Harald Wolff

Known for

Acting

Born

January 11, 1909

Birthplace

Barmen [now Wuppertal], Germany

Died

June 1, 1977 (aged 68)

Biography

Harald Otto Walther Wolff (11 January 1909 – June 1977) was a German stage, film and television actor.

Harald Wolff, born in Barmen in 1909, first completed an apprenticeship as a businessman after graduating from high school before switching to acting. Wolff played his first film role in 1939 in Helmut Käutner 's comedy Kitty and the World Conference.

After World War II, in addition to appearances in German films, he also took part in various international film productions, including the 1951 American war drama Decision Before Dawn by director Anatole Litvak; 1956 in the French comedy film Two Men, a Pig, and the Night of Paris by Claude Autant-Lara; 1957 in Maurice Labro s literary adapt...

Best known work

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

1964

La Traversée de Paris

1956

State of Siege

1972

Decision Before Dawn

1951

The Night Affair

1958

The Cat

1958

Johnny Colt

1966

To Catch a Spy

1957

Bells Without Joy

1962

Sahara on Fire

1961

Filmography

1980
Harry Hocker läßt nicht lockerTV
as Harry Hocker (6 episodes)
1972
State of Siege
as Minister of Foreign Affairs
1967
Von Null Uhr Eins bis MitternachtTV
as Pierre Dulac (1 episode)
1966
Johnny Colt
as Thomas King
1964
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg
as Monsieur Dubourg
1962
Bells Without Joy
as Commander von Ulbricht
1961
Sahara on Fire
as Peter
1958
The Night Affair
as Lucky's Father
1958
The Cat
as Colonel Richting
1957
To Catch a Spy
as Lindbaum
1956
La Traversée de Paris
as German Commander (uncredited)
1953
Geheimakten Solvay
as von Kreß
1951
Decision Before Dawn
as Hartmann (uncredited)
1939
Kitty and the World Conference
as Sekretär der englischen Delegation Collins