Gregory Gaye (born Grigoriy Grigoryevich Ge; October 10, 1900 – August 23, 1993) was a Russian-American character actor. The son of an actor, he was born in

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. He was the uncle of actor

George Gaynes George Gaynes (born George Jongejans; May 16, 1917 – February 15, 2016) was a Finnish-born American singer, actor, and voice artist. Born to Dutch and Russian-Finnish parents in the Grand Duchy of Finland of the Russian Empire, he served in the ...

. He was a cadet in the

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and began his stage career in

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and in the Orient before going to the United States after the Russian Revolution in 1923. He appeared in small roles in over a hundred movies.

Career

His first was a bit part in the 1928

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'', set during the Russian Revolution. His first credited role was as Prince Ordinsky in the 1929 Will Rogers comedy '' They Had to See Paris''. Gaye appeared in three of Rogers' movies including; '' Young as You Feel'' and '' Handy Andy''. Later in 1929, Gaye received a bit part in the

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film '' The Black Watch'' starring

Victor McLaglen Victor Andrew de Bier Everleigh McLaglen (10 December 1886 – 7 November 1959) was a British boxer-turned-Hollywood actor.Obituary ''Variety'', 11 November 1959, page 79. He was known as a character actor, particularly in Westerns, and made sev ...

( John Wayne and Randolph Scott also had bit parts in this movie). In 1930, Gaye received a good role as Baslikoff, a suave violinist, chasing

Gloria Swanson Gloria May Josephine Swanson (March 27, 1899April 4, 1983) was an American actress and producer. She first achieved fame acting in dozens of silent films in the 1920s and was nominated three times for the Academy Award for Best Actress, most f ...

in the romance comedy ''

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'' Later that year, he appeared as Vologuine in the Victor Fleming film '' Renegades'' with

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and

Bela Lugosi Béla Ferenc Dezső Blaskó (; October 20, 1882 – August 16, 1956), known professionally as Bela Lugosi (; ), was a Hungarian and American actor best remembered for portraying Count Dracula in the 1931 horror classic ''Dracula'', Ygor in ''S ...

. In 1932, Gaye played Rudolph Kammerling in the comedy '' Once in a Lifetime'' about a Hollywood studio during the transition from silents to talkies. In 1934, Gaye played Mr. Kolinoff in

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's ''

British Agent ''British Agent'' is a 1934 American romantic espionage film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. It is based on ''Memoirs of a British Agent'', the 1932 autobiography of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who worked for ...

'' starring

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. Two years later, Gaye received a good role as Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf in '' Dodsworth'' starring

Walter Huston Walter Thomas Huston ( ;According to the Province of Ontario. ''Ontario, C ...

and

Mary Astor Mary Astor (born Lucile Vasconcellos Langhanke; May 3, 1906 – September 25, 1987) was an American actress. Although her career spanned several decades, she may be best remembered for her performance as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in '' The Maltese ...

. Later that year, again playing an aristocrat, as Count Raul Du Rienne in ''

Under Your Spell ''Under Your Spell'' is a 1936 American romantic comedy film with music directed by Otto Preminger. The screenplay by Frances Hyland and Saul Elkins is based on a story by Sy Bartlett and Bernice Mason. Plot New York City opera star Anthony All ...

''. Also in 1936, he received another good role as Enrico Borelli in the mystery ''

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'' starring

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. In 1937, Gaye portrayed a

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named Dmitri 'Didi' Shekoladnikoff in the comedy ''

Mama Steps Out ''Mama Steps Out'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by George B. Seitz and written by Anita Loos. The film stars Guy Kibbee, Alice Brady, Betty Furness, Dennis Morgan, Gene Lockhart and Edward Norris. The film was released on February 5, ...

'' starring

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. Next, Gaye plays a German Captain Freymann in ''

Lancer Spy ''Lancer Spy'' is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him. Plot ...

'' starring

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and

Peter Lorre Peter Lorre (; born László Löwenstein, ; June 26, 1904 – March 23, 1964) was a Hungarian and American actor, first in Europe and later in the United States. He began his stage career in Vienna, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, before movin ...

