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.
While 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
The Ballad of Berlin (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
The 1,000 Eyes of Dr. Mabuse (1960),
The Return of Dr. Mabuse (1961) and
The Terror of Doctor Mabuse (1962).
Auf ein Neues(1988)
The Black Forest Hospital(1985)as Theodor Katz
The Little Vampire(1986)as Detective Gurrmeyer
Greed in the Sun(1964)
MGM Sing-Alongs: Friends(1997)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang(1968)
Three Penny Opera(1963)
Auf Wiedersehen(1961)
The Ballad of Berlin(1948)
Typisch Emil(2024)as Self
Der Mensch ist ein Viech, was lacht(2022)as Self
007: Licence to Drive(2021)
Sean Connery: The Man and the Movies(2021)as Self
Licence to Dub: Post Synchronisation on the James Bond Films(2021)
