- Harry Froboess
Infobox actor
name = Harry Froboess
imagesize = 180px
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birthname = Harry Arias Froboess
birthdate = 1899
birthplace = Bern,Switzerland
deathdate = 1985
deathplace =
occupation = Diver,stuntman
spouse = Hertha Froboess
academyawards =Harry Froboess (1899 – 1985) born in Bern,
Switzerland , was a German stunt diver, and high diver.Biography
Diving from an early age, his mother taught him to be a "jumping fish" and his father taught him gymnastics. Froboess won many championships. He did stunt doubling for many stars in silent film. In the end he could only compete with himself jumping from higher and higher bridges and towers into water, finally culminating in a jumped 394 feet (110 m) into
Lake Constance from the airship Graf Hindenburg onJune 22 ,1936 . This record still stands in the Guinness book of records. Froboess is rumored to have taken part in over 400 movies, though most of his prominent credits were in Hollywood films.He wrote a book about waterdiving and painted pictures (one displayed at The Gallery of Modern Art in New York, and an other one at The Library of Congress in Washington D.C.). His wife Hertha Froboess was also a high diver.
tunt filmography
* "
Das Cabinet des Dr. Caligari " (1920)
* "Christoph Columbus " (1923)
* "Harry Hill, der Herr der Welt " (1923)
* "Harry Hills Jagd auf den Tod. 1. Teil " (1925)
* "Am Rande der Welt At the Edge of the World" (1927)
* "Skirt Shy " (1929)
* " The Blue Angel" (1930)
* "The Smiling Lieutenant ", (1931)
* "Queen Christina " (1933)
* "The Sea Hawk " (1940)
* "The Bride Came C.O.D. " (1941)
* "Against All Flags " (1952)
* "The Master of Ballantrae " (1953)
* "River of No Return " (1954)
* "The Man from Laramie " (1955)
* "The Alamo " (1960)
* "The Hallelujah Trail " (1965)References
* Froboess, Harry. (1953). "the Reminiscing Champ: a world famous stuntman tells his story." New York, N.Y: Pageant Press.
* Froboess, Harry. (1965). "Fell's Official Guide to Diving: Plain, High, Fancy, Platform, Comedy." New York, N.Y: Fells. ISBN 0811900525.External links
*imdb name|id=2034431|name=Harry Froboess
* [http://www.cyranos.ch/froboe-e.htm Harry Froboess - stuntman from the early days]Persondata
NAME= Froboess, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Froboess, Harry Arias
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Diver ,stuntman
DATE OF BIRTH= 1899
PLACE OF BIRTH= Bern,Switzerland , U.S.
DATE OF DEATH= 1899
PLACE OF DEATH=
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