Acting
Community Rating
5.8
TMDB estimate
Born
June 24, 1913
Died
October 28, 2005 (age 92)
Born in
Breslau, Silesia, Germany [now Wroclaw, Dolnoslaskie, Poland]
Harald Dyrenforth started his career as an actor in the late thirties in the Swiss theatre and radio, came to America in 1938, appeared in a number of Broadway plays and New York radio shows, served a hitch in the U.S. Army Ski Troops and another one as a foreign language broadcaster for the Office of War Information and "voice of America" of the U.S. State Department. In 1946 he made his movie debut in a featured part, that of Walter Damrosch in the film "Carnegie Hall." He appeared in over 40 pictures and 500 TV shows. He earned a Master's Degree in Theater Arts at U.C.L.A. and taught at Chapman College in Orange, CA while working as an actor and director. In 1961 he directed "the Madwoman of Chaillot" at Long Beach State College.

The Andromeda Strain
as (uncredited)
1971

Morituri
as Cornelson, Ingo Navigator (uncredited)
1965

The Incredible Mr. Limpet
as U-Boat Captain (uncredited)
1964

In the Presence of Mine Enemies
as The General
1960

Watusi
as Wilhelm von Kentner
1959

The Further Adventures of Ellery Queen
1958

The Thin Man
as Hans - the Dutchman
1957

The Fabulous Irishman
as Wirz
1957

Congo Crossing
as Steiner
1956

The Man Called X
1956

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Frederic Blauer
1955

Jump Into Hell
as Maj. Flandrin
1955

The Desert Rats
as Observer (uncredited)
1953

Terry and the Pirates
1952
Four Star Playhouse
as Guard
1952

Storm Over Tibet
as Professor Faber
1952

The Red Ball Express
as German Sergeant (uncredited)
1952

Target Unknown
as Sergeant Weltzer (uncredited)
1951

Demon of the Himalayas
as Idea
1935