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Reggie Nalder (born Alfred Reginald Natzler; 4 September 1907 – 19 November 1991) was a prolific Austrian film and television character actor from the late 1940s to the early 1990s. His distinctive features—partially the result of disfiguring burns—together with a haunting style and demeanor led to his being called "The Face That Launched a Thousand Trips".


Life and career

Born in
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, he was the son of actor and operetta singer Sigmund Natzler (1862–1913). He was a cousin of actresses and singers
Grete Natzler Grete Natzler (19 June 1906 – 10 June 1999) was an Austrian actress and operatic soprano. Born in Vienna, she was the daughter of actress Lilli Meißner and actor and opera singer Leopold Natzler (1860–1926). Two of her younger sisters w ...
and
Hertha Natzler Hertha ('Hati') Natzler (1911–1985) was a stage and film actress in Austria active from 1928 until 1936. Origin in Austria Hertha Natzler (also Herta Natzler) was born on in Vienna as the daughter of actor, opera singer and playwright Leopo ...
. As a young man he performed at second-rate Vienna theatres and from the 1930s in several
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s in
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. After
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he worked for the
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service of the
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. Nalder is perhaps best remembered for his roles as an assassin in Alfred Hitchcock's 1956 remake of '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'', the vampire
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in the 1979
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of the Stephen King novel '' Salem's Lot'', and the
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ambassador Shras in the '' Star Trek'' episode "
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". Nalder appeared (at the request of star Frank Sinatra) in a brief, uncredited role as a communist spymaster in
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's 1962 film '' The Manchurian Candidate''. He also had a brief role in the 1981 Walt Disney film ''
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''. In an interview, Nalder claimed that he could not stand working with
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, the star of the film. He described him as "a pig", as well as "rude, arrogant, and very untalented." Nalder's television work also included episodes of the series ''
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'', '' It Takes A Thief'', '' Surfside Six'',
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's '' Thriller'' ("The Terror In Teakwood" and "The Return Of Andrew Bentley"), '' McCloud'' and ''
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''. Nalder was also credited as "Detlef Van Berg" in the
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films ''Dracula Sucks'' (1978) and ''Blue Ice'' (1985), but performed in no scenes of a pornographic nature.


Death

Nalder died of
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in
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in 1991, aged 84.


Partial filmography

* '' Roxy and the Wonderteam'' (1938, directed by
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) - Fußballer * '' Jericho'' (1946, directed by
Henri Calef Henri Calef (20 July 1910 – 18 August 1994) was a French screenwriter and film director. Selected filmography Director * ''Jericho'' (1946) * ''The Royalists'' (1947) * ''Crossroads of Passion'' (1948) * '' Shadow and Light'' (1951) * '' ...
) * ''La colère des dieux'' (1947, directed by
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) * '' Dilemma of Two Angels'' (1948, directed by Maurice Tourneur) - Bébé * ''Le signal rouge'' (1949, directed by Ernst Neubach) * '' Adventures of Captain Fabian'' (1951, directed by William Marshall) - Constant * ''
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'' (1951, directed by Christian-Jacque) - Captain of the guard * '' Betrayed'' (1954, directed by
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) - (uncredited) * '' The Lovers of Lisbon'' (1955, directed by
Henri Verneuil Henri Verneuil (; born Ashot Malakian; 15 October 1920 – 11 January 2002) was a French-Armenian playwright and filmmaker, who made a successful career in France. He was nominated for Oscar and Palme d'Or awards, and won Locarno International ...
) - Le maître d'hôtel / Hotel Manager (uncredited) * ''Les évadés'' (1955, directed by Jean-Paul Le Chanois) - Le gardien avec le chien (début du film) (uncredited) * '' The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1956, directed by Alfred Hitchcock) - Rien * '' Liane, Jungle Goddess'' (1956, directed by Eduard von Borsody) - Viktor Schöninck * ' (1958, directed by Gilles Grangier) - Dédé * ' (1958, directed by
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) - Sekretär Dewitz * ''Liane, die Tochter des Dschungels'' (1961, directed by
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and Eduard von Borsody) * '' The Spiral Road'' (1962, directed by
Robert Mulligan Robert Patrick Mulligan (August 23, 1925 – December 20, 2008) was an American director and producer. He is best known for his humanist dramas, including ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' (1962), '' Summer of '42'' (1971), ''The Other'' (1972), '' Same ...
) - Burubi * '' Convicts 4'' (1962, directed by
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) - Greer * '' The Manchurian Candidate'' (1962, directed by
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) - Gomel (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1963, directed by René Clément) - Le gestapiste * ''Les saintes-nitouches'' (1963, directed by Pierre Montazel) * '' Mark of the Devil'' (1970, directed by Michael Armstrong and Adrian Hoven) - Albino * ''
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'' (1970, directed by Dario Argento) - Needles, Yellow Jacket Assassin (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1973, directed by Adrian Hoven) - Natas * '' The Dead Don't Die'' (1975, directed by
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) - Perdido * '' Fellini's Casanova'' (1976, directed by Federico Fellini) - Faulkircher * '' Crash!'' (1977, directed by
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) - Man at swap meet * '' Zoltan, Hound of Dracula'' (1977, directed by
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) - Veidt Smith * '' Dracula Sucks'' (aka ''Lust At First Bite'') (1979, directed by Phillip Marshak) - Dr. Van Helsing * '' Seven'' (1979, directed by Andy Sidaris) - Ronald Kahala 'The Hermit' * '' Salem's Lot'' (1979, directed by
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) - Kurt Barlow (1979) (uncredited) * ''
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'' (1981, directed by
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) - Chairman of Devil's Council * ''Blue Ice'' (1985, directed by Phillip Marshak) - Anton Stuttgart * '' Jericho'' (1991, directed by Luis Alberto Lamata) - German conqueror (final film role)


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nalder, Reggie Austrian male film actors Austrian male television actors 1907 births 1991 deaths Male actors from Vienna Deaths from cancer in California 20th-century Austrian male actors