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Anton Walbrook
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Actor Born: November 19, 1896 in Vienna, Austria Death: August 9, 1967 in Munich, Germany Biography:Descended from ten generations of European circus clowns, "Anton Walbrook" learned the rudiments of acting under such masters as "Max Reinhardt". On stage from his teens, Walbrook first performed before the cameras in the 1922 German serial "Mater Dolorosa". He hit his stride as a matinee idol in the early-talkie period, starring in such Mittel-European productions as "Viktor und Viktoria" (1933) and "Maskerade" (1933). He made his American film debut in a roundabout manner. When RKO Radio Pictures decided to utilize generous stock footage from Walbrook's French/German film "Michael Strogoff" (1937) for their own The Soldier and His Lady (1937), the actor was hired to reshoot his scenes in English. Walbrook was cast as Prince Albert in his first British film, "Victoria the Great" (1937), a characterization he repeated in "Sixty Glorious Years" (1938). His British popularity was cemented by his... Full Biography
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