Name
Benno Sterzenbach
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1916-03-03
Deathday
1985-09-13 (69 years old)
Place of Birth
Osnabrück, Germany
Biography
Benno Sterzenbach (born 3 March 1916 Osnabrück - died 13 September 1985 Feldafing) was a German cinema and theatre actor and director.
His first major role on stage was Götz von Berlichingen at which he played next to Ellen Schwiers as Adelheid at the Jagsthausen festival. On television, he is mostly known for his roles in filmed theatrical adaptations: Der Richter und sein Henker (1957) by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Der Schlaf der Gerechten (1962) by Albrecht Goes and Mirandolina (1963) by Carlo Goldoni.
Suspected of espionage due to his editorial relations, he was arrested by the Gestapo in 1941, and imprisoned for a month, during which time he protested his innocence. He was eventually freed after his case was expedited. This episode was repeated in a number of his plays.
With Paths in Twilight in 1948, he made his cinematic debut under the direction of Gustav Fröhlich. In 1960, he was in one of the first films by Edgar Wallace after the war: Der Rächer. In the same year, he was in Es ist soweit. In 1966, he acted alongside Heinz Reincke in one of the first German colour television series, Adrian der Tulpendieb.
After acting in 1962 in Max the Pickpocket with Heinz Rühmann, in 1964 he played the role of a doctor in Flug in Gefahr, a film which started a long series of films based on plane crashes.
Benno Sterzenbach found most success in the role of General Winston Woodrov Wamsler in Raumpatrouille – Die phantastischen Abenteuer des Raumschiffes Orion. After this, he was invited to series such as Die fünfte Kolonne, Derrick and The Old Fox.
In France, he is best known for his role as Major Achbach in La Grande Vadrouille with Louis de Funès and Bourvil.
Benno Sterzenbach has also written a number of books.
Source: Article "Benno Sterzenbach" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- 1962 Max der Taschendieb as Charly Gibbons
- 1970 Pippi on the Run as Policeman
- 1966 Don't Look Now... We're Being Shot At! as Major Achbach
- 1982 Ace of Aces as Major Aschbach, Gestapo officer
- 1983 Hostage as Mr. Maresch
- 1960 The Avenger as Sir Gregory Penn
- 1964 Flight in Danger as Dr. Frank Baird
- 1959 Freddy unter fremden Sternen as Miller
- 2003 Space Patrol as General Wamsler (archive footage)
- 1966 Johannisnacht as Matey
- 1954 Was ihr wollt as Junker Tobias von Rülp
- 1962 Die Feuertreppe as Ralph Mc Guiness
- 1963 Was Ihr wollt as Tobias von Rülp
- 1965 Vor Nachbarn wird gewarnt as Montague
- 1970 Ausreißer as Vater Baker
- 1963 Mirandolina as Conte di Albafiorita
- 1966 Der Fall der Generale as Generaloberst Göring
- 1963 Der Geisterzug as Saul Hodgkins
- 1964 Gerechtigkeit in Worowogorsk as Gerichtsdiener Wladimir
- 1979 Ein Mord, den jeder begeht as Kommerzienrat Veik
- 1960 Die Friedhöfe as Pawlack
- 1948 Paths in Twilight as Stefan Kolb
- 1965 Und nicht mehr Jessica as Anthony Burton
- 1971 Augenzeugen müssen blind sein as Albin Herzog
- 1960 Einer von sieben as Herr Thomsen
- 1969 Ein Charleston für Lady Mac' Beth as Banco
- 1966 Towarisch as Charles
- 1980 Die Weber as Der alte Ansorge
- 1984 Titanic as Duncan Fletcher
- 1966 The Investigation as Zeuge 1
- 1965 Doktor Murkes gesammelte Nachrufe as Grosshack
- 1967 Das Attentat - L.D. Trotzki as Galindo
- 1954 John Walker schreibt an seine Mutter as Direktor
- 1955 Der Korporal aus Java as Jan
- 1969 Die Jubilarin as Braun
- 1955 Der Cornet as Rittmeister Reningen
- 1953 Die Blume von Hawaii as Journalist
- 1962 Der Schlaf der Gerechten as Fritz Walker
- 1962 Mord im Dom as Dritter Versucher
- 1965 Der heimliche Teilhaber as Kapitän Archbold
- 1957 Der Richter und sein Henker as Zweiter Leibwächter
- 1968 Ich stehe zur Verfügung as Kriminalrat Beuerle
- 1955 Falsch verbunden as Cyril
- 1955 Unternehmen Schlafsack as Offizier des SS
- 1967 Der Auswanderer as Barbi
- 1971 Die Ballade von der wunderbaren Wandlung des Generals Fünfstern as General
- 1979 Gefangen in Frankreich: Theodor Fontane im Krieg 1870/71 as Bourgaut
- 1961 Der Strafverteidiger as Peter J. Malone
- 1966 Der Fall Jeanne d'Arc as Graf Dunois
- 1962 Der Abstecher as Erich
- 1958 Antigone as Kreon
- 1973 Zwischen den Flügen ( 1 episode ) as Buller
- 1966 Adrian der Tulpendieb ( 1 episode ) as Josias
- 1966 Space Patrol ( 7 episodes ) as General Winston W. Wamsler
- 1985 ...Erbin sein - dagegen sehr ( 12 episodes ) as Henning Carsten
- 1963 Die fünfte Kolonne ( 1 episode ) as Dickmann
- 1975 PS ( 16 episodes ) as Karl Brensberger
- 1982 On the Road to Atlantis ( 13 episodes ) as Kelley/Dr. Graf
- 1968 Zirkus meines Lebens ( 13 episodes ) as Walter Farell
- 1977 The Old Fox ( 1 episode ) as Herr Färber
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Siegfried Horre
- 1976 Der Anwalt ( 1 episode ) as Franz Schöller
- 1974 Derrick ( 1 episode ) as Birkmann
- 1971 Dalli Dalli ( 1 episode ) as Self
- 1960 Es ist soweit ( 6 episodes ) as Lomax
- 1957 Zum blauen Bock ( 2 episodes ) as Self
- 1975 Der Stechlin ( 3 episodes )
- 1964 König Richard III. ( 2 episodes ) as Eduard IV
- 1965 Der seidene Schuh ( 4 episodes )
