Wolf Frees

{{Short description|German actor (1909–1976)}}

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| birth_name = Johann Wolfgang Max Müller[https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/38179/page/417/data.pdf THE LONDON GAZETTE 16 JANUARY 1948]

| birth_date = {{birth date|1909|10|08|df=y}}

| birth_place = Potsdam, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1976|11|23|1909|10|08|df=y}}

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| other_names = Woolf Frees, Wolf Fress, Wolf Frées

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| occupation = Actor

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| years active = 1950–1971

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Wolf Frees, also credited as Wolfgang Müller-Frees, (8 October 1909 – 23 November 1976)[https://teplitz-theatre.net/muller-frees-wolfgang/ Teplitz Theatre biography] was a German actor from Potsdam who worked in the British film industry. Frees left Germany in the mid-1930s as his wife was Jewish and persecuted by the Nazis.Frithjof Trapp et al. (Hrsg.): Handbuch des deutschsprachigen Exiltheaters 1933-1945. K.G. Saur Verlag, München 1999, {{ISBN|3-598-11375-7}}. In films he usually played German military men. He had roles in The Guns of Navarone (1961), Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965) and The Saint TV series in the 1960s. His last acting credit dates to 1971.{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=26904 |title=Wolf Frees, acting credits and portraits; Aveleyman website |publisher=aveleyman.com|accessdate=2016-08-01}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmovie.com/artist/wolf-frees-p187425 |title=Wolf Frees | Movies and Filmography | AllMovie |publisher=allmovie.com|accessdate=2016-08-01}}

Filmography

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Year

! Title

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1950OdetteMajorUncredited
1952So Little TimeGerman Doctor
1953Appointment in LondonGerman Luftwaffe OfficerUncredited
1954BetrayedMotorcycle RiderUncredited
1954The Green CarnationTony Scott
1956The Man Who Never WasAdmiral CanarisUncredited
1956The Man Who Knew Too MuchAide to Prime MinisterUncredited
1956Zarak1st LoungerUncredited
1957The Steel BayonetGerman Divisional Commander
1957Count Five and DieBrauner, shot spy
1958The SafecrackerGerman Commandant
1958Sea of SandGerman Sergeant
1960The Day They Robbed the Bank of EnglandDr. Hagen
1961The Guns of NavaroneRadio OperatorUncredited
1962Four Horseman of the ApocalypseSecurity OfficerUncredited
1965Operation CrossbowGerman Police Inspector
1965The Heroes of TelemarkSturmbannführer Knippelberg
1965Doctor ZhivagoDelegate Yelkin
1966{{ill|The Investigation (1966 West German film)|de|3=Die Ermittlung (1966, NDR)|lt=The Investigation}}WitnessTV film
1967The Night of the GeneralsGerman Officer at Raymounde's ApartmentUncredited
1971ZeppelinGerman Naval OfficerUncredited

References

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