. Gaye continued to play aristocrats like Count Frederic Brekenski in Warner Bros.'s '' Tovarich'' starring

Claudette Colbert Claudette Colbert ( ; born Émilie Claudette Chauchoin; September 13, 1903July 30, 1996) was an American actress. Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the late 1920s and progressed to films with the advent of talking pictures ...

Charles Boyer Charles Boyer (; 28 August 1899 – 26 August 1978) was a French-American actor who appeared in more than 80 films between 1920 and 1976. After receiving an education in drama, Boyer started on the stage, but he found his success in American fi ...

and Basil Rathbone. The following year, Gaye played another aristocratic count in ''

Love, Honor and Behave ''Love, Honor and Behave'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by Stanley Logan and starring Wayne Morris and Priscilla Lane. The supporting cast includes John Litel, Thomas Mitchell, Dick Foran and Dickie Moore. " Bei Mir Bist Du Sc ...

'' starring

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. Later that year, Gaye received the part of Popoff in the comedy '' Too Hot to Handle'' starring

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and Myrna Loy. Gaye, in a role he was getting used to, played Count Georges De Remi in ''

Paris Honeymoon ''Paris Honeymoon'' is a 1939 American musical film directed by Frank Tuttle and written by Frank Butler and Don Hartman. The film stars Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, Akim Tamiroff, Shirley Ross, Edward Everett Horton and Ben Blue. Filming took ...

'' starring Bing Crosby in 1939. Later that year, he played Vitray in

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's ''

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'' starring

Don Ameche Don Ameche (; born Dominic Felix Amici; May 31, 1908 – December 6, 1993) was an American actor, comedian and vaudevillian. After playing in college shows, stock, and vaudeville, he became a major radio star in the early 1930s, which ...

. Next that year, Gaye received a good part as exiled Count Alexis Rakonin, the waiter, in

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's Oscar-nominated classic ''

Ninotchka ''Ninotchka'' is a 1939 American romantic comedy film made for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer by producer and director Ernst Lubitsch and starring Greta Garbo and Melvyn Douglas. It was written by Billy Wilder, Charles Brackett, and Walter Reisch, based o ...

'' starring

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. As World War II raged in Europe, Gaye's parts started to move away from aristocrats and toward

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s. In 1941, Gaye played Von Mueller in ''

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'' starring

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and

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. The movie takes place in Austria during the war. Next, he played a waiter in ''

I Wake Up Screaming ''I Wake Up Screaming'' (originally titled ''Hot Spot'') is a 1941 film noir. It is based on the novel of the same name by Steve Fisher, adapted by Dwight Taylor. The film stars Betty Grable, Victor Mature and Carole Landis, and features one of G ...

'' starring

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and

Victor Mature Victor John Mature (January 29, 1913 – August 4, 1999) was an American stage, film, and television actor who was a leading man in Hollywood during the 1940s and 1950s. His best known film roles include ''One Million B.C.'' (1940), '' My Darlin ...

. Next he played Becker in the war drama '' Flight Lieutenant'' starring

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and Glen Ford. In 1942, Gaye played a Nazi spy and saboteur named Feldon in Columbia's spy serial ''Secret Code''. Next he played a Nazi named Karl in the comedy '' Fall In''. Later in 1942, at age 41, he landed a small role in '' Casablanca'' as an official of

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. In the movie he tries to gain entrance to the back-room casino, but is stopped by Abdul (

Dan Seymour Dan Seymour (February 22, 1915 – May 25, 1993) was an American character actor who frequently played villains in Warner Bros. films. He appeared in several Humphrey Bogart films, including ''Casablanca'' (1942), ''To Have and Have Not'' ...

). He tells Rick, "I have been in every gambling room between

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and Berlin, and if you think I'm going to be kept out of a saloon like this, you're very much mistaken." Rick tells him, "your cash is good at the bar." He responds, "What? Do you know who I am?" To which Rick replies, "I do, you're lucky the bar is open to you." Gaye angrily responds, "This is outrageous! I shall report it to the Angrif" and storms away. After ''Casablanca'', Gaye received many small, and mostly uncredited, roles throughout the 1940s and 1950s. In 1944, he received a bit part as a Russian correspondent Peter Voroshevski, who again is stopped at the door and not allowed in the trial, in ''

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'' starring

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and

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based on the captured pilots from the

