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
Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe (1965)
as Grosshack
Ausreißer (1970)
as Vater Baker
Die Jubilarin (1969)
as Braun
Unternehmen Schlafsack (1955)
as Offizier des SS
Der Auswanderer (1967)
as Barbi
Space Patrol (2003)
as General Wamsler (archive footage)
Und nicht mehr Jessica (1965)
as Anthony Burton
Die Blume von Hawaii (1953)
as Journalist
Freddy unter fremden Sternen (1959)
as Miller
Der Abstecher (1962)
as Erich
Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki (1967)
as Galindo
Die Feuertreppe (1962)
as Ralph Mc Guiness
Augenzeugen müssen blind sein (1971)
as Albin Herzog
Ein Mord, den jeder begeht (1979)
as Kommerzienrat Veik
Ein Charleston für Lady Mac' Beth (1969)
as Banco
Hostage (1983)
as Mr. Maresch
Der Strafverteidiger (1961)
as Peter J. Malone
Die Friedhöfe (1960)
as Pawlack
Der Richter und sein Henker (1957)
as Zweiter Leibwächter
Der Fall der Generale (1966)
as Generaloberst Göring
Mirandolina (1963)
as Conte di Albafiorita
Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt (1965)
as Montague
Johannisnacht (1966)
as Matey
Mord im Dom (1962)
as Dritter Versucher
Flight in Danger (1964)
as Dr. Frank Baird
Antigone (1958)
as Kreon
Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962)
as Fritz Walker
Ich stehe zur Verfügung (1968)
as Kriminalrat Beuerle
Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc (1966)
as Graf Dunois
Die Ballade von der wunderbaren Wandlung des Generals Fünfstern (1971)
as General
Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71 (1979)
as Bourgaut
John Walker schreibt an seine Mutter (1954)
as Direktor
Paths in Twilight (1948)
as Stefan Kolb
The Avenger (1960)
as Sir Gregory Penn
Max der Taschendieb (1962)
as Charly Gibbons
Die Weber (1980)
as Der alte Ansorge
Der heimliche Teilhaber (1965)
as Kapitän Archbold
Titanic (1984)
as Duncan Fletcher
Der Geisterzug (1963)
as Saul Hodgkins
Einer von sieben (1960)
as Herr Thomsen
Der Korporal aus Java (1955)
as Jan
Falsch verbunden (1955)
as Cyril
Was ihr wollt (1954)
as Junker Tobias von Rülp
Der Cornet (1955)
as Rittmeister Reningen
The Investigation (1966)
as Zeuge 1
Towarisch (1966)
as Charles
Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk (1964)
as Gerichtsdiener Wladimir
Was Ihr wollt (1963)
as Tobias von Rülp