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Helmut Dantine (7 October 1918 – 2 May 1982) 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 Bulgarian refugee in Casablanca, who tries gambling to obtain travel visa money for himself and his wife. As his acting ...
Helmut Dantine was a Hollywood star who played Nazi villains in films like Casablanca and Mrs. Miniver. He later became a producer and vice-president of Schenck Enterprises, the company founded by his father-in-law.
- January 1, 1
- Vienna, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
- January 1, 1
- Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Helmut Dantine was an actor, director and producer who played Nazi villains in Hollywood films during World War Two. He was also a leader of an anti-Nazi youth movement in Vienna and married to the daughter of Loew's president Nicholas Schenck.
- October 7, 1918
- May 2, 1982
May 6, 1982 · Helmut Dantine, an actor best known for his portrayal of arrogant Nazis in World War II films, has died of a heart attack at his home in Beverly Hills, family friends announced today.
Helmut Dantine was an Austrian-American actor who often played Nazis in thriller films of the 1940s. He also produced films such as Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia and The Killer Elite, and was related to Hollywood mogul Joseph Schenck.
Despite being forced to flee his native Austria after the Anschluss, Helmut Dantine forged a Hollywood career playing Germans during World War II. Released from the Rosserlaende concentration camp with the connivance of a sympathetic physician, 19 year-old Helmut Guttman -- as he was initially...
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Helmut Dantine was a Hollywood actor who fled Nazi Austria and played many German roles in World War II films. He also directed and produced some movies, such as Thundering Jets and Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia.