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over Tokyo. In the mystery '' Seven Doors to Death'', Gaye received a large part as Henry Gregor. Later in 1944, he appeared in the spy thriller '' The Conspirators''. In 1945, Gaye appeared in seven movies. One of them was a war drama, '' Paris Underground'', about two women trying to help downed Allied pilots escape Nazi-occupied France. He also played the part of Joe Sapphire in a small crime drama '' The Tiger Woman''. In another, he again plays a German banker, this time in '' Cornered'', starring Dick Powell. After that year, the roles became scarcer. In 1946, Gaye received a role in a small mystery '' Passkey to Danger''. The following year, he played a book forger in the mystery '' The Trespasser'', starring

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. Next he received a bit part as a Maitre d'hotel in the comedy ''

The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer ''The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer'' (released as ''Bachelor Knight'' in the United Kingdom) is a 1947 American screwball romantic comedy-drama film directed by Irving Reis and written by Sidney Sheldon. The film stars Cary Grant, Myrna Loy, a ...

'', starring

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. Gaye continued to land parts into the 1950s. He got a small role in ''

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'', starring Broderick Crawford. He also received a part in Republic's science-fiction serial '' Flying Disc Man from Mars'' (it was released as a feature film called ''Missile Monsters'' in 1958). He appeared in the adventure film ''

Mask of the Avenger ''Mask of the Avenger'' is a 1951 American historical adventure film directed by Phil Karlson starring John Derek, Anthony Quinn and Jody Lawrance. Derek portrays Renatu Dimorna, the son of an Italian aristocrat, who vows revenge after his fathe ...

'', starring

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. This was followed with an appearance in the thriller '' Peking Express''. Next was a part as Ali in Columbia's '' The Magic Carpet'', starring

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. In 1952, he appeared as Paul Shushaldin in Raoul Walsh's historical adventure ''

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'', starring Gregory Peck and Ann Blyth. The following year, he appeared in '' Savage Mutiny'', starring

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(one of two movie they appeared in together). Later, he got a small role in ''

South Sea Woman ''South Sea Woman'' is a 1953 American black-and-white action-comedy-drama film directed by Arthur Lubin and starring Burt Lancaster, Virginia Mayo and Chuck Connors. It is credited as being based on the play ''General Court Martial'' by William ...

'', starring Burt Lancaster and

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. In 1955, Gaye portrayed an ex-Nazi mad scientist who teams up with a mobster to bring dead gangsters to life in Columbia's science-fiction B horror movie '' Creature with the Atom Brain''. Gaye appeared in '' Kelly and Me'', starring

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, in 1957 and the following year as Vladimir Klinkoff in ''

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'', starring

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. In 1960, he played a casino owner named Freeman in ''

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'', starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and

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The following year, he played Joan Blackman's father,

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's co-star in '' Blue Hawaii''. In 1962, he portrayed a salesman in

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's World War II drama '' The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'', starring Glenn Ford, Paul Lukas and Charles Boyer. Later that year, Gaye appeared as General Erwin Rommel in ''Hitler'', starring

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in the title role. The next year, he played a Russian reporter in '' The Prize'', starring Paul Newman and Edward G. Robinson. It would be three years before Gaye got another role. He had a small role portraying the

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ambassador in '' Batman'' in 1966. Three years after that in 1969, he received his next part, a small uncredited role in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller '' Topaz''. Gaye did not appear in any more movies until the late 1970s. He appeared in a couple of television movies before, at age 79, he did his last movie, the science-fiction disaster film ''

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'' where he had a small role as the Soviet Premier in 1979. Gaye also performed on television. In 1953, he played the evil ruler who tries to destroy the earth in the television series '' Commando Cody: Sky Marshal of the Universe''. Between 1954 and 1970, Gaye appeared as a guest on a number of television shows, including five guest appearances on ''

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''.

Death

Gaye died in 1993 in

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. He was predeceased, in 1985, by second wife Frances Lee, whom he had married in 1944. He was cremated and his ashes are held privately.

Selected filmography

* ''

'' (1928) - Unconfirmed Role (uncredited) * '' The Case of Lena Smith'' (1929) - (uncredited) * '' The Black Watch'' (1929) - 42nd Highlander (uncredited) * '' They Had to See Paris'' (1929) - Prince Ordinsky (uncredited) * ''

High Society Blues ''High Society Blues'' is a 1930 American pre-Code film starring Janet Gaynor and Charles Farrell. The movie was written by Howard J. Green from the story by Dana Burnett, and directed by David Butler. Gaynor and Farrell made almost a dozen f ...

