Harry Riebauer

Harry Riebauer

Known for

Acting

Born

July 4, 1921

Birthplace

Reichenberg, Sudetenland, Germany [now Liberec, Czech Republic]

Died

November 8, 1999 (aged 78)

Biography

Harry Riebauer (4 July 1921 – 8 November 1999) was a German film and television actor.

Riebauer was born in Reichenberg (Liberec, Czechoslovakia) in a Sudetengerman family.

Active in acting from 1950 through 1990, one of his many roles was appearing as Sgt. Strachwitz in the film The Great Escape (1963).[ He was noted for his tall stature, standing 1.94 metres (6 ft 4 in).

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Best known work

The Great Escape
The Great Escape
1963
Possession
Possession
1981
The Story of Little Mook
The Story of Little Mook
1953
The College Girl Murders
The College Girl Murders
1967
Creature with the Blue Hand
Creature with the Blue Hand
1967
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
The Strangler of Blackmoor Castle
1963
The Mad Executioners
The Mad Executioners
1963
Angels of Terror
Angels of Terror
1971
The Man with the Glass Eye
The Man with the Glass Eye
1969
The Racetrack Murders
The Racetrack Murders
1964

Filmography

  1. 2005

    Making of: Das Geheimnis der schwarzen Koffer

    as (archive footage)

  2. 1991

    The Robe

    as der Dünne

  3. 1990

  4. 1985

    MorengaTV

    as von Estorff (3 episodes)

  5. 1981

    Possession

    as Man at the Conference

  6. 1981

  7. 1975

    Kommissariat 9TV

    as Dr.Ernst (1 episode)

  8. 1972

    Der Fall Opa

    as Inspektor Mielitz

  9. 1972

    Geliebter Mörder

    as Sergeant Fox

  10. 1971

    Dreht euch nicht um – der Golem geht rumTV

    as Jupp Klapp (2 episodes)

  11. 1971

    Angels of Terror

    as Milton S. Farnborough

  12. 1970

    The Love Mad Baroness

    as Dr. Oscar Fummler

  13. 1969

    The Swingin' Pussycats

    as Conte di Casagrande

  14. 1969

    Zwei ahnungslose Engel

    as Rechtsanwalt Blake

  15. 1969

  16. 1968

  17. 1968

  18. 1967

  19. 1967

  20. 1966

    Black Sun

    as Herman

  21. 1966

    Polizeifunk ruftTV

    as Gustav Drönser (1 episode)

  22. 1966

    Der Mann, der sich Abel nannte

    as Captain Macintosh

  23. 1965

  24. 1965

  25. 1964

    The Racetrack Murders

    as Dr. Howard Trent

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