average Joe" or "Joe Bloggs".

1958

He was cast as the villain in the Swiss-German film Es geschah am hellichten Tag (It Happened in Broad Daylight, 1958), with the original screenplay written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt. His role as a serial killer of children drew the attention of the producers of the James Bond movie Goldfinger (1964) and he was chosen to play one of the best remembered villains of the series, gold tycoon Auric Goldfinger. Due to his former membership in the Nazi Party, the film was initially banned in Israel until a Jewish family he had protected during the war came forward and thanked him for saving their lives.

1960

Fröbe made several appearances in all-star casts in the 1960s, including the films The Longest Day (1962), Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines (1965), Is Paris Burning? (1966), and Monte Carlo or Bust (1969). During the 1980s, Fröbe played small parts in Mercedes Benz W123 commercials, helping to promote the coupé and the sedan. Aside from acting, Fröbe was a prolific reciter of lyric poetry, especially that of Christian Morgenstern and Joachim Ringelnatz.

1988

Fröbe died in Munich in September 1988 at age 75 from a heart attack. He was buried in Waldfriedhof cemetery, Bad Tölz-Wolfratshausener, Bavaria.

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