People
Helmut Dantine
Biography:
Helmut Dantine was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. His best-known performances are perhaps the German pilot in Mrs. Miniver, and the desperate refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting career waned, he turned to producing.
Dantine enrolled at the University of California, Los Angeles. His relatives thought he would go into business, but he became interested in theater. He began his U.S. acting career at the Pasadena Playhouse, while running two gas stations in order to pay his expenses. Dantine was spotted by a talent scout from Warner Bros, who signed him to a... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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The Fifth Musketeer as Spanish Ambassador | 1979-04-06 |
The Killer Elite as Vorodny | 1975-12-19 |
The Wilby Conspiracy as Prosecuting Counsel | 1975-02-01 |
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia as Max | 1974-08-01 |
The File on Devlin as Hans Raedler | 1969-11-21 |
Operation Crossbow as General Linz | 1965-04-01 |
Tempest as Shvabrin | 1958-12-01 |
Fraulein as Lt. Hugo von Metzler | 1958-06-08 |
The Story of Mankind as Marc Antony | 1957-11-08 |
Hell on Devil's Island as Paul Rigaud | 1957-08-04 |
Kean: Genius or Scoundrel as Lord Mewl | 1957-03-04 |
War and Peace as Dolokhov | 1956-08-21 |
Alexander the Great as Nectenabus | 1956-03-28 |
Stranger from Venus as The Stranger | 1954-08-23 |
Call Me Madam as Prince Hugo | 1953-03-25 |
Guerrilla Girl as Demetri Alexander | 1953-01-23 |
Whispering City as Michel Lacoste | 1947-11-20 |
Shadow of a Woman as Dr. Eric Ryder | 1946-09-14 |
Escape in the Desert as Capt. Becker | 1945-05-01 |
Hotel Berlin as Martin Richter | 1945-03-02 |
Hollywood Canteen as Self | 1944-12-15 |
Passage to Marseille as Garou | 1944-03-11 |
Northern Pursuit as Colonel Hugo von Keller | 1943-11-07 |
Watch on the Rhine as Young Man | 1943-08-27 |
Mission to Moscow as Maj. Kamenev | 1943-04-29 |
Edge of Darkness as Captain Koenig | 1943-04-09 |
Casablanca as Jan Brandel (uncredited) | 1943-01-15 |
The Pied Piper as Aide | 1942-08-21 |
Mrs. Miniver as German Flyer | 1942-07-03 |
To Be or Not to Be as Co-Pilot (uncredited) | 1942-03-05 |
Escape as Porter (uncredited) | 1940-11-01 |