Actor
Frederick Valk
Born June 10, 1895 in Hamburg, Germany
Died July 23, 195629 films
Frederick Valk 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.
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First watchA Matter of Life and Death19467.7as RAF Chaplain (uncredited)A British wartime aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court, hoping to prolong his fledgling romance with an American girl.View filmEssential films
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29 films as actor- 1956ZarakHaji Khan
- 1956Wicked as They ComeMr. Reisner
- 1955Secret VentureOtto Weber
- 1955I Am a CameraDoctor
- 1955Magic FireMinister von Moll
- 1955The Colditz StoryKommandant
- 1955What Price FreedomCommissar Krause
- 1953Albert R.N.Camp Kommandant
- 1953The Flanagan BoyGiuseppe Vecchi
- 1953Never Let Me GoKuragin
- 1953Ho scelto l'amoreil sacerdote del convento
- 1952Top SecretRakov
- 1952The Magic BoxMaurice Guttenburg
- 1951Outcast of the IslandsHudig
- 1949Dear Mr. ProhackDr. Viega
- 1948Saraband for Dead LoversThe Elector Ernest Augustus
- 1947Mrs. FitzherbertKing George III
- 1946A Matter of Life and DeathRAF Chaplain (uncredited)
- 1946FrenzyDr. Ivan Krasner
- 1945Dead of NightDr. Van Straaten (Segment "Linking Story" & "The Ventriloquist's Dummy")
- 1944Hotel ReserveEmil Schimler, alias Paul Heimberger
- 1942Thunder RockDr. Kurtz
- 1942The Young Mr. Pitt
- 1941The Patient VanishesDr. Moger
- 1941Dangerous MoonlightPolish Bomber Commander
- 1941GasbagsSturmfuehrer
- 1940Neutral PortCaptain Traumer
- 1940Night Train to MunichGestapo Officer
- 1939Traitor SpyGerman Ambassador