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Frederick Valk (10 June 1895 – 23 July 1956) was a German-born Jewish stage and screen actor of Czech Jewish descent who fled to the United Kingdom in the late 1930s to escape Nazi persecution, and subsequently became a naturalised British citizen.
Frederick Valk was born on 10 June 1895 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Night Train to Munich (1940), Thunder Rock (1942) and Dead of Night (1945). He was married to Diana Mary Quirk. He died on 23 July 1956 in London, England, UK.
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Frederick Valk was born on June 10, 1895 in Hamburg, Germany. He was an actor, known for Night Train to Munich (1940), Thunder Rock (1942) and Dead of Night (1945). He was married to Diana Mary Quirk. He died on July 23, 1956 in London, England, UK.
- June 10, 1895
- July 23, 1956
Learn about Frederick Valk (1901–56), a leading man of the German-speaking theatre in Prague who played many of Shakespeare's protagonists. Find out his biography, roles, and legacy in The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare.
Frederick Valk was a German-born Jewish theater, film, and television actor of Czech-Jewish descent who fled to the United Kingdom in the late 1930s to escape Nazi persecution and became a naturalized British citizen.
Aug 23, 2000 · In his memoir, ''Words Through a Windowpane,'' he said that the greatest actor he had seen was Frederick Valk. Valk, he explained, was a German Jew who was firmly established as an actor...
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Frederick Valk is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes Dead of Night, The Colditz Story, A Matter of Life and Death, The Flanagan Boy, Night Train to Munich, Saraband for Dead Lovers, Thunder Rock, and Outcast of the Islands.
