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Actor 1913 - 2005

Harold Dyrenforth

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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The Andromeda Strain

The Andromeda Strain

Robert Wise 1971 2h 11m 7.8

A mysterious government project scrambles a team of scientists to investigate the cause of a spaceborne disease that kills nearly everyone in a small desert town. They find an extraterrestrial form of life that causes rapid, fatal clotting of the blood, and make some disturbing discoveries about the project as well.

Morituri

Morituri

Bernhard Wicki 1965 2h 3m 7.0

A German living in India during World War II is blackmailed by the English to impersonate an SS officer on board a cargo ship leaving Japan for Germany carrying a large supply of rubber for tyres. His mission is to disable the scuttling charges so the captain cannot sink the ship if they are stopped by English warships.

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

The Incredible Mr. Limpet

Arthur Lubin 1964 1h 39m 6.0

Milquetoast Henry Limpet experiences his fondest wish and is transformed into a fish. As a talking fish he assists the US Navy in hunting German submarines during World War II.

Watusi

Watusi

Kurt Neumann 1959 1h 25m 4.0

Following WWI, fortune hunter Allen Quartermain's son Harry travels to Africa to search for King Solomon's mines. He dons a special medallion given by his father from the Watusi tribe, who guard the mines. Along the way, Harry and his friend Rick meet and take with them Erica, daughter of a missionary killed by a local tribe.

Congo Crossing

Congo Crossing

Joseph Pevney 1956 1h 25m 6.0

Attractive Louise Whitman catalyzes action and adventure in an African country that offers haven to foreign fugitives.

Jump Into Hell

Jump Into Hell

David Butler 1955 1h 33m

Arriving in IndoChina by parachute, Captain Guy Bertrand and his comrades make a courageous stand against the Communist forces. Jump into Hell is one of the first films to deal with the ongoing conflict in Vietnam or, as it was still known in 1955, French IndoChina.

The Desert Rats

The Desert Rats

Robert Wise 1953 1h 28m 7.7

In North Africa, German Field Marshal Rommel and his troops have successfully fended off British forces, and now intend to take Tobruk, an important port city. A ramshackle group of Australian reinforcements sent to combat the Germans is put under the command of British Captain MacRoberts.

Red Ball Express

Red Ball Express

Budd Boetticher 1952 1h 23m 7.0

August 1944: proceeding with the invasion of France, Patton's Third Army has advanced so far toward Paris that it cannot be supplied. To keep up the momentum, Allied HQ establishes an elite military truck route.

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