Albert Lieven was born on June 23, 1906 in Hohenstein, Germany as Albert Fritz Liévin-Liévin. He was an actor, known for The Guns of Navarone (1961), The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) and The Seventh Veil (1945). He was married to Susan Shaw, Petra Peters, Valerie White and Tania Lieven. He died on December 22, 1971 in London, England.
Tatiana Lieven Valerie White Petra Peters Susan Shaw
Star Sign
Cancer
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Fact
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He spent the years of the Second World War (1939 to 1945) though mainly in roles depicting Nazis in British films, not finding them overly challenging as an actor.
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When the National Socialists came into power he fled to England. There he was able to continue his career but he was often put into action for one-dimensional scoundrels which weren't a patch on him.
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Owing to the rise of the Nazi Party in Germany and his wife Tatjana being Jewish, he moved to Britain in 1937.
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Albert Lieven continued his career after the war in England as well as in Germany. Especially in Germany he could act in a whole string of well-known movies.
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He is the grandfather of the England Rugby Union player Toby Flood.
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With his roles in the Edgar Wallace movies "Das Geheimnis der gelben Narzissen" (1961), "Das Verrätertor" (1964) and "Der Gorilla von Soho" (1968)he became well-known to a new generation.
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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, 1943). 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.
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He experienced again a height in his career in the 60's.
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His family produced a dynasty of noted physicians. His father was a lung specialist.
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Grew up in East Prussia. First acted on stage at the Hoftheater in Gera in 1928, subsequently in the ensemble cast at the Preussische Staatstheater in Berlin. Left Germany because of his Jewish wife, Petra Peters. In England from 1936, appearing on stage and featuring in BBC foreign service radio broadcasts. From 1939 to 1952, affiliated with the Rank Organisation as a character actor. On Broadway in 1948. Returned to German film and TV in 1952.
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Maternal grandfather of Newcastle and England rugby player Toby Flood.
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German actor, on stage from 1928, who fled the Nazis during the war years, only to portray Nazi menacers in British films.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Pater Brown
1972
TV Series
Lord Seymore
Die heilige Johanna
1971
TV Movie
Peter Cauchon
Tiefe blaue See
1971
TV Movie
William Collyer
Die Kriminalnovelle
1970
TV Mini-Series
John Pennington
Cher Antoine oder Die verfehlte Liebe
1970
TV Movie
Cravatar
Die Feuerzangenbowle
1970
Round table
Wer ist der nächste?
1970
TV Movie
Sir Bogumil
Wie ein Blitz
1970
TV Mini-Series
Gordon Stewart
Amerika oder der Verschollene
1969
TV Movie
Oberkellner
Dynamit
1969
TV Movie
Matt Regan
Gorilla Gang
1968
Henry Parker
Kidnap - Die Entführung des Lindbergh-Babys
1968
TV Movie
Lawyer Sheppard
Peter Schlemihls wundersame Geschichte
1967
TV Movie
Adalbert von Chamisso
Ein netter Herr
1966
TV Movie
Philipp Clair
Die Flucht
1966
TV Movie
Dr. Krantz
Hobby
1966
TV Movie
Henry Liddell
Samba
1966
TV Movie
Der Mann aus Rio
Willkommen in Altamont
1965
TV Movie
Reeves Jordan
The Avengers
1965
TV Series
Dr. Sturm
African Gold
1965
Karl Du Val
City of Fear
1965
Dr. Paul Kovac
Tatort
1965
TV Movie
Inspektor
Geisterkomödie - Eine unwahrscheinliche Komödie
1965
TV Movie
Charles Condomine
Die Schlüssel
1965
TV Mini-Series
Inspektor Hyde
Das Verrätertor
1964
Trayne
R3
1964
TV Series
Dr. Frank Hillman
Das Haus der Vergeltung
1964
TV Movie
Major Shales
Briefe eines toten Dichters
1964
TV Movie
Paul Morrison
Legende einer Liebe
1964
TV Movie
Amouren
1964
TV Movie
Garry Essendine
Der Mann nebenan
1964
TV Movie
Harry Linkhorn
Sanders
1963
Dr. Franz Weiss
Festival
1963
TV Series
Vilshofen
The Victors
1963
Herr Metzger
BBC Sunday-Night Play
1960-1963
TV Mini-Series
The Passenger / Korvetten-Kapitän Hartmann / Oderbruch, Technical Adviser to the Air Ministry / ...
