Benno Sterzenbach
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Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director. His first major role on stage was Götz von Berlichingen at which he played next to Ellen Schwiers as Adelheid at the Jagsthausen festival. On television, he is mostly known for his roles in filmed theatrical adaptations: Der Richter und sein Henker (1957) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) by Albrecht Goes and Mirandolina (1963) by Carlo Goldoni. Suspected of espionage due to his editorial relations, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and imprisoned for a month, during which time he protested his innocence. He was eventually freed after his case was expedited. This episode was repeated in a number of his plays. With Paths in Twilight in 1948, he made his cinematic debut under the direction of Gustav Fröhlich. In 1960, he was in one of the first films by Edgar Wallace after the war: Der Rächer. In the same year, he was in Es ist soweit. In 1966, he acted alongside Heinz Reincke in one of the first German colour television series, Adrian der Tulpendieb. After acting in 1962 in Max the Pickpocket with Heinz Rühmann, in 1964 he played the role of a doctor in Flug in Gefahr, a film which started a long series of films based on plane crashes. Benno Sterzenbach found most success in the role of General Winston Woodrov Wamsler in Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion. After this, he was invited to series such as Die fünfte Kolonne, Derrick and The Old Fox. In France, he is best known for his role as Major Achbach in La Grande Vadrouille with Louis de Funès and Bourvil. Benno Sterzenbach has also written a number of books. Source: Article "Benno Sterzenbach" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known for
Credits
Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! (1966)
as Major Achbach
Ace of Aces (1982)
as Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer
Pippi on the Run (1970)
as Policeman
Hostage (1983)
as Mr. Maresch
Ausreißer (1970)
as Vater Baker
Antigone (1958)
as Kreon
The Avenger (1960)
as Sir Gregory Penn
Der Strafverteidiger (1961)
as Peter J. Malone
Die Blume von Hawaii (1953)
as Journalist
Johannisnacht (1966)
as Matey
Die Feuertreppe (1962)
as Ralph Mc Guiness
Unternehmen Schlafsack (1955)
as Offizier des SS
Der Abstecher (1962)
as Erich
Space Patrol (2003)
as General Wamsler (archive footage)
Die Friedhöfe (1960)
as Pawlack
Die Jubilarin (1969)
as Braun
Und nicht mehr Jessica (1965)
as Anthony Burton
Mirandolina (1963)
as Conte di Albafiorita
Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe (1965)
as Grosshack
Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki (1967)
as Galindo
Falsch verbunden (1955)
as Cyril
Flight in Danger (1964)
as Dr. Frank Baird
Der Cornet (1955)
as Rittmeister Reningen
Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959)
as Miller
Der Richter und sein Henker (1957)
as Zweiter Leibwächter
Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc (1966)
as Graf Dunois
Max der Taschendieb (1962)
as Charly Gibbons
König Richard III. (1964)
as Eduard IV
Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965)
as Montague
Der Auswanderer (1967)
as Barbi
Der Fall der Generale (1966)
as Generaloberst Göring
Die Weber (1980)
as Der alte Ansorge
Ein Mord, den jeder begeht (1979)
as Kommerzienrat Veik
Titanic (1984)
as Duncan Fletcher
Paths in Twilight (1948)
as Stefan Kolb
Der seidene Schuh (1965)
Actor
Der heimliche Teilhaber (1965)
as Kapitän Archbold
Mord im Dom (1962)
as Dritter Versucher
Augenzeugen müssen blind sein (1971)
as Albin Herzog
Towarisch (1966)
as Charles
Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962)
as Fritz Walker
Was ihr wollt (1954)
as Junker Tobias von Rülp
The Investigation (1966)
as Zeuge 1
Was Ihr wollt (1963)
as Tobias von Rülp
Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71 (1979)
as Bourgaut
Der Geisterzug (1963)
as Saul Hodgkins
Ich stehe zur Verfügung (1968)
as Kriminalrat Beuerle
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964)
as Gerichtsdiener Wladimir
Ein Charleston für Lady Mac' Beth (1969)
as Banco
Die Ballade von der wunderbaren Wandlung des Generals Fünfstern (1971)
as General
Der Korporal aus Java (1955)
as Jan
John Walker schreibt an seine Mutter (1954)
as Direktor
Einer von sieben (1960)
as Herr Thomsen