'' (1930) - Count Prunier * ''

Song of the Flame ''Song of the Flame'' is a 1930 American pre-Code musical film photographed entirely in Technicolor. It was produced and distributed by First National Pictures. It was the first color film to feature a widescreen sequence, using a process called ...

'' (1930) - (uncredited) * ''

'' (1930) - Baslikoff * '' Renegades'' (1930) - Dmitri Vologuine * '' Kept Husbands'' (1931) - Mons. Prinz (uncredited) * '' Young as You Feel'' (1931) - Pierre * '' Once in a Lifetime'' (1932) - Rudolph Kammerling * ''

Affairs of a Gentleman ''Affairs of a Gentleman'' is a 1934 American Pre-Code drama film directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Cyril Hume, Peter Ruric and Milton Krims, adapted from the play by Edith Ellis and Edward Ellis (actor). The film stars Paul Lukas, Le ...

'' (1934) - Bela (uncredited) * '' Handy Andy'' (1934) - Pierre Martel * ''

'' (1934) - Mr. Kolinoff * ''

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'' (1936) - Russian Writer (uncredited) * '' Dodsworth'' (1936) - Baron Kurt Von Obersdorf * ''

'' (1936) - Count Raul Du Rienne * ''

'' (1936) - Enrico Barelli * ''

That Girl from Paris ''That Girl from Paris'' is a 1936 American musical comedy film directed by Leigh Jason and starring Lily Pons, Jack Oakie, and Gene Raymond. The film made a profit of $101,000. John O. Aalberg was nominated for an Academy Award in the category ...

'' (1936) - Paul Joseph DeVry (uncredited) * ''

'' (1937) - Dmitri 'Didi' Shekoladnikoff, the Pianist * ''

'' (1937) - Capt. Freymann * '' First Lady'' (1937) - Gregoravitch * ''

Prescription for Romance ''Prescription for Romance'' is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Universal Pictures. It stars Wendy Barrie, Kent Taylor, and Frank Jenks. Plot Cast * Wendy Barrie as Valarie Barry * Kent Taylor as Steve Ma ...

'' (1937) - Dr. Paul Azarny * '' Tovarich'' (1937) - Count Frederic Brekenski * '' Wise Girl'' (1937) - Prince Leopold * ''

'' (1938) - Count Humbert * '' Bulldog Drummond's Peril'' (1938) - Raoul (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1938) - Grant (uncredited) * '' Too Hot to Handle'' (1938) - 'Popoff' * '' Straight, Place and Show'' (1938) - Vladimir Borokov - Russian Jockey * '' Thanks for Everything'' (1938) - Ambassador * ''

'' (1939) - Count Georges De Remi * ''

'' (1939) - Vitray * ''

Hotel for Women ''Hotel for Women'' (or ''Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women'') is a 1939 American drama film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Ann Sothern, Linda Darnell, and James Ellison. It was Darnell's screen debut. Plot When she is jilted by her boyfr ...

'' (1939) - Fernando Manfredi (uncredited) * ''

'' (1939) - Count Alexis Rakonin * ''On Your Toes'' (1939) - Vassilly - Slave in Ballet (uncredited) * '' The Man from Dakota'' (1940) - Col. Borodin (scenes deleted) * '' Down Argentine Way'' (1940) - Sebastian * ''

'' (1941) - Von Mueller (uncredited) * ''

'' (1941) - Headwaiter * ''

My Gal Sal ''My Gal Sal'' is a 1942 American musical film distributed by 20th Century Fox and starring Rita Hayworth and Victor Mature. The film is a biopic of 1890s composer and songwriter Paul Dresser and singer Sally Elliot. It was based on a biographi ...

'' (1942) - Monsieur Garnier * '' Flight Lieutenant'' (1942) - Becker (uncredited) * '' The Secret Code'' (1942) - Nazi Agent Feldon * ''Fall In'' (1942) - Karl, Nazi Wiretapper (uncredited) * '' Casablanca'' (1942) - German Banker Refused by Rick (uncredited) * '' One Dangerous Night'' (1943) - Dr. Eric Budenny * ''

Song of Russia ''Song of Russia'' is a 1944 American war film made and distributed by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The picture was credited as being directed by Gregory Ratoff, though Ratoff collapsed near the end of the five-month production, and was replaced by Lás ...