Man of the World
1963
TV Series
Troyan
Dumala
1963
TV Movie
Behrent von Rast
Mystery Submarine
1963
Capt. Neymarck
The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre
1962
TV Series
Paul Heindrick
Freddy und das Lied der Südsee
1962
Siebzehnstern
The Devil's Agent
1962
Inspector Huebling
Studio 4
1962
TV Series
Der Kronanwalt
1962
TV Movie
Thomas Morland
Lockende Tiefe
1962
TV Movie
William Collyer
Das Halstuch
1962
TV Mini-Series
Clifton Morris
Death Trap
1962
Paul Heindrick
Anna Karenina
1961
TV Movie
Alexis Karenin
The Devil's Daffodil
1961
Raymond Lyne
The Guns of Navarone
1961
Commandant
ITV Play of the Week
1961
TV Series
Hugo Conradi
Frau Irene Besser
1961
Foxhole in Cairo
1960
Field Marshal Rommel
Brainwashed
1960
Hartmann
Conspiracy of Hearts
1960
Colonel Horsten
Der Patriot
1959
TV Movie
Graf Pahlen, Gouverneur von St. Petersburg
Der Andere
1959
TV Mini-Series
David Henderson
Subway in the Sky
1959
Carl
Ein idealer Gatte
1958
TV Movie
Sir Robert Chiltern
Die Abiturientin
1958
TV Movie
Regierungsrat Dr. Stefan Hoffenreich
...und abends in die Scala
1958
Pierre de Motestant
Alle Sünden dieser Erde
1958
Judge
Television World Theatre
1958
TV Series
Wilhelm Voigt
Die liebe Familie
1957
TV Movie
Charles Hammond
Mammis Wanderjahre
1957
TV Movie
Geoff Martin
El batallón de las sombras
1957
The House of Intrigue
1956
Matt
Loser Takes All
1956
Hotel Manager
Nacht der Entscheidung
1956
Albert Vernon
Der Fischer vom Heiligensee
1955
Wolfgang von Döring
Reifende Jugend
1955
Studienrat Dr. Crusius
The Devil's General
1955
Oberst Friedrich Eilers
Das Lied der Hohen Tauern
1955
Peter Dahle
Afraid to Love
1954
Dr. Pleyer
Frühlingslied
1954
Dr. Andermatt
Heimweh nach Deutschland
1954
Fred Berger
Geliebtes Leben
1953
Joachim von Bolin
Die Rose von Stambul
1953
Achmed Bey
Desperate Moment
1953
Paul Ravitch, alias Schleger
Fritz und Friederike
1952
Henry de Voss
Klettermaxe
1952
Dr. Malien, Schriftsteller
Die Dubarry
1951
Alfred Collien
Hotel Sahara
1951
Lieutenant Gunther von Heilicke
The Dark Light
1951
Mark
Marry Me
1949
Louis (uncredited)
Frieda
1948
TV Movie
Richard Mansfield
Sleeping Car to Trieste
1948
Zurta
Frieda
1947
Richard
The Queen of Spades
1946
TV Movie
Lt. Hermann Staeker
Beware of Pity
1946
Lt. Anton Marek
The Seventh Veil
1945
Maxwell Leyden
Her Man Gilbey
1944
Felix Dembowski
Yellow Canary
1943
Capt. Jan Orlock
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
1943
von Ritter
The New Lot
1943
Short
Czech Soldier (uncredited)
The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
Tallerand
The Big Blockade
1942
German: Gunter
Jeannie
1941
Count Erich von Wittgenstein
Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light
1941
Short
German
Neutral Port
1940
Capt. Grosskraft
Night Train to Munich
1940
Concentration Camp Guard (uncredited)
To Hell with Hitler
1940
German Radio Operator (uncredited)
Convoy
1940
Commander U.37
For Freedom
1940
Fritz
Spy for a Day
1940
Capt. Hausemann
The Deacon and the Jewess
1939
TV Movie
Simon
Rake's Progress
1939
TV Movie
George III
Victoria the Great
1937
Minor Role (uncredited)
Aufmachen, Kriminalpolizei
1936
Short
Dr. Waldmann
Stülke und Lehmann
1936
Short
Hans Hellberg
A Woman of No Importance
1936
Gerald Arbuthnot
Kater Lampe
1936
Fritz Neumerkel - Schnitzergeselle
Die klugen Frauen
1936
Johann Brueghel
Mach' mich glücklich
1935
William Davenport, ihr Sohn
Hermine und die sieben Aufrechten
1935
Karl, deren Sohn
Glückspilze
1935
Hans Berding
Eine Siebzehnjährige
1934
Walter, ihr Sohn
Fräulein Liselott
1934
Peter Wendt, Architekt
Krach um Jolanthe
1934
Wesemeier, der neue Lehrer
Charleys Tante
1934
Jack Chesney
Es tut sich was um Mitternacht
1934
Nikolaus 'Nicki' Durmann
Die vom Niederrhein
1933
Hans Steinherr
The Growing Youth
1933
Knud Sengebusch, Abiturient
Kampf um Blond
1933
Victor (as Fritz Albert Lieven)
Ich bei Tag und du bei Nacht
1932
Wolf
Annemarie, the Bride of the Company
1932
Fähnrich Werner v. Schumann (as Fritz-Albert Lieben)