Curd Jürgens  

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Curd Gustav Andreas Gottlieb Franz Jürgens (13 December 1915 - 18 June 1982) was a German-Austrian stage and film actor. He was usually billed in English-speaking films as Curt Jurgens.

Early life

Jürgens was born on 13 December 1915 in the Munich borough of Solln, Kingdom of Bavaria, German Empire. His father, Kurt, was a trader from Hamburg, and his mother, Marie-Albertine, was a French teacher. He began his working career as a journalist before becoming an actor at the urging of his actress wife, Louise Basler. He spent much of his early acting career on the stage in Vienna.

Jürgens was critical of National Socialism in his native Germany. In 1944, he was sent to an internment camp in Hungary as a "political unreliable".

Jürgens became an Austrian citizen after the war.

Partial filmography

• Königswalzer (1935) as Kaiser Franz Joseph of Austria (Jürgens' first film)
• Family Parade (1936) as Graf Erik Stjernenhö
• The Unknown (1936) as Hans Wellenkamp
• Love Can Lie (1937) as Student Holger Engström
• To New Shores (1937) as Bobby Wells' Friend
• Tango Notturno (1937) as Friend of Jac, Musician (uncredited)
• Das Mädchen von gestern Nacht (1938) as Die drei Attachés (uncredited)
• Template:Interlanguage link (1939) as Prinz Heinrich Karl
• Weltrekord im Seitensprung (1940) as Peter Enderlein, Kapellmeister
• Herz ohne Heimat (1940) as Bob (uncredited)
• Operetta (1940) as Karl Millöcker
• Stimme des Herzens (1942) as Volontär Drews
• Whom the Gods Love (1942) as Emperor Joseph II
• Women Are No Angels (1943) as Bandini
• Ein glücklicher Mensch (1943) as Petersen
• Ein Blick zurück (1944) as Dr. Erich Thienwiebel
• Eine kleine Sommermelodie (1944) as Wolfgang Schwab
• Template:Ill (1948) as Bandleader Hans Storch
• Hin und her (1948) as Prinz Bernardo
• The Angel with the Trumpet (1948) as Graf Leopold Thraun
• Template:Interlanguage link (1948) as Stefan Keller
• Der himmlische Walzer (1948) as Clemens M. Weidenauer
• Verlorenes Rennen (1948) as George Miller
• Das Kuckucksei (1949) as Dr. Kurt Walla
• Lambert fühlt sich bedroht (1949) as Roland
• Hexen (1949) as Heinz Wagner
• Viennese Girls (1949) as Graf Lechenberg
• Bonus on Death (1950) as Gunarson, Opera Tenor
• Der Schuß durchs Fenster (1950)
• Kissing Is No Sin (1950) as Kammersänger Felix Alberti
• The Disturbed Wedding Night (1950) as Lawrence Vinning
• A Rare Lover (1950) as Sascha Borotraz
• Ein Lächeln im Sturm (1951) as Jean Langrand
• Geheimnis einer Ehe (1951) as Conductor Felix Adrian
• Template:Ill (1951) as Architect Reinhold
• Gangsterpremiere (1951) as Kommissar
• House of Life (1952) as Axel Jolander
• Knall and Fall as Imposters (1952) as John Vandergold
• 1. April 2000 (1952) as Capitano Herakles
• Rose of the Mountain (1952) as Composer Jack Long
• Praterherzen (1953) as Toni Brandstetter
• They Call It Love (1953) as Peter Malmö
• Music by Night (1953) as Hans Kersten
• The Last Waltz (1953) as Rittmeister Graf Sarassow
• Everything for Father (1953) as Clemens Haberland
• Template:Interlanguage link (1954) as Pat
• A Woman of Today (1954) as Heinz Bender
• Circus of Love (1954) as Toni
• Prisoners of Love (1954) as Willi Kluge
• Orient Express (1954) as Bate
• The Confession of Ina Kahr (1954) as Paul Kahr
• Template:Interlanguage link (1955) as Stefan Selby
• Des Teufels General (1955) as Gen. Harry Harras
• Love Without Illusions (1955) as Walter
• Die Ratten (1955) as Bruno Mechelke
• Heroes and Sinners (1955) as Wolf Gerke
• Template:Interlanguage link (1955) as Gerd
• Devil in Silk (1956) as Thomas Ritter
• The Golden Bridge (1956) as Balder
• Without You All Is Darkness (1956) as Dr. Robert Kessler
• And God Created Woman (1956) as Eric Carradine
• The House of Intrigue (Template:Lang-it) (1956) as Colonel Bernes
• Michael Strogoff (1956) as Michel Strogoff
• Bitter Victory (1957) as Major Brand
• Template:Interlanguage link (1957) as Dr. Walter
• Les Espions (1957) as Alex
• The Enemy Below (1957) as Von Stolberg
• Tamango (1958) as Captain John Reinker
