Albert Lieven

Infobox actor
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birthname = Albert Fritz Liévin
birthdate = birth date|1906|06|22
location = Hohenstein, Germany
flagicon|Germany
deathdate = death date and age|1971|12|22|1906|06|22
deathplace = London, England, UK
occupation = Actor
spouse = Tatiana Lieven (?-?)
Valerie White (?-?)
Petra Peters (?-?)
Susan Shaw (1949-1953)

Albert Lieven (22 June 1906 – 22 December 1971) was an actor. He was born Albert Fritz Liévin in Hohenstein, East Prussia, Germany. He died in London, England. He was married four times, including to the actresses Susan Shaw and Valerie White.

Career

He started his screen career in the German film "Annemarie, die Braut der Kompanie" (Bride of the Company) in 1932. During the next four years he appeared in another sixteen films, including the German version of "Charley's Aunt". Due to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and refusing to forsake his Jewish wife Tatjana he moved to Britain in 1937. There, ironically, he spent the years of World War II (1939 to 1945) mainly in roles depicting Nazis in British films. These he found not overly challenging as an actor.

He appeared on the London stage in 1939 in the comedy "Rake's Progress" (Not the later Rex Harrison film of the same title), but was largely acting in films (among them "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp"). He appeared in many cinema productions, and in the year 1940, he was credited in seven, in all of which he played the role of a German.

He returned to Germany in 1951, and appeared in many films made there. He also was in films both in Britain and Hollywood.

English Language Films

* "Victoria the Great"
* "The Deacon and the Jewess" as Simon (1939)
* "Big Blockade" as Gunter (1940}
* "Spy for a Day" as Capt. Hausemann (1940)
* "For Freedom" as Fritz (1940)
* "Let George do it" as German Radio operator (1940)
* "Night Train to Munich" as Camp Guard (1940)
* "Convoy" as U-Boat Commander (1940)
* "Neutral Port" as Capt. GrossKraut (1940)
* "Mr Proudfoot Shows a Light" as a German (1941)
* "Jeanie" as Count von Wittgestein (1941)
* "The Young Mr Pitt" as Tallerand (1942)
* "The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp" as von Ritter (1943)
* "The Yellow Canary" as Jan Orlock (1943)
* "English without Tears" as Felix Dembrowski (1944)
* "The Seventh Veil" as Maxwell Layton (1945)
* "Beware of Pity" as Lt Marek (1946)
* "Frieda" as Richard (1947)
* "Sleeping Car to Trieste" as Zurta (1948)
* "The Dark Lady" as Mark (1951)
* "Hotel Sahara" as Lt von Heillicke (1951)
* "Desperate Moment" as Paul Ravitch (1953)
* "Loser takes all" as Hotel manager (1956)
* "Subway in the Sky" as Carl (1959)
* "Conspiracy of Hearts" as Col Horstein (1960)
* "Foxhole in Cairo" as Gen Rommel (1960)
* "The Guns of Navarone" as the Commandant (1961)

German Language films

These may be found in the IMDb site on the internet [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0509776/]

References

"Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies" (14th edition) published by Harper Collins - ISBN 0-06-093507-3