'' (1944) - Russian Radio Announcer (uncredited) * ''

'' (1944) - Peter Voshenksy (uncredited) * '' Seven Doors to Death'' (1944) - Henry Gregor * '' The Conspirators'' (1944) - Antone Wynat (uncredited) * '' A Song to Remember'' (1945) - Young Russian (uncredited) * '' I Love a Mystery'' (1945) - Dr. Han (uncredited) * ''

Blood on the Sun ''Blood on the Sun'' is a 1945 American war film directed by Frank Lloyd and starring James Cagney and Sylvia Sidney. The film is based on a fictional history behind the Tanaka Memorial document. The film won the Academy Award for Best Art Di ...

'' (1945) - American Newspaperman Bogardis (uncredited) * '' Paris Underground'' (1945) - Tissier * '' Pursuit to Algiers'' (1945) - Ravez (uncredited) * '' The Tiger Woman'' (1945) - Joe Sapphire * '' Cornered'' (1945) - Perchon, Belgian Banker * '' Passkey to Danger'' (1946) - Mr. Warren * '' So Dark the Night'' (1946) - Commissioner Grande * '' The Corpse Came C.O.D.'' (1947) - Director (uncredited) * '' The Trespasser'' (1947) - Mr. E. Charles, Book Forger * ''

'' (1947) - Maitre d'Hotel (as Gregory Gay) * '' Blackmail'' (1947) - Jervis * '' The Unfinished Dance'' (1947) - Jacques Lacoste * ''

Black Magic Black magic, also known as dark magic, has traditionally referred to the use of supernatural powers or magic for evil and selfish purposes, specifically the seven magical arts prohibited by canon law, as expounded by Johannes Hartlieb in 14 ...

'' (1949) - Chambord / Monk * '' Dancing in the Dark'' (1949) - Headwaiter (uncredited) * ''

Harbor of Missing Men ''Harbor of Missing Men'' is a 1950 American action film directed by R. G. Springsteen and written by John K. Butler. The film stars Richard Denning, Barbra Fuller, Steven Geray, Aline Towne, Percy Helton and George Zucco. The film was releas ...

'' (1950) - Captain Koretsky * ''

'' (1950) - Kroll, Second Mate (uncredited) * '' Flying Disc Man from Mars'' (1950) - Mota * ''Counterspy Meets Scotland Yard'' (1950) - Professor Schuman * '' When the Redskins Rode'' (1951) - St. Pierre (uncredited) * ''

'' (1951) - Col. von Falker (uncredited) * '' Peking Express'' (1951) - Stanislaus * ''

The Whip Hand ''The Whip Hand'' is a 1951 American film directed by William Cameron Menzies and starring Carla Balenda and Elliott Reid. Plot Journalist Matt Corbin (Elliott Reid) is traveling through Wisconsin on a fishing trip and comes across a nearly d ...

'' (1951) - Sweitart (uncredited) * '' The Magic Carpet'' (1951) - Caliph Ali * ''

Ten Tall Men ''Ten Tall Men'' is a 1951 American adventure film starring Burt Lancaster about the French Foreign Legion during the Rif War in Morocco. Though co-written and directed by Willis Goldbeck, Goldbeck walked off the film due to disputes with Lancaste ...

'' (1951) - Major Berthot (uncredited) * '' Bal Tabarin'' (1952) - Jean Dufar * ''

'' (1952) - Colonel Paul Shushaldin * ''

Washington Story ''Washington Story'' is a 1952 American drama film directed by Robert Pirosh and starring Van Johnson and Patricia Neal. The screenplay concerns a reporter in search of government corruption who falls for a congressman. Plot On her first trip to ...