• This Happy Feeling (1958) as Preston Mitchell
• Me and the Colonel (1958) as Colonel Prokoszny
• The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) as Captain Lin Nan
• Der Schinderhannes (1958) as Johann 'Schinderhannes' Bückler
• Template:Interlanguage link (1959) as Eric Muller
• Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) as Mark Bertram Conrad
• The Blue Angel (1959) as Professor Immanuel Rath
• Magnificent Sinner (1959) as Czar Alexander II
• I Aim at the Stars (1960) as Wernher von Braun
• Brainwashed (1960) as Werner von Basil
• Gustav Adolf's Page (1960) as King Gustav Adolf
• Bankraub in der Rue Latour (1961) as Cliff MacHardy
• Girl in a Suitcase (1961) Rich Guy in Boat. Uncredited
• Template:Interlanguage link (1961) as Michel Strogoff
• Disorder (1962) as Carlo's Father
• The Longest Day (1962) as General Günther Blumentritt
• I Don Giovanni della Costa Azzurra (1962) as Mr. Edmond
• Template:Interlanguage link (1963) as Captain Macheath
• Miracle of the White Stallions (1963) as Gen. Tellheim
• Of Love and Desire (1963) as Paul Beckmann
• Nutty, Naughty Chateau (1963) as Hugo Falsen
• Hide and Seek (1964) as Hubert Marek
• Encounter in Salzburg (1964) as Hans Wilke, General Director
• Les Parias de la gloire (1964) as Ludwig Goetz
• Psyche 59 (1964) as Eric Crawford
• Template:Interlanguage link (1965) as Kurt Lehnert
• Lord Jim (1965) as Cornelius
• Who Wants to Sleep? (1965) as Stefan von Cramer
• Template:Interlanguage link (1966) as Dave O'Connor
• Template:Interlanguage link (1966) as Czar Alexander I
• Target for Killing (1966) as Gérard van Looch / Giant
• The Gardener of Argenteuil (1966) as The Baron
• Dirty Heroes (1967) as General Edwin von Keist
• The Karate Killers (1967) as Carl von Kessen
• Template:Interlanguage link (1967) as The Cardinal
• OSS 117 – Double Agent (1968) as Il Maggiore
• The Doctor of St. Pauli (1968) as Dr. Jan Diffring
• Template:Ill (1968, TV miniseries) as Babeck
• The Assassination Bureau (1969) as Gen. von Pinck
• Battle of the Commandos (1969) as Gen. von Reilow
• On the Reeperbahn at Half Past Midnight (1969) as Hannes Teversen
• Battle of Britain (1969) as Baron von Richter
• Battle of Neretva (1969) as Lohring
• Slap in the Face (1970) as Thomas Nathan Terbanks
• Hotel by the Hour (1970) as Kommissar Canisius
• The Invincible Six (1970) as Baron
• Hello-Goodbye (1970) as Baron De Choisis
• The Priest of St. Pauli (1970) as Konrad Johannsen
• Cannabis (1970) as Henri Emery
• The Mephisto Waltz (1971) as Duncan Mowbray Ely
• Template:Interlanguage link (1971) as Captain Markus Jolly
• Nicholas and Alexandra (1971) as the German Consul to Switzerland
• Fieras sin jaula (1971) as Ronald Marvelling
• Template:Interlanguage link (1971) as Grueningen
• Template:Ill (1972) as Russian general
• Der Kommissar (TV) (1972-1973) as Harald Bergmann / Dr. Hochstätter
• The Vault of Horror (1973) as Sebastian (segment 3 "This Trick'll Kill You")
• Profession: Adventurers (1973) as Alvarez
• Soft Beds, Hard Battles (1974) as General Von Grotjahn
• Fall of Eagles (TV, 1974) as Otto von Bismarck
• Radiografia di una Svastika (1974)
• Cagliostro (1975) as Cardinal Braschi
• Derrick – Season 2, episode 4: "Madeira" (1975) as Paul Bubach
• Template:Interlanguage link (1975) as Fox
• Povero Cristo (1976) as Man Engaging Giorgio
• The Mimosa Wants to Blossom Too (1976) as Josef Popov
• Template:Interlanguage link (1976) as Senator Shelton
• The Twist (1976) as Le bijoutier / Jeweller
• The Spy Who Loved Me (1977) as Karl Stromberg
• Schöner Gigolo, armer Gigolo (1978) as Prince
• Breakthrough (1979) as Gen. Hofmann
• Missile X: The Neutron Bomb Incident (1979) (also known as Teheran Incident and Cruise Missile) as Baron Marchant
• Goldengirl (1979) as Dr. Serafin
• La lunga strada senza polvere (1979) as Cameo (uncredited)
• La Gueule de l'autre (1979) as Wilfrid
• Template:Interlanguage link (1979) as UFO Commander
• The Sleep of Death (1980) as Count St. Alyre
• Teheran 43 (1981) as Maître Legraine
• Collin (TV film, 1981) as Hans Collin
• Smiley's People (BBC TV, 1982) as General Vladimir (final film role)