'' (1952) - News Agency Rep on Phone (uncredited) * ''Last Train from Bombay'' (1952) - B. Vornin aka The Lame One * '' Savage Mutiny'' (1953) - Carl Kroman * '' Rogue's March'' (1953) - Russian Spy Chief (uncredited) * '' The Juggler'' (1953) - Harry (uncredited) * ''

Remains to Be Seen ''Remains to Be Seen'' is a 1953 crime musical comedy film directed by Don Weis and starring June Allyson, Van Johnson and Louis Calhern. It is based on the 1951 Broadway play ''Remains to Be Seen'' by Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay. Plot A g ...

'' (1953) - Headwaiter (uncredited) * ''

'' (1953) - Free French Man (uncredited) * '' Flame of Calcutta'' (1953) - Amir Khasid * ''

Charge of the Lancers ''Charge of the Lancers'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by William Castle and starring Paulette Goddard, Jean-Pierre Aumont and Karin Booth. Plot As the Crimean War rages, British Capt. Eric Evoir (Jean-Pierre Aumont) and Maj. Bruce ...

'' (1954) - Cpl. Bonikoff * ''

Jungle Man-Eaters ''Jungle Man-Eaters'' is a 1954 American adventure film directed by Lee Sholem starring Johnny Weissmuller, Karin Booth and Richard Stapley. It was the last official Jungle Jim movie after Screen Gems bought the rights to make a TV series based on ...

'' (1954) - Leroux * '' The Gambler from Natchez'' (1954) - LeClerc (uncredited) * ''Wiegenlied'' (1955) - Herr Sokolov * '' Jump Into Hell'' (1955) - Lt. Col. Cartier (uncredited) * '' King of the Carnival'' (1955) - Zorn * '' Creature with the Atom Brain'' (1955) - Dr. Wilhelm Steigg * ''

The Eddy Duchin Story ''The Eddy Duchin Story'' is a 1956 Technicolor film biopic of band leader and pianist Eddy Duchin. It was directed by George Sidney, written by Samuel A. Taylor, and starred Tyrone Power and Kim Novak. Harry Stradling received an Academy Award ...

'' (1956) - Philip * '' Kelly and Me'' (1957) - Milo * '' Bailout at 43,000'' (1957) - Dr. Franz Gruener * '' Silk Stockings'' (1957) - Soviet Civilian (uncredited) * ''

'' (1958) - Vladimir Klinkoff (uncredited) * ''

Judgment at Nuremberg ''Judgment at Nuremberg'' is a 1961 American epic courtroom drama film directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, written by Abby Mann and starring Spencer Tracy, Burt Lancaster, Richard Widmark, Maximilian Schell, Werner Klemperer, Marlene D ...

'' (1959) - Friederich Hoffstetter * ''

Cash McCall ''Cash McCall'' is a 1960 American romantic drama film in Technicolor from Warner Bros., produced by Henry Blanke, directed by Joseph Pevney, and starring James Garner and Natalie Wood. The film's screenplay by Lenore J. Coffee and Marion H ...

'' (1960) - Dr. Bergmann (uncredited) * ''

Ocean's 11 ''Ocean's 11'' is a 1960 American heist film directed and produced by Lewis Milestone from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, based on a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. The film stars five of the Rat Pack ...

'' (1960) - Freeman - Casino Owner (uncredited) *''

Sea Hunt ''Sea Hunt'' is an American action adventure television series that aired in syndication from 1958 to 1961 and was popular for decades afterwards. The series originally aired for four seasons, with 155 episodes produced. It stars Lloyd Bridges a ...

'' (1961) - Season 4, Episode 8 * '' Blue Hawaii'' (1961) - Paul Duval (uncredited) * ''

Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse are figures in the Christian scriptures, first appearing in the Book of Revelation, a piece of apocalypse literature written by John of Patmos. Revelation 6 tells of a book or scroll in God's right hand t ...

'' (1962) - Salesman (uncredited) * ''

'' (1962) - Field Marshal Erwin Rommel * '' The Prize'' (1963) - Russian Reporter (uncredited) * ''

Kisses for My President ''Kisses for My President'' is a 1964 comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt and starring Fred MacMurray and Polly Bergen. Leslie McCloud (Bergen) makes history when she is elected the first female president of the United States. However, her ...

'' (1964) - Nicolai Wotomkyitch (uncredited) * '' Batman'' (1966) - Soviet Delegate (uncredited) * '' Topaz'' (1969) - Meeting Co-Ordinator (uncredited) * ''

'' (1979) - Russian Premier (final film role)

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